Canberra & surrounds · for brand-new tradies

tradie setup/ noun /
Everything a trade business needs to run. Wired in before your first job, done for you.

You got the licence.
Now get the business.

We register it, build the website, set up your quotes, jobs and payments, and answer the phone while you're on the tools. Whole thing wired in one week, two phone calls, done for you.

Book a 15-minute call See how the week runs

No lock-in contracts. You own everything, your domain, your accounts, the lot.

The day-one trap

Great on the tools. Buried in the rest.

Going out on your own means you just took on a second job nobody warned you about: websites, quoting systems, invoices, a phone that rings while you're two metres up a ladder. None of it is your trade. All of it decides whether you get paid.

We do that whole list for you in one week. You do the trade. That's the deal.

JOB CARD · NEW BUSINESSQTY: ALL OF IT
  • 01Register ABN and business name
  • 02Get a website that doesn't look dodgy
  • 03Get found on Google Maps
  • 04Set up quotes and invoices that look legit
  • 05Job system so nothing falls through
  • 06Take card payments on site
  • 07Trade account and receipts sorted
  • 08Answer the phone. Every time. Somehow.
Sorted. — TS
A tradesman at his kitchen table at night, hi-vis on the chair, doing business paperwork on a laptop
9pm. The second job nobody warned you about.

How it works

One week. Two phone calls.
You barely lift a finger.

No forms, no portals, no homework. You talk, we build, you get the keys.

Call 1 · 30 min

Monday

We take the brief

Your trade, your area, your name. We register the ABN and business name, grab your domain and email, and collect any photos of your work.

Tuesday

Site goes up

Your website gets built and your Google Business Profile goes live, so you exist everywhere a customer looks.

Wednesday

Systems wired

Job system, quote and invoice templates in your branding, accounting connected, tap-to-pay switched on.

Thursday

Supply and phone

Trade accounts set up with receipt capture, and your phone answering configured so a missed call becomes a text, not a lost job.

Call 2 · 30 min

Friday

Keys handed over

We walk you through one real quote, job and invoice together. Then it's yours. Logins, accounts, domain, everything in your name.

Eight seconds, no reading

Prefer it said out loud?

The whole thing, explained the way you'd explain it at smoko. And yes, that's an AI presenter, we're upfront about that. The work behind it is real.

AI presenter · demo

What gets wired in

Everything a real business has. Nothing you have to figure out.

Built on the tools the best trade businesses in the country already run on. You own every account. We just do the wiring.

Website + Google

A proper site with your work on it, live on Google Maps and search.

ABN + business name

Registered properly, domain and business email included.

Quotes + invoices

Branded templates that make a one-man band look like an outfit.

Jobs + scheduling

ServiceM8 or Tradify set up and configured. Nothing falls through.

Card payments

Tap-to-pay on your phone, pay-by-link on every invoice. Connected to your accounting.

Variations

"While you're here, can you also..." captured, priced and signed. The margin you'd otherwise lose.

Supplier accounts

Bunnings PowerPass and your trade suppliers, with receipts captured against jobs.

Phone answered 24/7

Smart answering takes the call when you can't, texts you the job details.

Run It For Me plan

Pricing

Cheaper than a website alone.
Then it runs itself.

Others charge $499 for just the website. Phone answering sells for $299 a month on its own. Here's how we've packaged it instead.

What's included Starter Setup$249one-offLook legit, fast Most tradies pick thisFull Setup$549one-offThe whole business, wired Run It For Me$189per month · cancel anytimeNever miss a call again
Look legit + online
ABN + business name registered–
Domain + business email–
Website + Google Business Profile–
Branded quote + invoice templates–
Operating systems, wired up
Job + CRM system (ServiceM8 / Tradify)––
Accounting + tap-to-pay connected––
Variations system (never lose the extras)––
Supplier accounts + receipt capture––
Setup calls + handover1 call2 calls, one week–
Ongoing — the recurring value
AI reception — never miss a call––
Missed call becomes a text in seconds––
Website hosted + kept liveadd-onadd-on
Everything maintained + kept running––
One number to call when anything breaks––
Start here Book the week Add to setup

Fair question: is $189 a month worth it? AI phone answering sells for $299 a month on its own in Australia. Inside Run It For Me you get it plus hosting, upkeep and a human who owns the problem, for a hundred bucks less. And if it stops earning its keep, cancel. No lock-in, no exit fees.

The missed-call maths

The phone rings while you're on the tools. That's the whole problem.

A phone with an incoming call glowing on a dusty workbench next to work gloves and a tape measure

2 in 3

tradies say they can't answer while they're working. The customer just calls the next name on Google.

$600+

what a single lost call-out can be worth. One saved job a month pays for the plan three times over.

30 sec

how fast a missed caller gets a text back with your name on it, so the job stays yours.

Job values vary by trade. The point stands: the plan costs less than one lost job a month.

Who's doing the wiring

Straight answers, before you ask.

Tradie Setup is run out of Canberra by a crew that builds business systems for trades. Twenty years in enterprise tech, family in the trades, and every system we set up for you is one we run ourselves.

Rule 01

You own everything. The domain, the website, the accounts, the phone number. Leave tomorrow and it all goes with you.

Rule 02

No kickbacks. We don't take commissions from ServiceM8, Xero, suppliers or anyone else. We recommend what's best for your trade, full stop.

Rule 03

No lock-in. The setup is one-off. The monthly is cancel-anytime. We keep your business by being useful, not by contract.

Rule 04

We stay in our lane. Tax structure, insurance and legal advice go to the licensed professionals. We'll point you to good ones in Canberra and do the rest.

Rule 05

New brand, honest about it. Tradie Setup is new. The founding price reflects that, and the first ten Canberra tradies get looked after accordingly.

FAQ

The stuff tradies actually ask.

I'm hopeless with computers. Is that a problem?

No, it's the point. You do two phone calls and take photos of your work. We do everything else, then walk you through it on the Friday call until you're comfortable. If you can use your phone, you can run this.

What do I actually own at the end?

All of it. The domain and website, the Google profile, the ServiceM8 or Tradify account, Xero, Stripe, supplier accounts. Everything is registered in your name with your logins. We're the setup crew, not the landlord.

Why are you cheaper than the web agencies?

Because the setup isn't where we make our money, and we're not padding it. We'd rather get you running for a fair one-off price and earn the monthly by being genuinely useful. Agencies charge $2,000 or more for the website alone and then charge again every time you sneeze.

What if I already have an ABN or a half-done website?

Even better, we skip what's done and fix what isn't. The price doesn't change much either way. Bring whatever you've got to the first call.

Does the phone answering sound like a robot?

It's smart answering, and we're upfront with your callers, not sneaky. What matters is the customer gets an answer and you get their details by text within seconds, instead of them ringing the next tradie on the list. You'll hear it yourself on the first call and can decide if it's for you.

I'm not in Canberra. Can you still do it?

The setup is done remotely, so yes. Canberra and surrounds get first priority while we're small, because we like doing handovers properly. If you're elsewhere, get in touch anyway and we'll be straight with you about timing.

Founding offer · Canberra

First 10 tradies get the founding price.

Not fake scarcity, just honesty: we're new, we're proving this, and the first ten Canberra tradies who come on board get the prices on this page locked in and a direct line to the founder. After that, prices go where the market says they should.

Grab a founding spot Read the pricing again

Prefer to talk first? Email tradeprosys@gmail.com with your number and we'll call you back same day.

A tradesman's ute with ladder racks parked at dawn, phone glowing on the dashboard