Good trades refer good trades.
Pick the trades you trust. We link your sites. You send each other work.
You already know good tradesmen. Tell us which ones you'd vouch for, we link your websites, and you both get found by each other's customers — across every county and trade.
Three layers, built in plain sight
No black box. Here's exactly how a referral becomes a backlink becomes a long-term ranking signal — and what we honestly can and can't promise at each layer.
The referral
A roofer gets asked for a plumber. Instead of a shrug, they pass the job to a plumber in the network they'd actually stand over. We track that the referral happened — who sent it, who got it. We never touch the money. What tradesmen settle between themselves stays between themselves.
The mutual link
When two businesses connect, each one vouches for the other on their own site — a real, two-way link between two real Irish trade businesses. Connect or disconnect anytime; nothing is locked in. These aren't bought links or spam — they're genuine endorsements between people who've worked together.
The compounding signal
Over time, a web of genuine cross-links from established local businesses is exactly the trust signal search engines reward. It's the slow money, not the fast money — it builds quietly underneath everything else and pays off over years, not weeks.
One trade, a whole network behind it
Every business in the network sits at the centre of its own web — sending work out, taking work in, vouching and being vouched for. Here's an illustrative slice.
Electrician
Plumber
Your business
Carpenter
Plasterer
Tiler
Illustrative only — the live network is built from real connections between real Tradeflo clients.
This is not a guild
Trusted Trades is not a guild, not a membership, not an association. There's no fee, no committee, no meetings, no obligation, no vote. You're in full control of who you connect with, and you can disconnect from anyone at any time, instantly, with no penalty. It's simply this: you already know good tradesmen — tell us which ones you'd vouch for, we link your websites, and you both get found by each other's customers.
Trusted Trades is a tool, not an organisation.
- Not a paid directory you buy your way into.
- Not a membership badge that means nothing.
- Not a lead-selling middleman taking a cut of every job.
- No fee, no committee, no meetings, no vote — disconnect anytime.
What you get
- Real referral work. A solar customer needs an electrician for the consumer unit. Your name is the electrician listed on the solar installer's site. That's a warm, pre-qualified job arriving without you doing anything.
- Google ranking. Each connection creates two quality Irish backlinks — your site links to theirs, theirs links to yours. Backlinks from real, relevant, local Irish trade websites are exactly what Google rewards, and the effect compounds as the network grows. It's real, but it's slow — see the timing note below.
- Free within Gold, no commission. Trusted Trades is included in the Gold tier at no extra cost. Tradeflo takes zero commission on any job that flows through a connection. We track that a referral happened, but we never touch the payment.
- Credibility signal. A badge on your site — “Trusted by [Name] Solar Cork” — is third-party endorsement from a real, named, local business. That's trust a stock testimonial can't buy.
Backlinks are the slow money
2–3 year compounding, not month-2
The backlink effect is real, but it's a 2–3 year compounding effect, not a month-2 effect. In the first six months the ranking impact is minor and hard to isolate from everything else moving a new site's rankings.
We won't promise a month-2 jump
We won't tell you you'll see a ranking jump in month 2 because of Trusted Trades. We'd be lying, and you'd know it. The honest line is the one we actually use: this is the slow money — let it build.
The near-term wins are different
The real referral work and the credibility signal are the near-term benefits — they land in week one. The ranking compounding is the long game on top.
This is the slow money. Let it build.
Find your county and your trade
Every county and trade gets its own page as the network fills in. Start where you work.
By county
Get on the waitlist for your patch
Tell us your trade and county. We're building the network out area by area — when yours reaches critical mass, you're first to know.
Straight answers
Is the Trusted Trades Network a directory I pay to be listed in?+
No. It's a referral network between vetted Tradeflo client businesses, not a paid listing. You don't buy your way in — you're part of it because you do work people would stand over.
Does Tradeflo take a cut of referred jobs?+
Never. We track that a referral happened — who sent it and who received it — and that's it. We don't invoice, we don't take commission, we don't touch the payment. What tradesmen settle between themselves stays between themselves.
How do the backlinks actually help my ranking?+
Genuine two-way links between established local trade businesses are a strong trust signal for search engines. But they compound over months and years, not overnight — it's a 2–3 year build. Anyone promising instant page-one rankings is overselling it.
Can I leave the network if I want to?+
Anytime. Connections are yours to make and break. Disconnect and the links come down — no fees, no lock-in, no gatekeeping.
Is this available in my county yet?+
We're building county by county. Join the waitlist with your trade and county and we'll let you know the moment the network reaches your area.