We started with plumbers, electricians, builders and decorators because they shouted loudest. But the deposit, stage-payment, and chasing-the-final-bill problem is universal. Whichever trade you run, WorkPaid does the same job.
No card to start. 2.5% per paid quote, capped at £500.
Real pain shapes for trades we haven't written a bespoke page for yet. Same product, same fee, same mechanism.
£5-30k tickets. Scaffold + tiles + felt + battens ordered before the first rip-off. Deposit funds the materials, stages cover the strip + the re-felt + the final tile run, balance after the leak test.
Skim + float jobs from £400 to £3k. Plaster has a working life of an hour - you can't stockpile it. Deposit funds the bag run from the merchants; balance hits the moment the second coat's flat.
Patios, decking, fencing, garden offices. £1-15k. Sleepers, slabs, paving - ordered before the digger arrives. Deposit covers the material drop; stages cover the dig, the base, the build.
Boiler service, gas-safety certs, leak repairs. £80-£300 per job, high volume. Deposit before the appointment filters out the cancellations; final hits when the cert's emailed.
Bespoke kitchens, doors, staircases, fitted wardrobes. Timber's expensive and bespoke cuts can't be returned. Deposit funds the timber order; stages cover the workshop build and the on-site fit.
Bathroom + kitchen tile jobs from £400 to £3k. Once a porcelain tile's cut, it's not going back. Deposit before the tile run; balance after the grout sets and the silicone's run.
£5-30k rip-and-install jobs. Worktop templated in week one, manufactured in week two, no returns. Deposit before the rip-out; stages as the cabinets land and the worktop's measured up.
Emergency call-outs and full lock-changes. £100-£800. Deposit before you turn up filters the "actually it self-resolved" wasters; final at the moment the keys are tested.
Glass cutting is bespoke - once it's cut, no returns. £200-£5k jobs. Deposit before the cut; final after the unit's sealed and the bead's on.
£3-15k jobs. Pump, cylinder, pipework, controls - all ordered in advance from a specialist supplier. Deposit funds the kit; stages cover the install and the commissioning.
Plasterboard, metal stud, suspended ceilings. £500-£5k. Boards + framing + insulation ordered before the lift goes up. Deposit covers the material run; stages cover the framing + the boarding + the tape-and-joint.
If you quote a job, take a deposit, and want the balance paid without chasing - WorkPaid does it. The product doesn't care what you call yourself; it cares about quote → deposit → milestones → final → invoice. That's the same shape across every trade.
Three things the product does, regardless of trade.
Quote the job. Send the link. Customer pays a 20-50% deposit by card (Apple Pay and Google Pay included) or straight from their bank. Pay by Bank, on payments up to £10k, is cheaper for you and can't be charged back. Money's in your account before you order the timber / tiles / felt / paint / cable / boiler / slabs, and Instant Payouts can land it in about 30 minutes for a 1% fee (or free on the standard 1-2 working day schedule). Their commitment funds your material run.
For bigger jobs - split the price into as many stages as you need. Customer pays each one when you mark the stage complete. No "I'll transfer next week", no chasing balances mid-build. The platform handles the request, reminder and payment.
Job done. One tap requests the final balance. Automatic reminders every two days. The customer sees a clear, professional payment page with your branding. When it lands, an HMRC-clean invoice generates automatically - quarterly CSV export ready for FreeAgent, Xero or QuickBooks.
Yes. The product is identical for every trade - the dedicated pages just exist because plumbers, electricians, builders and decorators were the loudest in early conversations. If you quote jobs, take deposits, and want the balance paid without chasing, WorkPaid does the same job whatever you call yourself.
Once enough tradespeople from a given trade are using WorkPaid, yes - we write each dedicated page using real customer language, not made-up scenarios. If you want to lobby for yours, sign up and message us; we listen to active users first.
No. 2.5% per paid quote, capped at £500 per quote, whatever trade you run. Free to use otherwise. Prefer to keep the full quote? Flip on fee-pass and the 2.5% is added to the customer's total as one all-in price. The same pricing applies whether you're fitting a kitchen, fixing a leak, or hanging wallpaper.
Yes - the fee scales down too. On a £200 emergency call-out the fee is £5. On a £600 small repair it's £15. The cap only kicks in above ~£20k jobs, which is when a single £500 fee is dwarfed by the cost of getting stiffed on a £20k+ job.
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