TradeJot — invoicing, quotes & payments for South African small businesses

Send quotes and invoices from your phone, take deposits and track payments, and manage clients, jobs and lay-byes — on Telegram or the web. For any small business that sends a quote or an invoice: nail techs, hairdressers, mechanics, spares shops, cleaners, salons, tutors, tradies and more. Two channels, always in sync. Sign up free in about a minute.

Sign up free in about a minute, then use TradeJot on the web or on Telegram (@MyTradeJotBot — send SIGNUP). Questions? Email support@tradejot.co.za.

Two channels, one business

Pick whichever suits you. Your invoices, clients, quotes and laybyes are the same wherever you log them — both channels read and write the same TradeJot.

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Telegram

Invoice on the go — open @MyTradeJotBot, send SIGNUP to join (or /login if you already have an account). Same commands, same PDFs.

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Web dashboard

Bigger screen, full history, magic-link login by email. Available at tradejot.co.za/login. Pro+.

Built for the messy real world

SIMs get banned. Phones go missing. Roaming charges. Power's out. TradeJot doesn't have a single point of failure — log a job on whichever channel works right now, and it shows up everywhere.

How it works

Just message your bot

"Full set of acrylics for Mrs Jones, R450." Or "Serviced a Polo, R1,850." TradeJot parses it, creates an invoice, and sends you a PDF — straight in Telegram, or on your web dashboard.

No app to learn

If you can send a message, you can use TradeJot. No installs, no accounting jargon. Web dashboard for when you want a bigger screen.

Shareable business card

Reply publish card and you get a public link clients can tap to save your name, trade, phone and banking straight to their contacts. Pro plan adds your custom logo.

Remembers your prices (Pro)

Log a geyser at R6,500 once and the next geyser job autofills the price — even when you skipped it. Type prices to see your book or save geyser R6500 to add one manually.

Built for SA small businesses

Nail techs, hairdressers, mechanics, spares shops, cleaners, salons, tutors, plumbers, sparkies, builders — anyone who sends a quote or an invoice. Rand-priced. POPIA-compliant. South African support.

Your data, encrypted

Client phone numbers and addresses are encrypted at rest with AES-256. Daily encrypted backups. Never sold, never shared.

See it in action

About a minute — sign up free, log your first invoice, and share your business card. No app, no logins.

Sign up free in about a minute — on the web at tradejot.co.za/signup, or send SIGNUP to TradeJot on Telegram. Then invoice, quote and get paid right from your phone.

Pricing

Free

R0 / month
  • Telegram + web — both free
  • 5 invoices per month
  • 5 voice notes per month
  • Unlimited clients
  • PDF invoices & quotes
  • Basic reports
  • Shareable business card — clients tap to save your contact

Starter

R150 / month
Annual: R1,500 / year (2 months free)
  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited invoices
  • Unlimited voice notes
  • Stock management (manual entry)
  • Price book — autofill prices you’ve quoted before
  • Lay-bye agreements (CPA s.62)
  • Reports & outstanding tracker
  • Data export (CSV / PDF / JSON)

All billing is in South African Rand (ZAR). VAT included where applicable. Cancel anytime. Annual plans are pro-rated on cancel. See the refund policy for details.