Trade Magnet

Trade Magnet Apps

Custom Software for your Business is Closer than you Think...

We use an AI-first approach to fast-track app development — turning ideas into production-ready software without the usual delays.

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Design, Build, Deploy

The Three Phases of Software Development.

Our three-phase approach helps trade and construction and service businesses move from idea to production-ready software faster — without long discovery cycles, bloated builds, or unnecessary complexity.

Built for Industry

Purpose-built software for construction and service-based businesses — built to adapt as your operations, teams, and processes evolve.

How It Works

A simple three-phase process that takes you from concept to live software — using AI to accelerate design, and proper engineering to deliver production-ready systems for real-world operations.

Design

Shape your software before it’s built.
Use AI-first tools like Bolt.new and Lovable.dev to explore ideas, screens, and flows — creating a clear vision of what your software needs to be before engineering begins.

This step removes guesswork, aligns everyone early, and cuts weeks or months from the build timeline.

Engineer it properly.
Once the design is clear, we take the AI-generated structure and turn it into secure, scalable, production-ready software — built to support real operations, not just prototypes.

 

Because the structure is already defined, the build phase is faster, more focused, and far more predictable.

Ship and evolve.
Your software is deployed into production with the foundations in place to iterate, extend, and adapt as your business grows — without being locked into off-the-shelf platforms.

The Process

Your Custom Software Journey

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Start Building

Don’t book a call yet.
Start building the software you actually want using AI tools like Bolt.new or Lovable.dev.

For a small upfront cost (often ~$50–$100), you can explore ideas, test flows, and shape the product yourself — which is the fastest way to get clarity.

This step is about getting exactly what you want, not getting it perfect.

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Share the Prototype

Once you’ve built something meaningful, you share the project with us — giving us access to review the structure, flows, and overall intent.

At this stage, the code will almost certainly be messy.
That’s expected — and completely fine.

⚠️ We strongly recommend not using AI-generated apps with real customer data or live users.

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Functional Walkthrough

You walk us through the product on a recorded call — page by page.

We focus on:

  • what matters to you

  • what’s broken vs intentional

  • what must exist on day one

  • what can come later

This walkthrough becomes the single source of truth for the build.

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Scope & Quote

Using the prototype, walkthrough recording, and transcript, we define the production scope and provide a clear, staged quote.

No guesswork.
No vague assumptions.
Just a practical plan to turn your prototype into real software.

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Build to Production

If approved, we rebuild the software properly — typically across four clear milestones:

  • core UI skeleton

  • application logic

  • data & integrations

  • security, performance, and polish

This is engineering, not no-code or copy-paste.

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Deploy & Evolve

Your software is deployed into production, and we manage the infrastructure — servers, databases, email, background services, and ongoing reliability.

From here, we become your long-term software partner, helping you iterate, extend, and evolve the product as your business grows.

Who Are We

Automation & App Experts

We build custom software and automation for Australian trade and service-based businesses that need more than off-the-shelf tools.

Our work sits at the intersection of apps and automation — designing and building software that connects systems, removes manual work, and supports how your business actually operates.

By combining AI-led design with production-grade engineering, we help businesses move faster, reduce friction, and run on software that’s built to evolve as they grow.

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