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CHALKLINE

For tradespeople

A professional profile, enquiries that match your trade and area, and a proper way to quote. Free during the pilot.

List your business

What you get

  • A shopfront for your work. Photos of real jobs, your services, your area and your reviews, on a link you can share anywhere.
  • Relevant enquiries. Only jobs in the trades you chose and the area you set. Each job goes to a small shortlist, not to every business.
  • Proper quotes. Labour, materials, VAT, inclusions and exclusions set out clearly. Revise a quote without losing the original.
  • One place per job. Messages, the accepted quote and progress together in a Job Room.
  • Your quoting tool. The Chalkline pricing tool, built around your day rate and price book, is included.

What it costs

Nothing during the pilot. There are no lead fees, no credits, no commission and no way to pay for a higher position. If that ever changes we will tell you well in advance.

How to join

  1. Create an account and choose “List your business”.
  2. Add your business name, a description, your trades and services.
  3. Set where you work from and how far you travel. You can add extra towns or postcode districts anywhere in the UK.
  4. Add photos of your work — your own, and with the customer’s permission where their home can be identified.
  5. Submit. A person at Chalkline checks each new profile before it goes live.

How enquiries work

When a customer posts a job that fits, you get an email and it appears in your dashboard. You see the description, photos, timing and postcode district. Say you are interested, ask a question, suggest a visit or decline. Declining is private and does not affect your profile.

The customer’s name, phone number and address are theirs to share. Most do so once they have chosen a business.

How you are ordered

Search results and job shortlists are ordered by how well you match: the service asked for, how close you are, whether you are taking work, and — once there is enough of it — how reliably you respond and the jobs you have completed here. Payment plays no part, and a new business starts at neutral, not at the bottom.

What we expect

  • Describe your business honestly. Do not claim qualifications, insurance or experience you cannot evidence.
  • Keep your service area and availability accurate.
  • Respond to enquiries, even if only to decline.
  • Never ask a customer for a review in exchange for anything.

Optional checks let you show a dated badge for things like insurance or a qualification.