TradePass is the only digital business card built specifically for contractors, plumbers, electricians, handymen and tradesmen. One link. Instant contact saving. A quote request form that captures leads 24/7. Here is everything it does and why it matters.
By TradePass | Product | 12 min read
TradePass is a digital business card built specifically for contractors, plumbers, electricians, handymen, and tradespeople. It gives you one shareable link that saves your contact directly into a customer's phone, lets them request quotes at any hour, and doubles as a mini website that shows up on Google. It is the tool that sits between finishing a job and getting the next one.
If you have ever done great work for a customer, left your paper card on the counter, and never heard from them again -- TradePass exists because of that exact moment. The moment where the customer wanted to call you back but could not find your number. The moment where their neighbor asked for a recommendation and the best they could offer was "I had a guy but I lost his card."
This article walks through exactly what TradePass is, what it does, what it costs, and why it matters for anyone who works in the trades.
Here is a pattern every contractor knows. You finish a job. The customer is happy. You hand them a paper business card or text them your number. A month later, their friend mentions they need work done. The customer wants to refer you. But the paper card is in a junk drawer. Your number is buried in a text thread from weeks ago. They cannot find you. So the friend Googles "plumber near me" and hires someone else.
You did everything right -- good work, fair price, professional service -- and you still lost the referral. Not because the customer did not want to send you business. Because they physically could not find your information when it mattered.
This is not a small problem. It is the single biggest leak in most contractors' marketing. You are losing repeat work and referrals not because of your quality or price, but because of a logistics failure. The customer's intent is there. The information is not.
TradePass solves this by making you permanently findable. When a customer taps "Save My Contact" on your TradePass card, your name, number, trade, and card link are saved directly into their phone contacts. Six months later when their neighbor needs an electrician, they search "electrician" in their contacts and you are right there. They tap your name, send your TradePass link via text, and the neighbor can see your work, read about your services, and request a quote -- all without a single phone call.
TradePass is not just a digital business card. It is a complete system for staying findable, generating leads, and tracking where your business comes from. Here is everything included.
Your TradePass card is a single page that displays your name, company, trade, headline, bio, phone number, service areas, and photo or logo. It is designed to look professional and trade-specific -- your card says "Licensed Plumber" or "Master Electrician," not "Professional." You choose your brand color from 20 presets or pick a custom color, and your entire card reflects your business identity. You can also upload a custom banner image to make it fully yours.
Every TradePass card has a prominent "Save My Contact" button. When a customer taps it, a vCard file downloads and saves your name, phone number, trade, photo, and TradePass link directly into their phone contacts. No app required. No account needed. One tap and you are permanently in their phone. This is the feature that prevents the "I had a guy but lost his number" problem.
This is the feature that separates TradePass from every other digital business card on the market. Every card includes a quote request form where customers enter their name, phone number, and a description of the work they need. They can submit it at 10pm on a Sunday. You get an instant email notification. Monday morning, you call them with a quote before they ever open Google.
The quote form turns your business card into a 24/7 lead generation tool. It captures the customer at the moment they are thinking about the work -- not hours or days later when they have moved on or hired someone else.
Your TradePass card lives at a unique URL like tradepass.cards/your-name. This is not just a shareable link -- it is a real web page that Google can index. For contractors who do not have a traditional website, this means your TradePass card can appear in search results when someone searches for your name or your trade in your area. You get the visibility of a website without the cost, complexity, or maintenance of building one.
Your card page can include an extended bio, a full list of services, a photo gallery of your work (up to 12 photos), business hours, years of experience, license and insurance badges, Google review ratings, and links to all your social media profiles. It is a complete online presence in a single page.
Every quote request lands in your TradePass dashboard. You can see the customer's name, phone number, email, and the message they sent. Each lead has click-to-call and text buttons so you can respond in seconds. You track each lead through stages -- New Lead, Booked, Completed, or Cancelled -- so you always know where things stand. You can export all your leads as a CSV file for your records.
The dashboard also shows your card analytics: total views, most recent view, and a breakdown of top actions -- how many phone calls, contact saves, website visits, and quote requests your card has generated.
If you get referrals from realtors, property managers, or other contractors, TradePass lets you create unique trackable referral links for each partner. When someone views your card, calls you, or submits a quote through a referral partner's link, you see exactly which partner sent that business. Leads that come through referral links are tagged with a referral badge in your dashboard.
This turns your referral network from something invisible into something measurable. Instead of guessing who sends you the most work, you know. And you can thank them, prioritize the relationship, and build on what is actually working.
TradePass generates print-ready business cards (standard 3.5 by 2 inches, front and back) branded with your name, trade, contact info, and a QR code that links to your digital card. It also generates QR code stickers designed for your truck, toolbox, invoices, or anywhere you want customers to scan and find you. Both are downloadable in high resolution for professional printing.
The printed cards are not a replacement for the digital card -- they are a bridge. A customer scans the QR code, lands on your TradePass card, and taps "Save My Contact." Now you are in their phone permanently, even though the interaction started with a physical card.
When you mark a lead as "Completed" in your dashboard, TradePass surfaces two follow-up actions. First, a pre-written text message asking the customer for a Google review -- with your Google Reviews link included, ready to copy or send via text. Second, a follow-up message thanking the customer and sharing your TradePass link, making it easy for them to pass your info to anyone who needs work done.
These are not revolutionary ideas. Every contractor knows they should ask for reviews and follow up after jobs. But most do not because it takes time to compose the message and find the right links. TradePass writes the messages and preloads the links. You just tap send.
TradePass generates a professional HTML email signature with your name, trade, company, phone number, email, and a "View My Card" button that links to your TradePass card. You copy it and paste it into Gmail, Outlook, or your phone's mail app. Every email you send becomes a subtle reminder that your digital card exists and is one click away.
Your card can display trust badges for insurance and licensing, your Google Reviews rating with star display, a customer review snippet, and your years of experience. These are the details that make a homeowner feel confident before they pick up the phone. A customer who lands on your card from a referral sees licensed, insured, 4.8 stars, 15 years experience -- and they are calling you, not Googling alternatives.
The real value of TradePass is not any single feature. It is how the features work together in the daily life of a contractor.
You finish a job. You text the customer your TradePass link -- the same way you would text your phone number, except this link does more. The customer taps it, sees your professional card, and taps "Save My Contact." You are now permanently in their phone.
Three weeks later, their coworker mentions a leaky faucet. Your customer pulls up their contacts, searches your trade, finds you, and texts your TradePass link to the coworker. The coworker opens it at 9pm, scrolls through your services, sees your reviews and license info, and fills out the quote form: "Master bathroom faucet leaking, available Thursday or Friday." You get an email notification. Thursday morning, you are on the job.
Meanwhile, in your dashboard, you see the new lead was referred by the original customer. You mark the job as completed. TradePass prompts you to send a review request and a follow-up text. You tap send on both. Your Google review count goes up. The new customer now has your contact saved in their phone. The cycle continues.
None of this required a website. None of it required paid advertising. None of it required the customer to download an app. It required one link, shared via text, that did the work of a business card, a website, a quote form, and a referral tracker all at once.
TradePass is built for tradespeople and local service professionals. Plumbers. Electricians. Handymen. HVAC technicians. Roofers. General contractors. Cleaners. Landscapers. If you work with your hands, get most of your business through word of mouth, and your "marketing strategy" is doing good work and hoping people remember you -- TradePass is built for you.
It is specifically designed for solo operators and small crews. You do not need a marketing team to use it. You do not need to be tech-savvy. If you can send a text message, you can use TradePass. Setup takes under five minutes. Most users have their card live and shareable the same day they sign up.
TradePass is not for corporate professionals, salespeople, or enterprise teams. There are excellent platforms built for those use cases. TradePass was built for the contractor who just finished snaking a drain and needs to leave the customer with something more effective than a paper card that will end up in the recycling bin.
Most contractors who sign up for TradePass are not switching from another digital business card. They are switching from a combination of tools and workarounds that were never designed to work together.
TradePass has three plans. All three include every feature -- there are no feature gates or upsells.
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. No credit card tricks. If TradePass is not for you, cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. After that, there is a 30-day results guarantee: if you do not see more callbacks or referrals within 30 days, you get a full refund.
To put the cost in perspective: the annual plan is $79 for the entire year. A single additional job from a referral that would have been lost without TradePass pays for the subscription several times over. Most contractors recoup the cost within the first month.
Every digital business card on the market was built for corporate professionals. Sales teams swapping contacts at conferences. Marketers syncing leads to their CRM. Executives with Apple Wallet integrations and LinkedIn connections.
Nobody built one for the electrician who just wired a panel and wants the homeowner to remember his name next time. Nobody built one for the plumber whose best marketing is the customer telling their neighbor "I know a guy." Nobody built one for the handyman who does not need a CRM -- he needs the customer to save his number and be able to find it again in three months.
That is why TradePass exists. Not because the world needed another digital business card platform. Because tradespeople needed one that was actually built for how they work. The language is different. The features are different. The design is different. Everything about TradePass starts with the same question: does this help a contractor get more callbacks, more referrals, and more jobs?
If the answer is no, it does not go in the product. If the answer is yes, it does. That is the filter. It is that simple.
Signing up takes under five minutes. You enter your name, trade, contact info, and a few details about your business. You choose a color, upload a photo if you have one, and your card is live. You get a unique link you can start sharing immediately via text, email, or printed on your physical cards.
From there, you can customize further from your dashboard -- add services, upload work photos, set business hours, create referral partner links, generate printable cards, and set up your email signature. But none of that is required to start. The basics are ready in minutes.
The customers you helped last week are going to need work done again. Their neighbors are going to ask for recommendations. The only question is whether they can find you when that moment comes. TradePass makes sure they can.
TradePass is a digital business card platform built specifically for contractors, plumbers, electricians, handymen, and other tradespeople. It gives you a shareable link (like tradepass.cards/your-name) that functions as a digital business card and mini website. Customers can save your contact with one tap, request quotes directly from your card, and find you on Google -- all without you needing a traditional website.
TradePass offers three plans: Monthly at $11/month, Annual at $79/year (about $6.58/month), and Lifetime at $159 one-time. All plans include every feature -- digital business card, quote request form, lead tracking dashboard, referral partner tracking, QR codes, printable business cards, and more. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial and includes a 30-day results guarantee.
No. Your TradePass card functions as a mini website. It has its own unique URL that can appear in Google search results, displays your services, photos, business hours, and includes a quote request form. For most solo contractors and small crews, a TradePass card replaces the need for a separate website entirely.
TradePass is the only digital business card built from the ground up for the trades. It includes a built-in quote request form that captures leads 24/7, referral partner tracking that shows you exactly who is sending you business, trade-specific design that says Licensed Plumber instead of Professional, and a card URL that doubles as a Google-findable website. No other digital card platform offers these features for individual contractors.
Most users complete their card in under 5 minutes. The onboarding walks you through adding your name, trade, contact info, services, and a photo. You can start sharing your link immediately and continue customizing your card from the dashboard at any time.
Yes. Every TradePass card includes a built-in quote request form. Customers can describe their project, enter their contact info, and submit a request at any time -- including nights and weekends. You receive an instant email notification for every quote request, and all leads appear in your dashboard where you can track them from first contact through job completion.