How good are our jobs?

We take the process of job posting very seriously and here are the things we do to help ensure we only have genuine jobs on our site.

1. All jobs are reviewed by a member of our team before approval.

2. We do not accept jobs from other sources. If it was not posted on our site, it wont be shown on our site

3. We ask many detailed questions because we want to discourage people who are not serious. Many sites ask basic questions so as to not discourage people from posting jobs. It takes on average 12 minutes to post a job with us, 17 if photographs are added

4. All job posters must confirm their email address and activate their jobs by clicking on a link we send to them by email

5. We will never sell the job more times than the homeowner has asked for contacts. They choose the number. 2, 3 or 4. You always know this number and therefore the maximum number of portential competitors, 1, 2 or 3

6. We capture the IP address of everyone who joins to ensure that we can trace people who are deliberately posting 'non' jobs. Unfortunately there are some people out there who like to post false jobs, including some tradespeople who try to test the system. When discovered they are removed from the site, reported and blocked.

7. We have automated systems to report suspicious postings

8. We ask the job posters how urgent the job is and therefore how long they are prepared to wait in order to receive replies from tradespeople

9. To make this easier for you we have a feature on the site called 'Report Contact Issue'. If you ever buy a job where no contact was possible or at first contact, the job was already gone within the contact period (despite the homeowner promise) we will investigate and refund where collaboration or no answer from the homeowner is received.

10. An exclusive reference number scheme protects both you and homeowners, now only companies with a unique (1 time use only) reference number for the job will be accepted by the homeowner. It is almost impossible for companies to buy a job from us and sell it to others. This reduces the risk of extra competition for the same job. Our homeowners report duplicate numbers and we remove offending companies.

11. We havd captured the pre-defined satisfaction criteria provided by the homeowner so you can: Tailor your estimates and proposal to win the business. Avoid any surprises about what is/was expected.

12. We tell the homeowner when you have agreed to contact them so they are expecting your call/contact and can look up your details on the site. Don't forget to update your company details to help homeowners choose you over your competition. A little extra time adding details to your account will give you an edge over those who have just provided basic information.

We know that our reputation and therefore success is in the hands of our customers, both tradespeople and homeowners and it is vital to us that we provide the service you all want, where we can bring you and homeowners together in the most effective and beneficial way.

Get familiar with your customers

We will take the information you provide to us on the join up form and create your advert. As soon as your membership is activated your advert will be available for our homeowners to see. There is no charge for this service and your advert will remain online for as long as you keep your account active and continue to receive job notification emails. Job notifications are sent to you telling you about jobs as soon as they are posted so that you can see which ones interest you.

You will be able to update / change your advert at any time including uploading testimonials and pictures of previous work you have done.

To Join, go to the Join as a Trade page and fill in the simple form, providing as much relevant detail as possible. Listed below are the details we need to create your free web page/ad with us.


In Section 1, information about your business:

• Contact name
• Address
• Telephone numbers
• Other contact information

Section 2 is for defining the type of work you do / service you offer and what area you want to cover

Section 3 allows you to tell potential clients more about you and your company (this is done after you sign up in your account)

• References
• Photos
• Associations, accreditations etc.

The Join as a Trade form is designed to better help you find work. We take your input and contact all homeowner members who have asked to be notified when someone offering your services joins in their area. We also use this information to contact you immediately a job is posted that fits your profile.

Ready to join and advertise....for free? Jump right in and start your free advert and start receiving free job notifications - Join as a Trade.

Get notified about about new jobs.

We will notify you when a new job is posted in your area for one of more of the services you provide. You can also log in to your account and see all the jobs available at any time.

To help you even more...

    * You can sort the jobs page in the order you want...date posted, distance, title....whatever takes your fancy
    * You can change your own coverage area whenever you want and get the details for jobs in those surrounding areas

With all of this help, we put you in control

    * YOU choose the jobs

    * YOU decide if/when to purchase any contact details

Our SecuriTrade unique referencing system will also ensure only 2, 3 or 4 trades/companies can contact the homeowner, depending on how many estimates they requested.  SecuriTrade is exclusive to FindaTrade.

Create informed estimates

Once you have made contact with the homeowner and depending on the type of job, you will then need to provide them with an estimate for the job. In the Members area of our site we give you some detailed hints and tips and suggestions on some of the things you can do to improve your chances of winning the contract/business. One particular feature includes some predefined client satisfaction criteria that if used as part of the estimate, will certainly increase your chances of success.

In the tab called 'Advice to Homeowners' we will also show you the advice we give to homeowners on what to look for when choosing a company, which will also help you provide an estimate and proposal that is designed to win the business, deliver a quality result and meet all expectations.

A good job deserves a good rating

It is often too late to sort out any problems or misunderstandings when the work is done. Although we ask homeowners to evaluate a trade / company when the work is finished, we also recommend that you (especially on larger projects) ask them to do this during the project. If you show the homeowner that you really care about meeting their expectations and those expectations have been defined before the work began, you will:

• Be more likely to meet those expectations
• Keep the customer happy
• Get excellent recommendations

So we recommend that you keep referring back to the estimates and plans to monitor progress. For larger jobs, don't leave it until the job is finished to review the satisfaction criteria, get the homeowner to discuss progress to date with you.

We always ask our homeowners to leave ratings (based on the predefined satisfaction criteria) and a comment or two.

Why use us? Because : -

• Your advert is placed on our website for everyone to see – COMPLETELY FREE. Whether or not you ever decide to purchase the contact details of one of the jobs we have that matches your criteria, your advertising and contact details will be listed for free. No hidden charges, no annual, monthly or any other type of membership fee...NO HIDDEN COSTS. 

• We have been successfully matching tradespeople to homeowners for the last five years. We continually respond to our trade member's feedback and suggestions, improving our service to you. As a result of requesting feedback we have : -

• Implemented a comprehensive 'job posting' process, which asks more searching questions of our homeowners than anyone else to ensure they are serious about wanting work done. It makes the process a little longer but it improves the quality of the matches we find for them and the validation of their intentions.

• Asked the homeowner to tell us (and you) how urgently they need contact.

• Asked our homeowners to agree that any company who contacts them within the 'urgency' time period defined in the question, (within x days), they will allow them to quote for the job.

• Limited your competition! You will always know the maximum number of times a job will be sold and how many competitors there are for that job. There will never be more than 1, 2 or 3 other companies contacting the homeowner. (This number is controlled by the homeowner, they choose how many contacts they would like).

• Reduced the risk of jobs being passed on to friends. An exclusive reference number scheme protects both you and homeowners, now only companies with a unique reference number for the job will be accepted by the homeowner.

• Captured the pre-defined satisfaction criteria provided by the homeowner so you can:

• Tailor your estimates and proposal to win the business.
• Avoid any surprises about what is/was expected.

• You will always see all the information about a job before you decide whether or not you want to provide an estimate/pursue the job. We tell you what the job is, where it is, when it was posted, how long is remaining before the homeowner removes it.

• We tell the homeowner when you have agreed to contact them so they are expecting your call/contact.

• When you have finished and the homeowner gives you a recommendation, we make it available for everyone to see and that will help increase your profile, enhance your reputation and win more business.

• Finally....We save you having to chase around trying to find work. Our homeowner members have posted jobs that match the skill set you have and are within your coverage area. Tell us what you offer and how far you are willing to travel and we will find jobs posted and homeowners who are looking for people with your skills/offerings.

We know that our reputation and therefore success is in the hands of our customers, both tradespeople and homeowners and it is vital to us that we provide the service you all want, where we can bring you and homeowners together in the most effective and beneficial way.

We have no membership fees of any kind, so to create your free advert which includes free email notifications of jobs posted and your advert viewable by all our homeowner members, just go to the trade join page.

There is a small fee for the contact details of each job but those details will never be sold more times than the homeowner has asked for estimates and so all tradespeople will know before hand if they have 1, 2 or three competitors for that job. (This number is controlled by the homeowner, they choose how many contacts they would like). Once you have seen all the details of any job, you and only you decide if you want to be one of the (up to) 2, 3 or 4 people to purchase the contact details.

Each job will be unique, so there is no 'average' fee. The best way to see prices will be to log in and see the price of each job and how many contacts the homeowner wants, in order for you to decide if it is a job for you. Job contact details are typically €3-€26 with smaller jobs being the cheaper ones but bigger jobs not going much past €23-€26 even for the biggest jobs.

Our aim is to be the company everyone wants to use because we price fairly, provide a great site and customer experience.

All transactions are handled by Paypal and we do not store or have access to any of your card/bank details. We therefore never make any charges against you at any time, only you can add credit and commit to charges on the site. No-one from FindaTrade Ltd will ever ask you for your credit/debit card or bank details.

What our members say

Why use us?....Because:

Our members not only provide us with suggestions to help us improve, they also tell us when we have helped them...here are a few of their comments

"We have found findatrade to be a vital part of our advertising campaign" - Steve & Sue

"Well done for creating such a useful source of information. Well done -The site improves every time I look at it." - Karen Jones

"Our first client recommended us to their friends so we are not only receiving work through Findatrade but also getting recommendations from previous clients through word of mouth."

"We now recommend the site to both Clients and other trades" - Steve & Sue Davidge

"Findatrade was recommended to us from a friend who had advertised his own trade on the site. We find the site very easy and user friendly as we only get emails from people who are looking for our particular trade and thus saves on wasted time visiting jobs that aren’t suitable."

"After just 2 weeks advertising with you we had two positive outcomes already"

Privacy and Security - keeping your personal information safe

We understand that personal privacy and the protection of personal data is very important to our members. We also know that our members use us because we go further to ensure the highest level of service.

We therefore thought you would like to know the following:

• When you promise to contact a homeowner, you will both be given an identical reference code unique to that job for you company, which the homeowner can ask for at any time.
• We comply fully with the Data Protection Act and never sell or pass on your personal details (save for the purpose of securing work) to any third parties who are not members, without your knowledge or permission.
• We only pass your contact information on to homeowner members who are looking for tradespeople
• We will normally only contact you by email, however we may call you if it is in regard to details you have posted or events regarding jobs posted, where it is to your advantage to resolve a question about those details / events.
• All information is stored remotely on our secure server

For more detailed information please see our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions