Independent tradespeople such as roofers, plumbers, and electricians lose leads because their websites (when they have one) present static contact pages or generic forms that dump into an email inbox they rarely check while on a job site. A homeowner ready to buy fills out a form, gets no response for hours or days, and moves to the next contractor. The problem is speed and setup: these operators have no web team, no time to configure lead capture, and no CRM discipline.
Lead Forms for Trades is a productized service that ships drop-in embeddable quote-request widgets pre-wired for the three highest-value residential trades: roofing, plumbing, and electrical. Instead of a blank form builder, the contractor picks their trade and gets a form already asking the right qualifying questions (roof type and square footage for roofing, fixture and emergency status for plumbing, panel and permit questions for electrical). The core promise is speed: a submitted lead is routed to the contractor via SMS in under 60 seconds so they can call back while the homeowner is still on the page.
MVP is narrow: a single embeddable JavaScript snippet plus three trade templates, a simple dashboard to set the destination phone number and notification preferences, and Twilio-style SMS routing. No CRM, no AI, no pop-up gimmicks at launch. The productized-service angle means we can offer white-glove installation for a one-time fee (we paste the snippet onto their existing site or send them a two-line instruction) on top of a monthly subscription for the form hosting and SMS routing.
Revenue is a flat monthly fee per contractor (form hosting plus SMS credits) with a setup fee for done-for-you installation and optional per-trade template add-ons. GTM starts where these trades already congregate online and in the YouTube content ecosystem around lead widgets and trade automation, plus direct outreach through trade associations and local contractor Facebook groups. Growth loops: every embedded form can carry a subtle powered-by link, and contractors who close jobs from fast SMS callbacks become referral sources within their local trade networks, where word of mouth is the dominant channel.