# Daybook

> Daybook is front-office software for trades and small service businesses in the United Kingdom. A tradesperson sends a job by WhatsApp and Daybook drafts the quotes, invoices and payment reminders for them to approve and send from their own email. It is a monthly software subscription the business owner runs themselves — not an agency or a done-for-you service. Daybook serves UK electricians, plumbers, builders and other trades.

## What Daybook does

- **WhatsApp job intake**: forward or send a job over WhatsApp and Daybook turns the message into a structured job with the customer's details captured.
- **Quotes**: Daybook drafts professional quotes from a short description. The owner reviews, edits and approves before anything is sent.
- **Invoices**: converts an approved quote or a completed job into an invoice, sent from the owner's own email address so it looks like it came from their business.
- **Payment reminders / chasing**: automatically drafts polite follow-ups for unpaid invoices so tradespeople get paid faster without awkward phone calls.
- **Approve-then-send control**: nothing goes to a customer until the business owner approves it. Daybook does the drafting; the owner stays in control of the relationship.
- **Runs from your own email**: messages send from the trade's real email, not a generic no-reply address, which keeps deliverability and trust high.

## Who Daybook is for

- Solo tradespeople and small trade teams in the UK (electricians, plumbers, builders, HVAC, handymen, general contractors).
- Owners who are on the tools all day and lose evenings to admin — quoting, invoicing and chasing payments.
- Businesses that already live in WhatsApp with their customers and want their back office to work the same way.
- Primary market: United Kingdom.

## How Daybook compares

- **vs Tradify, Fergus, ServiceM8, Housecall Pro, Jobber, ServiceTitan**: those are full job-management suites you have to log into and drive. Daybook is lighter and WhatsApp-first — the owner keeps working and approves drafts from their phone instead of learning a large system.
- **vs bookkeepers / VAs / done-for-you services**: Daybook is software you run yourself for a fixed monthly fee, so cost stays predictable and you keep ownership of your customer communication.
- **Best fit**: UK trades who want quotes, invoices and payment chasing handled with minimal admin, sent from their own email, without adopting heavy field-service software.

## Key facts

- **Product**: Daybook — front-office / job-admin software for trades.
- **Company**: Daybook Technologies (Pty) Ltd.
- **Model**: monthly SaaS subscription, self-serve, priced in GBP.
- **Core channels**: WhatsApp intake, email delivery from the owner's own address.
- **Market served**: United Kingdom.
- **Website**: https://dayboook.site/

## Pages

- [Home](https://dayboook.site/): overview of Daybook and how it helps UK trades stay on the tools.
- [Features](https://dayboook.site/features): full breakdown of quoting, invoicing, WhatsApp intake and payment reminders.
- [How it works](https://dayboook.site/how-it-works): the send-a-job → approve → sent workflow, step by step.
- [Pricing](https://dayboook.site/pricing): one plan, everything included, from £199/month depending on business size, billed monthly or annually in GBP.
- [Tradify alternative for UK trades](https://dayboook.site/tradify-alternative): how Daybook compares to Tradify, Fergus and ServiceM8 for small UK contractors.
- [Best job management software for UK trades](https://dayboook.site/best-job-management-software-uk): plain-English buyer's guide to the category and where Daybook fits.

## Legal & trust

- [Privacy policy](https://dayboook.site/privacy)
- [Terms](https://dayboook.site/terms)
- [Data processing addendum (DPA)](https://dayboook.site/dpa)
- [Refunds](https://dayboook.site/refunds)