For UK trade firms from the first van to 90 workers: employed, self-employed and subcontract teams on one rota

It is 7am, jobs to cover, changes coming in, and all still runs through you. Time to hand the day to the right systems.

OptiTech Automation books the job and takes the deposit straight into your own Stripe. You own every customer, the money lands in your account, and the 9pm admin chase is done.

OptiTech Automation is a booking and job-management platform for UK trade businesses: plumbers, electricians, gas engineers, HVAC, drainage, roofing, commercial cleaning, property maintenance and building contractors. Customers book and authorise a deposit by card online, jobs dispatch to your workers, and the invoice goes out to the customer on completion. Pricing starts at £199 per month, with no per-lead fees and no commission. We map and grade 42 UK trades honestly, including the ones we do not serve yet.

What we commit to when something breaks

0% of your job money, ever · One subscription. Your money stays yours. · Stripe takes payments into your own account, Twilio sends your texts, and every invoice goes out from the platform. OptiTech Automation runs the systems. · Built in Devon for UK trades. EU-hosted (Dublin).

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How owners usually get burned in this market

Great sales call. Different story once you signed.

If you've been burned before, it usually went one of these three ways. We built the opposite into the contract.

The problem

They locked you in

Smooth demo, then a contract you couldn't get out of and data they wouldn't hand back.

What we built instead

The Pledge: 30 days' notice, no exit fees, a CSV export any time. Written in the contract, not buried in the FAQ.

Read the Pledge →
The problem

The price moved after the handshake

Per-lead fees, commission and add-ons that crept up the moment you'd committed.

What we built instead

One flat monthly price. No per-lead fee, no commission, no per-job cut, no paid extras. Texts run on your own Twilio account, billed to you at Twilio’s own rates with no markup from us.

See the pricing →
The problem

Support vanished

A ticket queue, an offshore script, and nobody who actually knew your business.

What we built instead

I'm Cristian. I built this, and the answer you get is mine. I use tools to get to you faster, but no queue, no script, and no one else signs the reply.

About the founder →
How it works

Live within one working day of our written confirmation. Then it runs your day.

Four steps from a missed call at 9pm to a booked, paid, dispatched job. I review every business before go-live myself. The promise is the one in the contract: live within one working day of our written confirmation that your details are complete.

01

Get found & booked

Customers land on your branded booking page and pick a slot themselves. No phone tag, no WhatsApp chaos, no double-bookings.

02

Take the deposit

They authorise a card deposit at booking, paid straight into your own Stripe account. Card authorisation cuts no-shows before they happen.

03

Send your team

The job drops onto your workers' phones with the address, customer and notes. You see the whole day live on one dashboard, and booking confirmations and reminders before the job go out by SMS and email automatically.

04

Get paid

Customers either pay in full when they book, or a card deposit is held from the start. On completion the invoice is raised and sent to the customer. The paperwork is done before you sit down at night.

Full walk-through →
Everything included, one flat price

One platform. No add-ons, ever.

Everything below is in your monthly price. Nothing bolted on after you sign.

✓Branded booking page customers self-book
✓Card deposit at booking, into your own Stripe
✓No-show protection via card authorisation
✓Jobs dispatched to your workers' phones
✓Worker app: address, customer, notes
✓Booking confirmations, reminders and review requests, automatic
✓Coverage alarm: a job with nobody on it is flagged
✓Invoice raised and sent on completion
✓One owner dashboard for the whole day
✓A CSV export of your data any time, your data is yours
Directory vs. a business you own

Stop running your business on spreadsheets and goodwill.

A directory rents you access to people who should already be your customers, takes a cut of every lead, and keeps the relationship. Here's the difference, line by line.

Directory / old way
OptiTech Automation
Who owns the customer
✗The directory. You rent access lead by lead.
✓You. The customer relationship stays with your business. It's in the Pledge.
Deposits & no-shows
✗Chase it yourself, eat the cost when they don't show.
✓Card deposit authorised at booking, straight into your own Stripe. No-show protection built in.
What you pay
✗Per-lead fees, commission, add-ons that creep up after you sign.
✓One flat monthly price. No per-lead fee, no commission, no per-job cut. Texts run on your own Twilio account, billed to you at Twilio’s own rates with no markup from us.
Invoicing & books
✗Type it up at 9pm, re-key it into Xero by hand.
✓Invoice raised and sent to the customer on completion, VAT worked out.
Leaving
✗Lock-in buried in the small print, your data held hostage.
✓30 days' notice, no exit fees, a CSV export any time, written in the contract, not the FAQ.
Built for the trades

Made for UK trade businesses. Yours is probably here.

Plumbers, electricians, gas engineers, HVAC, drainage, roofers, commercial cleaning companies, property maintenance firms and builders, each with a page of their own. Built for UK trade firms of any size up to 90 workers. I review every business personally before it goes live, so the setup actually fits how your trade runs.

All supported trades →Not on the list? See all 42 trades, graded honestly →
The safety rails, before we talk price

For a name you've never heard of, the safety has to be structural.

Cristian Moise-Putanu, founder of OptiTech Automation
Cristian Moise-Putanu
Founder · OptiTech Automation · Torquay, Devon
  • ✓
    Your money never touches us

    Customer deposits go straight into your own Stripe account. We never hold your money, and we can't. You pay a flat monthly subscription, fixed in your agreement before you sign, and we take nothing from your customers' payments. For a brand-new vendor, that's not a promise. It's how the money physically flows.

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    The Pledge is a contract clause

    30 days' notice, no exit fees, a CSV export any time, and the customer relationships are always yours. If we break the Pledge you have legal cause to recover your pro-rated fees. It's enforceable, not marketing.

  • ✓
    You're not charged until you're live

    Your card is authorised when you confirm your setup, but your monthly subscription doesn't start until your systems are switched on and you're up and running. No paying for something that isn't working yet.

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    EU-hosted, UK GDPR, ICO registered

    Your data is EU-hosted (Dublin, AWS eu-west-1) and handled under UK GDPR, covered by the UK adequacy regulations. I'm registered with the ICO, registration C1963975. Plain and verifiable.

  • ✓
    One real person answers you

    I'm Cristian Moise-Putanu, a sole trader in Torquay. I built this, and the answer you get is mine. I use tools to get to you faster, but no queue, no script, and no one else signs the reply. And yes, being new is exactly why I review every business by hand.

✓Payments: your own Stripe✓EU-hosted (Dublin)✓ICO registered

Judge us on what you can inspect today: the live demo, open pricing, the full Terms and the Pledge. No testimonials on this page yet, and none will be invented. The first ten founding names will go here with their real results.

The honest answers

Questions a sensible owner asks before signing.

More questions? Email Cristian directly →

Start your onboarding

Start anyway. 30 days' notice, no lock-in.

The Pledge applies to everyone: 30 days' notice to leave, no exit fees, a CSV export any time, and the customers are always yours. Card authorised when you confirm your setup, your subscription only starts the day you go live.

Prefer the numbers first? Do the maths on your business or read the full pricing.

I'm Cristian. I built this, and the answer you get is mine. I use tools to get to you faster, but no queue, no script, and no one else signs the reply. Book a 15-minute call, bring your trade, and I'll show you it running before you decide anything.