For painting contractors

Quotes by the square foot.
Paid before the last coat dries.

Interior repaint at 9am. Commercial bid at lunch. Touch-up job at 4. Painting's whole problem is the spread — TradeForge runs every workflow without making you hand-quote each one on a notepad in the truck.

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Generic CRMs make you build painting estimates from scratch every time. TradeForge holds your sq-ft rates, color codes, and prep templates so you quote in 90 seconds.

See it run for painters

Real screens. No mockups.

What you get

Built for the way painters actually work.

Square-Foot Estimating

Core

Per-room sq ft × your material + labor rates. Saved line-item library for prep, primer, paint, trim. Storyline estimate covers the scope, line items cover the math.

Color + Finish Tracking

Core

Every customer's job stores the Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore codes, sheen, brand. Customer calls in two years for a touch-up? You know the exact spec without digging.

Before/After Photo Booth

Core

Document every wall before, every wall after. Build a portfolio per customer. Use the photo report as your sales tool for the next bid.

On-Truck Invoicing

Core

Final walkthrough complete? Invoice on the phone, card-on-file via Stripe, customer keeps the receipt before you load the ladders back on.

Review Automation

Core

Job marked complete → review request fires same hour. Five-star Google reviews while the customer's still admiring the trim.

AI Lead Response

AI Credits

Interior repaint request from your website at 8pm? Sub-60s personalized reply with available start dates. You book the job before the other painters open their email.

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From the field

"My old estimate took 45-60 minutes in Google Docs. TradeForge writes it in 5."

— TradeForge writes storyline estimates that look like the ones you already build, populated with your brand, your line items, and your tone. Available on every tier.

Painters questions

Real answers.

Can I save different rate tables for interior vs exterior?
Yes. Saved line-item library lets you group by category — interior prep, interior paint, exterior pressure wash, exterior paint — each with its own per-sq-ft rate.
What about commercial bid jobs?
Storyline estimates handle the narrative scope (room-by-room, building-by-building). Multi-property clients with shared billing supported.
Does it track Sherwin-Williams or BM color codes?
Color codes save as customer-level notes. Pull up the customer years later, the codes are there — no more digging through old paperwork.

Stop running your shop on sticky notes and group texts.

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