https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html What has changed on the YellowTradie site and in the early access programme. YellowTradie is a phone app for UK sole traders and self employed tradespeople. en-gb Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:35:00 +0100 1440 https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#footer-trimmed https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#footer-trimmed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:35:00 +0100 The two grey lines at the bottom of every page have come off. What is left there is the privacy link and the terms link, which is what the bottom of a page is for. The privacy page still says the screens show sample data, and so do the questions, so that is not lost. The privacy page and the terms page also stopped naming the person behind the business and now name the trading name only. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#terms-page https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#terms-page Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:10:00 +0100 There is a new page, Terms of use, linked at the bottom of every page next to the privacy one. It covers reading the site, using the missed call calculator with your own numbers, and what joining the early access list does and does not commit either side to. It says plainly that joining is not a booking, that no price is promised, and that early access is unfinished software given to you to try at no cost. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#privacy-page https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#privacy-page Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:40:00 +0100 There is a new page, Privacy and cookies, linked at the bottom of every page. It says in plain words what the early access form collects and why, who else sees it, how long it is kept, and how to have it removed. It names the two cookies the visit counting sets and how long they last, and it carries a switch that turns the counting off in that browser for good. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#visit-counting https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#visit-counting Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:15:00 +0100 Google's visit counting has been added to both pages, so we can see how many people look at the site and which parts they read. It records the visit and the page, and nothing is typed into any form by it. It does not change anything you see. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#signup-no-phone https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#signup-no-phone Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:41:00 +0100 The pop-up asked for four things: your name, your business name, your email and a phone number. The phone number has been taken off, so it now asks for three. Nothing else on the form has changed, and the number already given by anyone who signed up earlier has been left alone. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#plumber-photo-and-hero-line https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#plumber-photo-and-hero-line Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:03:00 +0100 The photograph in the hero is the plumber now, in the same frame and the same crop, and it is served as a smaller webp file so the page loads faster. The line under the headline now reads: stop doing quotes from memory at the kitchen table, catch missed calls, dictate prices on site, and chase unpaid invoices, all before you drive home. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#hero-photo-again https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#hero-photo-again Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:01:00 +0100 A different picture is in the hero. It is the same size in the same frame, its edges still fade into the black, and on a phone it is still left out so the words get the whole width. The crop and the layout are unchanged. Only the picture is different. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#three-sections-off https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#three-sections-off Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:46:00 +0100 The app screens carousel, the two extra cards at the end of the job stops, and the four badges under Straight with you have been taken off. The nav link called The screens went with them, because there is nothing left for it to point at. Nothing else on the page has changed. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#hero-lines-off https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#hero-lines-off Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:11:00 +0100 The headline at the top of the page had a thick yellow line above it and another below it, and both have been taken off. The words, the size and the spacing are exactly as they were, so the only difference is the two lines. The closing section at the bottom of the page keeps its yellow lines. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#new-hero-photo https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#new-hero-photo Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:10:00 +0100 The picture on the front page has been replaced. It sits to the right of the headline and fades into the black at its own edges, so there is no hard rectangle, and it is left out on a phone so the words get the whole width. The frame is wide and the space is tall, so a little under half the picture falls outside the box, and the crop was set by measurement so the headline sits on the dark part of the frame. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#full-screens https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#full-screens Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0100 The five app pictures were tight crops of parts of the screen. They are now full phone screens, straight off the handset, all the same size: a quote, the invoices list, an overdue invoice, the reports screen, and the page your customer opens to say yes. One size also fixed a fault: the row used to change height as you swiped and shoved the rest of the page about. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#nine-screens https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#nine-screens Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0100 The page was too long to read on a phone in daylight, so the weight moved rather than the words went. Six stops now run from the first ring to the tax done, one line each, with the full detail behind a tap. The questions are an accordion. The five app screens play through on their own until you touch them. There is a missed call calculator: two sliders, your own numbers, and the year they add up to. On a phone the button follows you down the page. Nothing was cut, and every word is still on the page for the search engines. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#clearer-copy https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#clearer-copy Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:18:00 +0100 A tradesman with 40 years on the tools read the page and said where it lost him. The missed call wording was wrong, so it now describes what actually happens. The caller leaves a message, it is written out and sent to you, and if they leave nothing they get a short text back to say you will ring them. Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent now read as a one tap connect. The price carries an anchor: less than a single missed call-out, with a founder's rate locked in. The headline dropped "after tea" because it is regional, and the page now names sparky, chippy, plumber and joiner. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#whole-job https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#whole-job Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0100 The page used to explain quoting and leave it there. It now walks a whole week of work, from the call you miss while you are up a ladder through to the figures for your quarterly tax. There are 21 things on it, grouped into seven stages: win the work, quote it, plan the week, run the job, get paid, tax and the accountant, and everything else. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#real-screens https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#real-screens Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0100 Five screens from the app replace the phone mockups that were here before. They are tight crops of the parts you would use every day: the chase list, a spoken job turned into priced line items, the quarterly tax card, an overdue invoice, and the page your customer opens to say yes. The app is running on sample data. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#comparison-table https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#comparison-table Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0100 A table puts the same week side by side, paper and WhatsApp on one side and the app on the other. It covers the call you miss, writing the quote, knowing whether it was read, chasing the money and the quarterly tax. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#signup-four-things https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#signup-four-things Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0100 Your name, your business name, your email and a phone number. The phone number is there so we can ring you about your trade rather than send a generic email to a list. Nothing to pay, and no card asked for. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#new-yellow https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#new-yellow Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:05:00 +0100 The brand yellow on the site changed to a brighter, greener tone. The black stayed exactly the same, because it is the same black the app uses. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#site-live https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#site-live Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0100 The site went up and the early access list opened. If you are on it, you will get an email when a place opens. We are letting people in a few at a time so we can answer every message. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#joining-early https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#joining-early Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0100 Nothing to pay until it launches. A say in what gets built, because you tell us what gets in the way on a working day. And a low rate locked in when it goes paid, since pricing is not set yet. https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#where-data-sits https://yellowtradie.com/changelog.html#where-data-sits Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0100 Your jobs, your customers and your prices live in the app on your own phone. The screens on the site use sample data only, and there is nothing of a real customer on the page.