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SentBathroom refit - second-floor flat
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Get the deposit.
No chasing.
Built for UK tradespeople. Send one link - your customer accepts the quote and pays the deposit in the same flow. It's paid before you start the job, and with Instant Payouts it's in your bank in minutes.
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SentBathroom refit - second-floor flat
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£522 deposit landed
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What is WorkPaid?
The money side of every job, in one place.
Send a professional quote, take a deposit before you start, collect the rest as the work goes, and let the invoice write itself. Built for UK trades - no WhatsApp prices, no chasing payment after the job's done.
Quotes
Professional quote links in minutes
Deposits up front
Deposit before you start
Stage payments
Split big jobs into milestones
Auto-invoices
MTD-ready, generated for you
Job tracking
Every job's status at a glance
The UK trade payment crisis
53%
saw late payments rise this year
68%
are chasing unpaid invoices right now
£1,646
average debt written off per trade
1,000+
UK small businesses fold every month due to late payments
Source: BBC News, May 2026 · Direct Line survey of 500 UK tradespeople · UK Government on small business closures.
Sound familiar?
You quote over WhatsApp, the customer agrees verbally, then argues the price after you've done the work.
You finish the job, send an invoice, and spend three weeks chasing payment you were promised.
HMRC's digital records rule kicked in April 2026. You're still using a spreadsheet - or nothing at all.
HMRC deadline
Keeping digital records isn't optional anymore - it's the law
Making Tax Digital (MTD) makes digital bookkeeping mandatory for self-employed tradespeople:
Cash-in-hand won't cut it anymore. HMRC will know the gap between declared and actual income. Spreadsheets technically work, but they're fragile, easy to lose, and a nightmare at tax time.
WorkPaid handles it automatically
Every quote, deposit, and final payment generates a proper digital record. When HMRC comes asking, your books are already done. No spreadsheets, no accountant panic, no back-dated paperwork at 11pm on Jan 30th.
You've found the lead. Now what?
Whether your customers come from Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Google, or word-of-mouth - getting found is only half the battle. WorkPaid handles every step after.
Lead in
Checkatrade, Google, etc.
Quote
Professional, in writing
Deposit
Paid before you start
Do the work
Extras tracked if needed
Final paid
No chasing
Invoice
Auto-generated, MTD-ready
Use WorkPaid alongside the tools that get you customers. We're the bit they don't do.
Why switch
Not a discovery platform.
A business platform.
Built around the moments that actually decide whether you get paid.
You get paid
Deposit taken before you start. Final payment requested with one tap. No more finishing a job and hoping the money turns up.
You look professional
A clean quote link beats a WhatsApp voice note. Customers take you seriously, and you win more jobs.
You're covered
Every quote is a clear record of what was agreed and what was paid. If there's ever a question, you've got the proof.
Tax sorted automatically
Every payment generates a proper invoice. When MTD kicks in, your records are already done - no extra work.
Show them the signed contract between both parties (that you obviously wrote) and get them to pay up.
- Comment under a real UK trades post
Every WorkPaid quote is that signed contract. Written, accepted, timestamped - automatically.
Built for real work
The way real jobs actually go
Big jobs are paid in stages. Customers add extras mid-job. Final payments need a nudge. WorkPaid handles all of it.
Pay in stages, not all up front
For bigger jobs - split the price into 2, 4, or 10 stages. Customer pays each one as the work hits that milestone. No more chasing £6k after the kitchen's fitted.
Extras mid-job? Send them for approval
Customer asks for extra sockets while you're on site? Send the extras through WorkPaid - they approve, the amount rolls into the final payment. No 'that wasn't in the quote' arguments.
We chase the money so you don't have to
Quote sitting unread for two days? We email a friendly reminder. Set a due date on the final payment and we chase it if it drifts. You stay on the tools.
See the moment your customer opens it
The timeline shows when your quote link was clicked - so you know who's serious before you follow up. No more 'did they get it?'
Build quotes in 90 seconds
Save your common materials and labour items. Two taps and a price is on the page. Duplicate any past quote with one click for repeat jobs.
Year-end totals, one CSV away
Download your tax-year earnings - gross, VAT, net, platform fees - and send it straight to your accountant. The HMRC paperwork is already done.
Built for your trade
Same product. Spoken your way.
Deposit-before-you-start works the same whether you're rewiring a flat or laying a patio. The pain shape's different though - so we've written it up for the trades who care most.
For plumbers
Boiler swaps, emergency call-outs, bathroom installs. Deposit lands before you order the cylinder.
See it for plumbers →For electricians
EV chargers, fuseboards, rewires. Deposit clears before the trip to CEF for cable.
See it for electricians →For builders
Extensions, loft conversions, driveways. Staged payments mean you're never £15k of materials out of pocket.
See it for builders →For painters & decorators
Interior, exterior, wallpapering. Get the small jobs paid that are too small to chase in court.
See it for decorators →Don't see your trade? Works the same for roofers, plasterers, landscapers, gas engineers, carpenters, tilers, kitchen fitters, locksmiths, glaziers and more →
Free to use.
Pay only when we handle the payment.
Quotes, invoices, and job tracking are always free. We only charge when the customer pays through WorkPaid - 2.5%, capped at £500 per quote. Same fee on a £500 boiler job, same cap on a £70k extension.
Quoting + invoicing
Always. No limits.
- ✓ Unlimited quotes
- ✓ Professional shareable quote links
- ✓ Stage-based quotes for bigger jobs
- ✓ Mid-job extras with customer approval
- ✓ Cancellation policy on every quote
- ✓ Invoices generated automatically
- ✓ MTD-compatible tax records
- ✓ Job tracking and status updates
Customer pays you directly (cash or transfer) - you keep 100%.
Online payments
Capped at £500 per quote
Only when we handle payment. Never more than £500 per quote - no matter how big.
- ✓ Everything in Free
- ✓ Customer pays by card, Apple/Google Pay, or bank-to-bank (no chargebacks)
- ✓ Stage-by-stage payment collection
- ✓ Final payment collection (incl. any extras)
- ✓ Instant payouts - money in ~30 min (optional, 1% fee)
- ✓ Auto reminders every 2 days while unpaid
- ✓ No surcharge to your customer - they pay the quoted price
- ✓ Or pass our 2.5% to the customer - keep 100% of your quote
£800 job (with deposit)
£80 callout (full payment upfront)
£70,000 extension (with deposit)
Saves you £1,250 vs an uncapped 2.5% on big jobs.
Customers pay by card, or bank-to-bank on payments up to £10k - cheaper (fee capped at £5) and no chargebacks. Card processing comes out of your payment, like a card machine; your customer always pays the quoted price, no surcharge.
Don't want to absorb it? Pass it on.
Flip one switch and our 2.5% is added to the customer's total instead - you receive your full quote, and they still see one clean price with no separate fee line. Your call, on every quote.
I'm Tyler. I built WorkPaid in Sheffield because I was sick of watching good tradespeople do the work and then have to beg to get paid.
Why I built it →Ready to get paid on time?
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