Is Tradehand a MyJobQuote alternative for UK trades?

For trade work, yes, and they charge at opposite ends of the job. MyJobQuote sells you each customer's contact details for credits, paid before anyone has replied. Tradehand gets you found on its marketplace and your own website, answers the call under your name, and earns 5% of invoice payments it collects after the fee-free allowance.

How many trades get the same MyJobQuote lead?

MyJobQuote tells homeowners that up to three local trades will be in touch to quote for the work. Each of those trades has paid for the same introduction, so you are quoting against up to two others from the start.

Does MyJobQuote refund dead leads?

MyJobQuote's dispute policy covers uncontactable customers and dud leads, raised within 48 hours of buying, with money back or a free lead as the outcome. There is no credit when the customer simply chose another tradesperson. Unused credits expire after six months.

Does Tradehand sell leads?

No. Homeowners search the Tradehand marketplace free and contact one trade, and that job stays with that trade. Tradehand never charges you to see or answer a customer.

How does Tradehand get me found?

Three ways: your business is listed on the Tradehand marketplace where homeowners search by trade and area, you get a free website under your own name built to win local searches, and you get hands-on help setting up and optimising your Google Business Profile. The work comes to you under your own brand.

What do I pay Tradehand?

Nothing monthly, no setup fee and no card fees. Tradehand takes nothing during the fee-free allowance. After that it earns 5% of the invoice payments your assistant chases and collects, so you keep 95% of each standard card payment. A quiet month costs you nothing.

Can I use MyJobQuote and Tradehand together?

Yes. With a free first month and no contract, plenty of trades try MyJobQuote leads while their own work builds up. Tradehand answers whatever comes in, whichever door it arrived through.

Tradehand vs MyJobQuote

MyJobQuote sells you the lead. Tradehand gets you found and does the office work.

On MyJobQuote you buy each customer's contact details with credits, and up to three trades can be chasing the same job. Tradehand gets you found instead: on its marketplace and through a free website under your own name, with an assistant that answers, quotes, books and collects payment. No credits or monthly fee; 5% of collected invoice payments after the fee-free allowance.

Blake FolgadoCo-founder, Tradehand

Published 19 August 2026

The short answer

Choose MyJobQuote if you want a cheap way to try bought leads: joining is free, the first month is free, and there is no contract. Choose Tradehand if you would rather customers come to you, an assistant answers them under your name, and nothing is owed until you are paid.

Should you have to buy your customers at all?

MyJobQuote charges when you open the lead, before the customer has said a word to you. Tradehand earns when the invoice is paid. Where the charge sits decides who pays for the jobs that never happen.

An office admin

£25,000 /year

UK office manager starter salary, before NI and pension. Paid whether or not the invoices land.

Source: Office manager salary, £25,000 starter (National Careers Service)

Tradehand

£0 /month

No monthly fee, no credits, no card fees. 5% of invoice payments your assistant chases and collects after the fee-free allowance.

MyJobQuote

Credits

Leads are priced in credits, bought through a monthly membership allowance or pay as you go. Each lead's price varies with the job and is shown before you accept.

Source: MyJobQuote fees: leads priced in credits, expiring after six months

Salary: National Careers Service. MyJobQuote publishes no lead prices; they appear once you are signed in, and credits expire after six months. Tradehand earns only on money it collects.

Side by side

	Tradehand	MyJobQuote
What it isSource: MyJobQuote for tradespeople: free to join, first month free	TradehandUK marketplace to find and book trades, plus an AI assistant	MyJobQuoteLead site: homeowners post jobs, trades buy the leads
What triggers a chargeSource: MyJobQuote accepting jobs: contact details released on purchase	Tradehand✓ A customer paying you: 5% of what your assistant collects after the fee-free allowance	MyJobQuoteBuying a lead to see the customer's contact details
Who else gets the same customerSource: MyJobQuote homepage: up to three trades put in touch per job	TradehandThey contact one trade; details stay with that trade	MyJobQuoteUp to three trades can be put in touch for one job
If the lead is a dudSource: MyJobQuote disputes: 48 hours, nothing back if the customer chose another trade	Tradehand✓ You have paid nothing	MyJobQuoteDispute within 48 hours; nothing back if the customer chose another trade
Who answers and chases the job	Tradehand✓ An assistant under your name: answers, quotes, books, chases payment	MyJobQuoteYou call each lead and do the follow-up yourself
Being foundSource: MyJobQuote for tradespeople: free to join, first month free	TradehandMarketplace profile plus a free website under your own name	MyJobQuoteLeads sent to you by text and email; customers do not browse you
CommitmentSource: MyJobQuote fees: leads priced in credits, expiring after six months	TradehandNo contract, leave whenever you like	MyJobQuoteNo contract; first month free; credits expire after six months

What happens when the customer comes to you

A homeowner finds your business on Tradehand while you are mid-job. Your Tradehand assistant answers every call and message that follows without you stopping work, and not one of them cost you a credit.

On MyJobQuote you pay credits to open a conversation like this, up to three trades can buy the same job, and the chasing is yours. On Tradehand your assistant answers people already looking for you, sends the quote and books the visit under your name.

An honest recommendation

Choose MyJobQuote if…

·You want the cheapest way to try bought leads, with a free first month
·You are happy calling fast and quoting against other trades on each job
·You are filling a brand-new diary and will accept some dead leads

Choose Tradehand if…

✓You would rather customers find you than race two other trades to a lead
✓You want missed calls answered, quotes sent and payment chased for you
✓You want nothing owed until money lands in your account

MyJobQuote is genuinely cheap to try: joining is free, the first month of membership is free, there is no contract, and a real dispute route exists for dead or uncontactable leads. Its cost guides pull a large homeowner audience, so the jobs are real and plentiful.

You can run both while you decide

MyJobQuote has no contract, so there is nothing to cancel. Keep buying the leads you want while your Tradehand assistant switches on.

Day 1
Find or claim your listing
Search the Tradehand marketplace for your business, or sign up at tradehand.com/for-trades if you are new.
Day 1
Set up your assistant
A person connects your number, rates and diary so your assistant can answer under your name.
Week 1
Run both in parallel
Keep working the MyJobQuote leads you have paid for while Tradehand answers your own line and website.
When ready
Review your spend
Use tradehand.com/tools/marketplace-roi to see what each won job really costs in credits, then stop buying once your own customers fill the diary.

Questions sole traders ask

Sources & References

Hear your assistant answer the phone

Get started. Tradehand takes a call, sends the quote and books the job under a trade's own name. Then compare that with what the last batch of credits bought you.

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