Pre-launch · Pilot in Redditch

Customers book you in to quote. Free. No lead fees, ever.

A customer picks a slot for you to come and price up their job, the same way they would pick a delivery slot. You accept the ones you want. It is free to join and free to use: no subscription, nothing per lead, and nobody else bidding for the same customer.

£0

To join, per month, per lead

There is no subscription and no credit to buy. Jobs near you come through because you are on the platform, not because you paid for them.

£20

Held when you accept a slot

Your own money, held and not taken. Released when you turn up. You lose it only if you do not.

Register your interest

On your own or a firm with several trades, both work. No cost and no commitment — it puts you on the list for jobs in Redditch, wherever you're based.

It is a booked appointment, not a lead.

The difference is the whole product. A lead is a phone number and a hope. This is a customer who has chosen a slot and knows you are coming.

9:41

NoFlake1 new job

Plumber · Redditch

Tuesday · Morning, 8am – 12pm

Quick job

Replace a dripping kitchen mixer tap

Tap has dripped for weeks and the handle is loose now. I have bought the new one, just need it fitted.

Area: B97 4
Customer: 4.9 · 0 no-shows in 7

Accepting closes the slot to everyone else and holds £20 on your card. Their address and number come through once you accept.

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What a job looks like when it comes through.

A job appears near you

The customer has already said what the job is, where it is, and when they are free. You see all of it before you decide.

You accept, and it is yours

First to accept takes it and the slot closes to everyone else. No bidding, no race to the bottom on price, no five tradesmen ringing the same person.

You turn up and price it

Your deposit is released. What you quote, and whether you get the work, is between you and the customer — we take no cut of the job.

Everywhere else, you pay to find work. Here, you don't.

Here the only money that moves is a hold on your own card, placed when you accept a slot, released when you attend. It is not a fee and it is not ours — unless you do not turn up, in which case it is forfeited and that is recorded on your profile.

Deposits are handled by Stripe. We never see your card number.

How it compares

CheckatradeSubscription directory: A membership fee every month, whether the work comes in or not.
TrustATraderSubscription directory: Same: a monthly membership, busy month or quiet one.
Rated People / MyBuilderPay-per-lead bidding: You pay to go after each job, and you pay whether or not you win it.
BarkCredit-based leads: You buy credits to contact a customer, and other tradesmen can buy the same lead.
NoFlakeBooked quote visits: Nothing to join and nothing per job. £20 is held on your card when you accept a slot and released when you turn up.

What happens when we open.

You have done your part today. After the invitation arrives, the rest takes a few minutes of yours.

01
One email
When we open, you get a single email with a link that is yours alone.
02
Your account, made on click
Name, area and trade are already in it. You pick a password, and that is the account done.
03
Your ID, and a card
A photo ID check on your phone, about two minutes, and a card for the £20 hold. Upload your public liability certificate too, and your profile shows customers you are insured.
04
You start seeing jobs
Jobs near you to go and quote for, with the slot the customer picked and the job they described.

NoFlake is pre-launch. We are recruiting the first group of tradesmen and running a pilot in one town before opening up more widely. We are not going to put a date on this page, because a date we miss is worse than no date at all. When it is ready, you will be told.

Everyone on the platform has passed the same check as you.

That is the point of it. It is quick, it happens once, and it is the reason a customer believes the person turning up is who they say they are. Upload your insurance as well and your profile says so.

Photo ID, matched to a selfie

Checked automatically before anyone can take a booking. Confirms a real, identifiable person is behind the profile — not just an email address.

Public liability insurance, where uploaded

Shown on a tradesman's profile when they have given us a certificate, with the month it runs to. We check it is a certificate and in date. It covers the work, which you agree with them directly.

Attendance, every single booking

Reliability score and raw no-show count are both public, and they keep updating. This is the check that never stops.

Trade qualifications such as Gas Safe or NICEIC are not verified by us. They matter for the work itself, which happens off the platform between you and the customer.

A minute and you are on it.

We open a town at a time, and Redditch opens once enough tradesmen are on the list. Registering is what brings it to you.

No cost, no commitment, and no salesman will ring you. If you decide it is not for you when the invitation arrives, ignore it and that is the end of it.

Questions first? Email hello@noflake.co.uk and a person will answer.

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