TradeWaka gives tradies their time back. JACK turns site talk and rough voice notes into organised job information, quote drafts and professional scopes — while TradeWaka keeps your customers, jobs, invoices and paperwork connected in one place.
"Marie at 14 Blaxland Street, Bondi. Full bathroom reno — about 2.4 by 2.1. Strip the old tiles, waterproof, re-tile floor and walls, new vanity and mixer. Reckon four days, two blokes."
Ready for you to review — you check, edit and decide what gets sent. JACK never sends or approves anything on its own.
Most tradies do a second shift at the kitchen table. Here's what that looks like — and what it looks like when JACK does the writing up with you on site.
The paperwork keeps piling into your evenings.
Less repetitive admin, because the writing up happens while you're already there.
Work when you're working. Live when you're not.
JACK is built for the way tradies actually work — talking, measuring and moving. Describe the job out loud and JACK does the writing up, then hands it back for you to review.
Everything JACK produces is a draft. Nothing is priced, approved or sent until you say so.
Walk the job and describe it the way you'd tell your apprentice.
Your voice note is transcribed and read in trade language.
Job details, quote draft and scope of work are prepared.
You check the detail, adjust pricing and decide what's sent.
Lead, appointment, quote, approval, job, invoice, paid, history — each stage picks up the details from the last one, so you're not re-typing the same customer, address and scope into five different places.
No duplicate entry. JACK drafts, you review.
Never lose a potential job
An enquiry comes in — a call, a text, a referral or a form.
An enquiry comes in — a call, a text, a referral or a form.
JACK prepares. You review. Nothing is priced, approved or sent to a customer until you say so.
Pick a part of the job and have a look. Sample data only — the layouts are the real thing.
"Bathroom reno at the O'Brien place. Strip out the old tiles, about 12 square metres, new waterproofing, re-tile, swap the vanity and mixer. Two days labour, plus the plumber for half a day."
Talk through the inspection. JACK structures it — you review before anything is used.
GST, deposits, variations, chasing invoices and writing up site notes. Here's how TradeWaka handles them — and where you stay in control.
Quotes and invoices are built for Australian trade work, with GST calculated at 10% on the line items you enter.
Example: $1,200 of tiling labour and materials shows $120 GST and a $1,320 total on the quote.
Ask for money up front or in stages by invoicing part of the job instead of the whole thing, then invoice the balance when it's done.
Example: a $6,600 bathroom job invoiced as a deposit now and the balance on completion.
Extra work found on site is recorded against the job, so what changed and what it costs stays on the record instead of in your head.
Example: rotten framing behind the old vanity — logged as a variation before the extra work starts.
Follow-ups can be set up for quotes waiting on an answer and invoices sitting unpaid, so chasing doesn't rely on you remembering.
Example: a reminder on a quote that hasn't been answered, and a nudge on an invoice past its due date.
Talk or type the note while you're standing in the job. JACK writes it up as job details, a scope and quote lines for you to check.
Example: "strip the old tiles, waterproof, retile about 8 square metres, new vanity and mixer" — drafted, not sent.
Nothing is priced, approved or sent to a customer until you've read it and chosen to send it. Every draft stays editable.
See how JACK worksGeneral information about how TradeWaka works, not tax, accounting or legal advice. GST registration, deposit terms and contract requirements depend on your business and the work you do — check with your accountant or your state's requirements.
Reduce repetitive quoting, job entry and paperwork.
Spend less of your week behind a screen.
Respond faster and create more capacity for billable work.
Turn admin hours into earning hours.
Spend fewer nights and weekends catching up on paperwork.
More time for the things outside work that matter.
See what reducing your weekly admin could mean for your business — and your life.
Estimates are illustrative and based on the information you provide. Actual time savings vary depending on your business, workflow and TradeWaka usage.
Pick what you'd do with the hours — it's just for you, nothing is collected.
Free while we're in beta — no card required. JACK is included on every plan with a set monthly allowance.
Everything you need to run a solo trade business.
Prices in AUD. Your final amount, including any GST, is confirmed at checkout. No credit card needed to start, and no lock-in contract.
Six things that take the paperwork off your evenings. There's plenty more underneath.
Turn site conversations into organised admin.
Create professional quote drafts while the job is still fresh.
Customers, appointments, notes, photos and job information stay connected.
Customers can review and approve quotes digitally.
Move completed work into invoicing without recreating job information.
Manage TradeWaka from the ute, site, workshop or home.
Track every enquiry from first contact through to a won job.
Customer details, properties, history and documents in one record.
Site visits, quotes and jobs on one shared calendar.
Email and SMS conversations logged against the customer timeline.
Store receipts, certificates and job photos against each job.
Branded quotes, invoices, job reports and receipts as PDFs.
Revenue, conversion and job performance at a glance.
Prompts about follow-ups, overdue invoices and the day ahead — you decide.
Still not the whole list — TradeWaka keeps growing with the trade.
Everything you need to run the business, from first enquiry to final invoice. Built mobile-first for the ute, the site, and the workshop.
Every contact, property and history in one place.
Track enquiries from first call to won job.
Job cards, scheduling, notes and photos.
AI-drafted, itemised, GST-ready quotes.
Send on the spot. Chase late payers.
All paperwork organised by job.
Track spend and margin per job.
Drag-and-drop calendar for the crew.
Profit, conversion and revenue trends.
A branded portal for every customer. They approve quotes, watch job progress, view photos and pay invoices — without a single phone tag.
Every quote, job report, invoice and receipt is branded, itemised and ready to send — no templates, no formatting, no stress.
Detailed, branded and ready to approve online.
High-pressure clean of concrete driveway (approx. 65m²) including oil-stain treatment and re-sealing.
Before / after photos and completed work — signed off.
Line-item invoicing with online payment built in.
| Item | Qty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Driveway clean | 1 | $540.00 |
| Sealant (2 coats) | 2 | $210.00 |
| GST 10% | — | $75.00 |
Instant payment confirmation for every customer.
TradeWaka plots today’s route on Google Maps so you can plan smarter, drive less and finish earlier.
JACK sequences your day so you're never doubling back across town.
See every job on one map with drive-time totals baked in.
Every booking lands on your route with customer, time and job type.
Tap once for turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps.
Watch a real workflow from first customer enquiry to final payment — powered by JACK AI.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime
TradeWaka is designed for service-based trade businesses that need to spend less time on admin and more time earning.
TradeWaka plugs into the platforms that keep your business moving — so payments, calendars, maps and AI all work together, not in silos.
Take card payments online — invoices marked paid automatically.
Hosting, auth and continuous updates run on the Lovable platform.
Powers JACK — quotes, insights and voice-to-paperwork on tap.
Address lookup and job locations mapped for every appointment.
Sync appointments and jobs with the calendar you already use.
TradeWaka is a business software expense and may be tax deductible depending on your circumstances. Speak with your accountant about claiming software expenses at tax time.
Everything you need to know before joining the beta.
Let JACK take care of the repetitive admin while TradeWaka keeps your jobs moving from enquiry to payment.
Make money when you want to work. Get your time back when you don't.
Being built with real trade businesses
TradeWaka is in beta and being developed alongside Australian trade businesses using it on real jobs. We're not going to make up reviews or numbers — when tradies give us feedback we can publish, it'll appear here with their name on it.
Shaped on the tools
Every screen starts with how a trade business actually works — the ute, the site, the kitchen table at night.
Feedback goes straight in
Beta tradies can send feedback and bug reports from inside TradeWaka, and it lands with the team that builds it.
Built in the open
We'd rather show you the product than quote figures we can't back up. What you see on this page is what's built.
No customer testimonials, case studies, ratings or usage figures are published on this site yet, because we don't have verified ones to show.