AI office manager for tradesmen, in your WhatsApp

The office job, done from the one app you already use all day, on your own number. Vanly texts back the calls you miss, answers enquiries in seconds, turns a voice note into a priced quote, sends your invoices and books your work. You stay in control of the money: quotes, invoices and bookings always wait for your yes. No new app to learn.

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5 day free trial, then £49 a month. Card at signup, nothing charged until day 6, cancel free before then.

Built in the UK for UK tradesWorks alongside your WhatsApp Business appYour number and your data stay yours

How it works

From the missed call to the invoice sent

  1. 1

    Never lose the call you couldn't take

    You cannot always answer the phone with your hands full. So when a call rings out, Vanly texts the customer straight back with a link to message you on WhatsApp, and catches any voicemail as text. The job that would have gone to the next name on the list comes to you instead.

    Why slow replies cost tradies jobs
  2. 2

    Every enquiry answered in seconds

    A new enquiry lands and Vanly replies in seconds, asks the right questions like a good receptionist would, and hands you a ready lead with a one-tap menu. It never quotes a price itself. Would you rather read every message first? You can switch to approving each reply in your settings.

    How the receptionist works
  3. 3

    Speak the job, get a quote

    No more sitting at the laptop after tea pricing up the day's work. Tell Vanly the job by voice note or a single line, and it writes the quote: itemised, priced, branded, VAT correct. You check it and send it, often before you have left the customer's drive.

    See voice to quote
  4. 4

    Books jobs into your real diary, with your say so

    Vanly reads your actual calendar, offers the customer the slots you are happy with, and books the job in once you confirm. No double bookings. The day before, it emails the customer a reminder so they do not no show.

    It never books you in without your nod

    Vanly offers slots and holds the customer's reply, but the booking only goes in when you say yes. Your diary stays yours.

  5. 5

    Send invoices from your WhatsApp

    The job is done, so get paid for it without opening another app. Tell Vanly to invoice and it drafts a branded invoice from the quote, checks it against what you agreed, and sends it from your own email address. You are tapping send from the chat you already have open.

    How WhatsApp invoicing works

Everything logged, nothing to manage

You run the day to day from WhatsApp. Behind it, Vanly keeps a tidy record of everything, so you always have the full picture without ever setting up a spreadsheet. It is there when you want it, never something you have to sit and manage.

Back to customers

Customer

Sarah Jenkins

Won
Phone
+44 7700 900482
Email
sarah.jenkins@gmail.com
Postcode
WA6 0DT
Address
14 Chester Road, Helsby, Frodsham
First contact
18 May 2026
Open chat in WhatsApp

Booked jobs

  • 8 Jul 2026, 09:00 — Snagging revisit, bathroom refit · HelsbyScheduledMark complete

Past

  • 16 Jun 2026, 08:00 — Bathroom refit, full install · HelsbyCompleted

Timeline

  • Payment received: £2,450.00 by bank transfer

    28 Jun, 14:02 · Open

  • Invoice INV-0042 sent for £2,450.00

    25 Jun, 17:40 · Open

  • Job marked complete: bathroom refit

    24 Jun, 16:18

  • Job booked: bathroom refit, 16 to 18 Jun

    24 May, 11:05

  • Quote accepted, customer marked as won

    22 May, 09:21

  • Quote QUO-0031 sent for £2,450.00

    20 May, 18:12 · Open

  • Vanly replied to Sarah within 2 minutes

    18 May, 13:46

  • New enquiry from Checkatrade: full bathroom refit

    18 May, 13:44

Timeline is read-only on the web. Add a note by voice-noting Vanly with the customer’s name on WhatsApp.

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Recent quotes

  • Full bathroom refit: strip out, first and second fix

    Sent 20 May 2026

    £2,450.00Accepted

Recent invoices

  • Bathroom refit, final invoice

    Paid 28 Jun 2026

    £2,450.00Paid
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Your records build themselves

Every customer, quote, invoice and booked job lands in one place as you work. Open any customer and see the lot: what they asked, what you sent, what they paid, and when you are due back. No filing, no spreadsheet, no end of month catch up. It is just there, built as you go.

See exactly where your money is

Every quote and invoice with its status at a glance: sent, seen, paid or overdue, and the branded PDF a tap away. The month in one line: quoted, won, invoiced, paid. You always know what is owed and what has landed, without adding it up yourself.

Set it up once, it stays yours

Your logo, bank details, payment terms, VAT and invoice numbers live in your settings and go on every document automatically. Going away for a few days? One switch. Want to keep your hand on things? You choose what Vanly can send on its own and what waits for your nod.

Money

Quotes, invoices and payments

Your filing cabinet for everything money. Send new quotes and invoices from WhatsApp. Mark paid and download PDFs from here.

Quoted (this month)

£8,920

6 items

Won

£5,180

4 items

Invoiced

£6,300

5 items

Paid

£3,850

3 items

Outstanding

£2,450

AllSentPaidOverdueDraft
  • Michael Brennan

    Consumer unit replacement and EICR

    £1,200.00Overduedue 4 days ago
  • Sarah Jenkins

    Bathroom refit, final invoice

    £2,450.00Sentdue in 9 days
  • The Oak Tree Pub

    Cellar cooling repair, call out plus parts

    £380.00Paid
  • Priya Patel

    Kitchen tap replacement and waste re-seal

    £165.00Paid
  • Tom Whitfield

    Garden office: sockets, lighting and test

    £940.00Draft
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And it is all read only. Nothing happens here without you. The record is simply proof that Vanly is logging everything straight, there for you to check any time, not another thing to keep on top of.

Everything Vanly handles

Vanly is an AI office manager for UK tradespeople, working on your own WhatsApp number. Here is the whole office job it takes off your hands.

Missed calls answered

When a call rings out, Vanly texts them back and catches the voicemail as text, so you never lose the job.

Enquiries qualified fast

It answers new enquiries in seconds and qualifies the job, whether they come from Checkatrade, Bark, MyBuilder or your own number.

Voice to quote

Speak the job and Vanly turns the voice note into a priced, branded quote with the VAT right.

Diary booked properly

It reads your real calendar and books jobs into it once you approve, so there are no double bookings.

Invoices sent properly

It sends invoices from your own email address, with the right VAT and sequential numbering.

Late payers chased

It chases the invoices that go quiet, with your nod, so you are not the one sending the awkward reminder.

Your own number, your WhatsApp

Customers message the number on your van, the way they always have. Vanly works alongside your WhatsApp Business app, so you keep using your phone as normal while it handles the office job in the background.

Your number, unchanged

The number on your van, your signs and your reviews stays exactly the same.

Alongside your app

Vanly works next to your WhatsApp Business app, not instead of it. Pick up any chat yourself whenever you want.

Live in minutes

Connect it in a few taps at signup. Not techy? We will set it up with you.

What it will not do

You have a good nose for AI that overpromises. So here is where the line is, and it does not move without you.

  • It will not quote a price without you.
  • It will not send an invoice without you.
  • It will not book a job without you.
  • It will not pretend to be a person. It is your assistant, working for you.

Who Vanly is for

UK tradespeople who are good at the work and sick of the paperwork. Solo sole traders and small teams of one to five, running the job from a phone and a van.

PlumbersElectriciansBuildersGas engineersKitchen fittersDecoratorsRoofers

Not for: big firms with an office full of admin staff. Vanly replaces the evening paperwork, not a payroll department.

Why we built Vanly

I built Vanly because the trades are full of people who are brilliant at the work and worn out by the paperwork. You finish a long day, then spend the evening writing quotes, chasing invoices and replying to leads that have already gone cold. That is not why anyone goes self employed. Vanly takes the office job off your hands, in the one app you already use, so you can put the phone down at six and the work still gets done.

DanielFounder of Vanly

How much Vanly costs

£49/month

Try Vanly free for 5 days, then £49 a month. You add your card when you sign up, nothing is charged until day 6, and you can cancel for free before then.

That is the whole price. No tiers, no add ons, no surprise hikes. The price you start on is the price you stay on. One job pays for the month. The rest is your evenings back.

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Questions tradespeople ask

Vanly is an AI office manager for tradespeople that works inside WhatsApp. It answers new enquiries in seconds, texts back the calls you miss, turns voice notes into quotes, sends invoices from your own email, and books jobs into your calendar once you approve them.
Yes. Vanly is an AI assistant built for UK tradespeople. Unlike a general chatbot, it works where you already do business, your WhatsApp, and it handles the actual admin: enquiries, quotes, invoices and bookings.
Sign up on this page and connect Vanly to your own WhatsApp number in a few taps, no technical faff. If you would rather we set it up with you, we can. Vanly works with Gmail and Outlook, and you connect your inbox in one tap. You keep your own number and your own email, and you are up and running in minutes.
Yes. Vanly works alongside your WhatsApp Business app on your own number, so customers message the number on your van the way they always have. You connect it yourself in a few taps when you sign up, and you keep using your phone as normal.
When a customer calls and you cannot pick up, Vanly texts them straight back with a link to message you on WhatsApp, so the job does not go to the next tradesperson on the list. You switch it on in minutes and we walk you through it.
Yes. If a customer leaves a voicemail, Vanly transcribes it and sends you the message and a suggested reply in WhatsApp, so you can deal with it in seconds without listening back. You switch it on in minutes and we walk you through the setup.
With Vanly you tell it the job by voice note or a single line. It drafts a branded invoice with the right VAT and numbering, you check it, and it sends from your own email address. You do not need a separate accounting app open to do it.
By default Vanly replies to new enquiries within about a minute and qualifies the job for you, so you never lose a lead to a slow reply. If you would rather read every message first, you can switch to approving each reply in your settings. Either way, no quote, invoice or booking goes out without your yes.
Yes. Vanly reads your real calendar, offers your customer slots you have approved, and books the job in once you confirm. It never books you in without your say so.
Vanly is built for UK solo tradespeople and teams of one to five: plumbers, electricians, builders, gas engineers, kitchen fitters, decorators and roofers.
No. Your customers reply by WhatsApp or email, the way they already do. Only you use Vanly.
Vanly works with Gmail and Outlook today. You connect your inbox in one tap when you sign up, and you keep your own email address.
Vanly is £49 a month after a 5 day free trial. You add your card when you sign up, nothing is charged until day 6, and you can cancel for free before then. That is the whole price, with no tiers, no add ons and no surprise hikes.

Get your evenings back

£49 a month, flat, after a free week to try it. Let Vanly take the paperwork off your hands. Connect it to your own number in a few taps, or we will set it up with you. Your number stays yours.

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