Get paid faster.
Run your business simpler.
$0/month invoicing + payments + estimates + customer messaging for the trades.
$0/month · No subscription · Pay only when you get paid
Blue Collar Trade Manager is invoicing and payments built specifically for independent contractors, tradespeople, and small crews. Plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, landscapers, carpenters, roofers, mechanics, the people who keep things running.
We started BCTM because the existing tools weren't built for the way you actually work. They're either bloated office software made for accountants, or pretty design tools made for freelance creatives. Neither one fits a contractor on a job site with muddy boots and a phone in their pocket.
So we built the whole job into one app, from the first quote to the final payment, and made it free to start. Here's what BCTM does today.
Invoicing
Send an invoice in under a minute. Accept cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay with a tap and get paid straight to your bank. No chasing checks.
Estimates & quotes
Send a professional estimate on site. When the customer accepts, convert it to an invoice with one tap. Line items, pricing, and tax carry over automatically.
Customer messaging
Every sent estimate and invoice has a two-way message thread. Your customer replies from their phone without a BCTM account, and new replies show up as an unread badge on your dashboard.
Recurring invoices
Set weekly, monthly, or quarterly schedules for maintenance clients and subscription work. Set it once and BCTM sends and collects on time.
In-person POS
Take card payments in person with Stripe Terminal. Every sale lands in the same ledger as your online invoices: one place for all your money.
ACH bank payments
Offer ACH bank transfer as a flat-fee alternative to card processing so you keep more on big-ticket invoices.
AI receipt scan + voice-to-invoice
Snap a photo of a supplier receipt and BCTM extracts the vendor, date, and line items. Or dictate the job out loud and turn your voice into invoice line items, hands-free from the jobsite.
US surcharge compliance
BCTM applies card-surcharge rules per state automatically and switches to absorb-fee mode where surcharging is not allowed, so you stay compliant without thinking about it.
Works everywhere
BCTM is an installable Progressive Web App that works offline and ships in 14 languages, so your whole crew can use it on any phone.
Our mission is simple: make getting paid the easiest part of your day. Because you've already done the hard part. The work.