What this page is for
A request is an enquiry from a customer, before you have priced it. Requests come from your own entry, your booking forms, your website chat and the customer page.
Screenshot: The Requests page in Trade Sure
Do the common things
Add a request
- Open Requests and click + New request.
- Choose the client and property, or add them first.
- Describe the work. Click Save request.
Book a free assessment
- Open the request.
- Click Book assessment and pick the engineer, day and time.
- The request moves to Assessment scheduled.
Turn it into a quote or a job
- Open the request.
- Click Convert to quote to price it first, or Convert to job if the price is agreed.
- If the person is not a client yet, click Create client first.
Get a head start with AI
- Open the request.
- Click Draft a quote with AI to get suggested lines from your price list. Check every line before you send it.
- Click Suggest a reply for a polite answer you can edit and send.
Reply to the customer
- Open the request and write your reply.
- Click Send email.
What the statuses mean
- New: nobody has dealt with it yet.
- Assessment scheduled: a visit is booked to look at the work.
- After that it becomes a quote or a job, or you cancel it. Use Set status to change it yourself.
If something looks wrong
- A request from your website is missing: check the form is switched on under Settings, Forms.
- Draft with AI is not offered: the AI assistant module is switched off.
- The same person appears twice: open one request, check the client, and cancel the copy.