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Estimate. Contract. Invoice. Done.
Create professional estimates, contracts, and invoices without adopting a heavy all-in-one business platform. OwnTrade is built for solo contractors and very small trade businesses that want the important paperwork to stay simple.
EstimatesContractsInvoicesCustomersPDF-ready
30-day free trial. One straightforward plan after that.
EstimateContractInvoice
Estimate #1042Kitchen Backsplash
ApprovedESTIMATEEST-1042
Aug 4, 2026Prepared ForJordan Lee
Kitchen Backsplash
Subtotal$4,500.00
Tax$360.00
Estimated Total$4,860.00
CustomerJordan Lee
Next stepConvert to Contract
Intentionally Simple
Everything you need. Less of what you do not.
Many business platforms grow into scheduling, dispatch, payroll, inventory, CRM, accounting, fleet management, and dozens of other systems. OwnTrade stays focused on the core document workflow most small contractors touch every day.
What It Handles
The everyday document loop, without the extra system you do not want to manage.
Fast estimates
Build clear estimates with customer details, project scope, reusable terms, line items, taxes, and totals before work starts.
Contract-ready terms
Keep scope, acceptance language, payment terms, deposit details, and signature lines close to the estimate.
Professional invoices
Create invoice documents with the same simple editor and keep numbering consistent across the workspace.
Estimate-to-contract-to-invoice flow
Move job paperwork forward without rebuilding the same customer, scope, terms, and line-item information twice.
Customer and job-site records
Save contact details, mailing addresses, reusable job locations, and document history for repeat work.
Invoice balances and due dates
Track invoice due dates, paid amounts, open balances, overdue status, and payment notes from the dashboard.
Company branding on documents
Set company details, logo, business contact information, tax rate, numbering prefixes, and default terms for each document type.
Saved document history
Search saved estimates, contracts, and invoices by customer, project, number, status, and due date.
Simple dashboard
See recent documents, open invoices, totals, and setup steps without sorting through a large operations suite.
PDF-friendly output
Generate clean documents for printing or browser PDF export without learning a large accounting system.
How It Works
Write it once. Move it forward.
The workflow follows how small contractors already think about paperwork: customer, scope, price, terms, invoice, and payment tracking.
- 1Create the estimate with customer, scope, terms, line items, taxes, and totals.
- 2Turn the approved scope into contract-ready paperwork with acceptance language and deposit details.
- 3Convert the job to an invoice and track due dates, payments, and balances.
Focused By Design
Why pay for and learn a giant system if you do not need one?
If you need a platform to manage every part of a larger company, OwnTrade is probably not trying to replace it. If you want the everyday paperwork to be clear, professional, and quick to move forward, that focus is the point.
OwnTrade
- Estimates
- Contracts
- Invoices
- Customers
- Payment tracking
- Simple pricing
Large all-in-one platforms
- Scheduling
- Dispatch
- Payroll
- Inventory
- Accounting
- Complex setup
Workspace Preview
A workbench for the job paperwork sitting in front of you.
OwnTrade includes customer records, reusable job locations, estimates, contracts, invoices, company branding on documents, document numbering, payment tracking, due dates, archive views, and dashboard totals for small contractor paperwork.
EstimateContractInvoice
CustomerJordan Lee
jordan@example.com(555) 014-2084
ProjectKitchen Backsplash
1842 Maple Ridge Dr
Line Items3 items
Tile backsplash installation$3,200.00
Surface prep and materials$1,300.00
Independently Built
Software for small business, built like a small business.
OwnTrade is independently developed and grew from the need for a straightforward estimating and invoicing tool for a real small contracting business. Early customers can share feedback directly, and future improvements are shaped around what small businesses actually need.
Pricing
One plan. No feature tiers to decode.
Start with a 30-day free trial. Founding customers get the launch price for as long as their subscription remains continuously active.
Founding Customer
$14/ month$140/ year
Regularly $19/month. Includes the 30-day free trial.
- Professional estimates, contracts, and invoices
- Customers, job sites, deposits, balances, and history
- Keep founder pricing while your subscription stays active
Founding Customers
Get in early. Help shape what comes next.
Early OwnTrade customers receive the founding price and can help influence future improvements through direct feedback. The goal is not to add features just to make the product bigger; it is to keep improving the workflow small contractors actually use.
FAQ
Straight answers before launch.
Who is OwnTrade built for?
OwnTrade is built for solo contractors and very small trade businesses that need customer-ready estimates, contracts, invoices, customer records, and payment tracking without adopting a large field-service or accounting platform.
What kinds of documents can I make?
You can create estimates, contracts, and invoices with customer details, project scope, line items, tax, totals, terms, notes, and document numbers.
Can I add my company branding to documents?
Yes. OwnTrade supports company details, business contact information, logo display, tax rate, document prefixes, and default terms for estimates, contracts, and invoices.
Can I reuse customer and job-site information?
Yes. You can save customer records, mailing details, reusable job locations, and document history so repeat work does not require retyping the same information.
Can an estimate become a contract or invoice?
OwnTrade is designed around moving the same job paperwork forward from estimate to contract-ready terms to invoice, without rebuilding the customer, scope, and line items from scratch.
Does OwnTrade handle invoice balances?
Yes. Invoices can include due dates, payment notes, paid amounts, balances, and overdue status so open invoice work is easier to track from the dashboard.
Can customers pay invoices through OwnTrade?
Not yet. OwnTrade currently helps you create invoices, track due dates, record paid amounts, and monitor open balances. Online payment collection is planned for a later version.
Can I export documents as PDFs?
OwnTrade creates clean document previews intended for printing or browser PDF export, so you can send professional copies to customers.
Are the contracts legally binding?
OwnTrade helps you create contract-style documents with terms, acceptance language, deposits, progress payment notes, and signature areas. Whether a contract is legally binding can depend on your terms, customer, project, and location, so you should have an attorney create or review the legal language you use for your business.
Is OwnTrade a full accounting platform?
No. OwnTrade is intentionally focused on estimates, contracts, invoices, customers, balances, totals, and practical document workflows for small contractors. It is built to be simpler than a large all-in-one business-management platform.
Who builds OwnTrade?
OwnTrade is independently developed by CKP Capital, LLC and shaped around the document workflow small contractors actually need. Early customer feedback can directly influence future improvements.
What is the current trial?
The application currently uses a 30-day free trial for new organizations.
What does it cost after the trial?
The standard monthly price is $19/month. Founding customers can start at $14/month or $140/year after the 30-day free trial and keep founder pricing while their subscription remains continuously active.
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Simple estimates, contracts, and invoices for small trade businesses.
30-day free trial, then founding-customer pricing at $14/month or $140/year.