From a 2019 idea to today: the whole TradeYoke journey
An idea from helping manage window cleaning rounds around 2019, development from the start of 2024, and where it has got to in October 2026. The whole journey in one place.
Author
Carl Randall
Founder of TradeYoke. Builds the platform end to end — web, mobile and the bits in between.
What a customer record should do at the door: a trade business CRM that works on your phone
Gate codes on the back of an invoice, addresses in three apps and a customer who owes you from March. Here is what a customer record for a trade business should hold, and how to check it works on a phone, at the door.
Running your window cleaning round from your phone, without another app to install
Most of a window cleaner's day happens on a pavement with a phone in one hand. Here is what a round needs from that phone, and how TradeYoke works in your browser and from your home screen with nothing to download.
How UK tradespeople get paid the same day (pay links, cards, Direct Debit)
A pay link by text, a card on the doorstep, a Direct Debit for the regulars. The three ways UK trades get paid the same day, and when to use each.
Running two trades on one account (and why the diary doesn't care)
Plenty of trade businesses do two things: windows and gutters, gardens and fencing, solar and the electrics. One account, one diary, one customer list, one invoice run.
Five years of the same idea, and why we finally started building
The idea was about five years old when we started building at the start of 2024. Here is why we waited, what made us begin, and the rules we set ourselves on day one.
Where TradeYoke began: an idea from helping run window cleaning rounds
Around 2019 we were helping manage window cleaning rounds and kept seeing the same problems: rounds on paper, missed cleans, money to chase. This is where TradeYoke began.