About CostYa
UK sole traders and small trade companies lose a serious amount of unpaid time driving to quote jobs they will never win. CostYa is the front door that triages enquiries before the van moves, so more hours go to work worth taking.
Why we built it
Every quote you drive to and don’t win is unpaid time on the road. It is fuel, it is an evening gone, and it is hours that could have been spent on a job that actually pays. Most trades only feel the cost as a vague sense that the diary is busy but the bank account is not. Put real numbers against it and the year’s damage usually stings.
CostYa exists to stop that bleed before it starts. Instead of every enquiry turning into a site visit, the job gets sized up first, so you only get in the van for the work worth taking.
Curious what your own dead quotes are costing you? Work out your number with the cost-of-quoting calculator →
What it does
A customer opens the trade’s CostYa intake link, describes the job and adds photos from their phone. CostYa turns that into a budget range priced against the trade’s own rates, their area and the known hassle factors for that type of work. The trade then keeps, adjusts, declines or books a site visit, all from WhatsApp, before they give up an evening or drive across town.
What it is not
CostYa is the front door, not the whole office. It is not full job management, accounting or final quoting. The budget ranges it produces are indicative estimates to help you triage enquiries, not binding quotes. You still confirm the price yourself, after a site visit if the job warrants one.
Who it is for
CostYa is built for UK sole traders and small trade companies, from plumbers and electricians to tilers, painters and landscapers. If you give out quotes and waste time on jobs you’ll never win, it is for you.
The company
CostYa is a trading name of mt-deva limited, a company registered in England and Wales (No. 15768175). Registered office: 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ. For sales enquiries, email [email protected].
Get started
Set up your intake link and start triaging jobs over WhatsApp, or see what dead quotes are costing you first.