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ModuleFest Trades Business Manager plans

Start free from WordPress.org and move up when you need to. Every plan keeps your data and settings exactly where they are.

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Basic

Free forever

  • Customers and jobs, with clash warnings
  • Weekly diary and jobs waiting for a date
  • Website enquiry form that creates the customer and job
  • Quotes with options, accepted online
  • VAT invoices, deposits and credit notes
  • CIS and VAT reverse charge
  • Who owes me, and VAT return figures
  • Repeat visits and service reminders
  • Customer statements and late payment charges
  • Job templates and your diary on your phone
  • Job sheets, photos and notes
  • Stock across van, lock-up and garage
  • Import from a spreadsheet
  • Variations and quote revisions
  • Account credit and refunds
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Premium Licence

£49.98 per month

  • Everything in Standard, plus
  • Engineers and a staff phone app, with photos, signatures and parts used
  • Route planning
  • Compliance certificates with expiry reminders
  • Report builder
  • Newsletters and customer groups
  • Timesheets and job profit
  • Purchase orders
  • Planning board
  • Customer visit page with the van on a map
  • Maintenance plans by Direct Debit
  • Your own forms and checks
  • Supplier price lists, staff time off and calendars
  • Appliance register at each address
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Two ways to get started

  • Option 1 I already have WordPress hosting Install the free plugin from WordPress.org; your licence unlocks the rest.
  • Option 2 Host it for me WordPress hosting with ModuleFest Trades Business Manager installed and switched on, and a ready-made design to start from. You build your website yourself; we keep it hosted, secure and up to date. Choose Standard or Premium and add hosting for £7.50 a month.

Available as soon as ModuleFest Trades Business Manager is live on WordPress.org.

Every feature, plan by plan

Everything in Basic, plus more in Standard, plus more again in Premium.

Feature Basic Free forever Standard Licence £24.99 per month Premium Licence £49.98 per month
The work, every day
Customers and jobs, with clash warnings Included Included
Diary with day, work week, week, month and list views, and the jobs still waiting for a date Included Included
Website enquiry form that creates the customer and job Included Included
Quotes customers accept online, with good/better/best options and revisions: change a sent quote and the earlier version is kept Included Included
VAT invoices, emailed, with overdue chasing Included Included
Stock across van, lock-up and garage Included Included
Private notes on customers Included Included
Deposits and part payments, with the balance on the invoice Included Included
Credit notes to correct or cancel a sent invoice Included Included
CIS deductions and VAT reverse-charge invoices Included Included
Who owes me: money owed, by how late it is Included Included
VAT return figures for each quarter Included Included
Bring customers and prices in from a spreadsheet, and download everything Included Included
More than one address per customer (a landlord's flats), with access notes Included Included
Printable job sheets for one job or the whole day Included Included
Photos and notes on every job Included Included
Quotes to chase, with a friendly reminder in one press Included Included
Terms and conditions the customer agrees to when they accept Included Included
Repeat visits that book themselves into the diary, and can invoice each visit Included Included
Service reminders: customers are emailed when their annual service or check is due, and the next one is set by itself Included Included
Your diary on your phone: jobs in Google, Apple or Outlook calendar Included Included
Customer statements to print or email Included Included
Late payment interest and compensation for business customers, worked out for you Included Included
Job templates: the jobs you price the same way every time, in one click Included Included
New Variations after a quote is accepted: just the new work, or all the work with the original lines; the customer approves the difference online Included Included
New Account credit and refunds: keep overpayments on account and take them off a later invoice Included Included
New Emails when a customer pays online, a thank-you receipt for them, and a copy of a paid invoice in one press Included Included
Getting paid and keeping customers
Invoice and quote designer: your logo, colours and layout Not included Included
Pro-forma invoices and stage payments on quotes (deposit, stages, final balance) Not included Included
Online payments by card (Stripe or SumUp) or PayPal, with card refunds sent back through Stripe Not included Included
Customer portal and phone app for your customers Not included Included
Texts, WhatsApp and email to customers: booking confirmations, day-before reminders, "on my way", payment reminders, quote follow-ups, service reminders with a booking link, customers' replies in one place, and a morning-of-visit update ("you're visit 2 of 4") with an arrival window. Each customer's preferred way is set on their record; text and WhatsApp appear once Twilio is set up Not included Included
Google review requests after each job Not included Included
Online booking on a page of its own, with deposits paid online Not included Included
Expenses with receipt photos, mileage at HMRC rates, and Making Tax Digital quarters Not included Included
Exports for Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent, and bank statement matching against your invoices Not included Included
A team on the road
Engineers and a staff phone app with photos, signatures and parts used, time off for engineers, and their own Google or Outlook calendars counted as busy Not included Included
Route planning for the day Not included Included
Compliance certificates with expiry reminders, and an appliance register at each address Not included Included
Report builder with charts and downloads, including quote revisions and variations Not included Included
Customer newsletters and customer groups Not included Included
Timesheets and the profit on every job Not included Included
Purchase orders to suppliers, booked into stock, and supplier price lists imported into your costs Not included Included
Planning board: drag jobs between people and days Not included Included
Customer visit page: their place in the day, the arrival time, and the van on a map Not included Included
Maintenance plans paid monthly by Direct Debit (GoCardless): customers can cancel online, and changes made in GoCardless come back into Trades Business Manager Not included Included
Your own forms and checks: risk assessments, checklists, van checks Not included Included

Texts and WhatsApp go through your own Twilio account, which Twilio bills directly. Email needs nothing extra.

Card payments and deposits go through your own Stripe, PayPal or SumUp account, and Direct Debits through your own GoCardless account. ModuleFest takes no cut.

The accounting exports are files in each package's import format. A live link is planned.

What ModuleFest Trades Business Manager does

How paying for ModuleFest works

Is there a contract?

No. Plans are billed monthly in pounds and you can cancel at any time. Nothing is added at checkout, so the price you see is the price you pay.

How does the free trial work?

Pet business plans start with 14 days of Premium, with no card needed. At the end you choose Standard or Premium and carry on with everything as it is. If you do nothing, nothing is charged and the site goes read-only for a week so you can export your data.

What if my team grows?

Each plan includes a number of staff logins and more can be added at £6 a month each. Your customers are never counted. Extra staff are only added to your bill after 14 days over your plan, and you get a reminder first.

Can I change plan later?

Yes. You can move between Standard and Premium when your needs change. Your bookings, customers and settings stay exactly where they are.

Do I need my own website?

No. Ready-to-use plans run at your own address on modulefest.uk with a booking page and the apps, and a full website can be added for £7.50 a month. If you already have a WordPress website, the plugins can run on it instead.