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Categories/Tax & Accounting/Trade Hounds
Trade Hounds

Trade Hounds

Founded 2017

Create estimates, send invoices, and source jobsite materials

You can use Trade Hounds to share jobsite work, build professional contacts, and handle daily contracting tasks. The service lets you create project estimates and customer invoices directly from your phone or web browser. You can upload photos of required parts or job specifications to search local supply houses, compare prices, and request material quotes. Tradespeople across plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and carpentry use the network to exchange tips, showcase craftsmanship, discover new equipment, and communicate with suppliers to purchase materials for ongoing jobs.

What Trade Hounds does

Draft and send job estimates to clientsGenerate customer invoices from a mobile phoneSearch supplier pricing by uploading material photosRequest wholesale quotes from local supply housesPost jobsite progress photos to a skilled trade feedLocate nearby distributor branches on a mapMonitor payment status for completed contract workPhoto-based material identification and supply house searchingMobile estimate creation with itemized labor and materialsDigital invoice generation and customer payment trackingDirect quote requests sent to regional distributorsCommunity feed for sharing jobsite photos and trade techniquesInteractive supply house map for locating nearby parts distributorsWeb-based dashboard for managing office purchasing and quotes

Frequently asked

Distributor ERP connections, Mobile payment processors, Local supply house databases, Unverified API for custom hooks

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