The TradeForge Blog
Running a trades business, written plainly.
Pricing, getting paid, winning work. Everything here is free and stays here — the archive is open to anyone.
Getting paid faster starts before the job does
Late payment is usually a terms problem, not a chasing problem. Here is how the trades who get paid on time set it up before the first swing.
A trade school for the business of the trades
TradeForge Trade School opens with the first intake — three courses on pricing, getting paid, and winning work, with a coach in your own private channel.
The hourly rate you copied is lying to you
Most trades rates are copied from the shop across town — a number that encodes their costs, not yours. Here is the arithmetic that shows what an hour really costs.