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Self-employed in a trade – with the first job.
Your own business, a specialist trade, renovations, caretaking or a service around property: planix finds the idea that fits your skills and tests the riskiest assumption before you finance a workshop and vehicle.
planix finds the idea that fits your skills and tests the riskiest assumption before you finance a workshop and vehicle.
No subscription, no follow-up costs.
In a trade the skills are there – the question is the first job
If you become self-employed in a trade, you sell what you have been able to do for years – only on your own account. The risk is not in the craft but in price, utilisation and customer acquisition. Becoming self-employed here means: find the niche in which customers pay a fair hourly rate, and win the first jobs alongside your job – before workshop, vehicle and machines are financed.
If you become self-employed in a trade, you sell what you have been able to do for years – only on your own account. The risk is not in the craft but in price, utilisation and customer acquisition.
What gets tested first
Do customers pay your hourly rate?
Between a salary and self-employment lie social insurance, idle time and materials. It tests which hourly rate or flat price your target group accepts – and whether it is enough.
Between a salary and self-employment lie social insurance, idle time and materials.
Is there a niche where you do not have to be the cheapest?
Specialisation beats price pressure. It tests which service or target group accepts a premium – age, type of property, urgency.
Specialisation beats price pressure.
Do the first jobs come from your network?
Trades get recommended, not searched for. It tests how many jobs your circle provides and which channel carries you after that.
Trades get recommended, not searched for.
How planix tests it
- Price sensitivity (Van Westendorp)Delivers the range for hourly rate or flat fee – from when it is too expensive, from when it is implausibly cheap.
- Target group fitCompares owners, property managers and businesses: who is most likely to hire you, who pays the most.
- Message and claim testShows which promise works – “all from one source”, “fixed price” or “date guaranteed”.
Metrics that count here
- Billable hourly rate
- Billable hours per week
- Markup on materials
- Job size
- Jobs from referrals
- Fixed costs per month
Which market data goes in
- Trade and construction businesses in the region, by name and with source
- Housing stock, home ownership rate and construction activity at the location
- Hourly rate benchmarks and wage statistics of the industry
- Professional rules, licences and liability in the UK
Market data from official sources: Office for National Statistics, Companies House, Bank of England, legislation.gov.uk, data.gov.uk, British Library, GOV.UK, HMRC
Which package fits
Test the market
Find your business idea shows you for free which niche fits your skills and whether you can start alongside your job. Before you finance a workshop and vehicle, Test the market tests hourly rate, target group and competition with respondents and market data.
Find your business idea shows you for free which niche fits your skills and whether you can start alongside your job. Before you finance a workshop and vehicle, Test the market tests hourly rate, target group and competition with respondents and market data.
PricingFAQ
Frequently asked questions from the industry
The founder profile shows how strong your network is – in the trades usually the most important channel. The report says how many jobs are realistic from it and which message works in your circle.
Often yes – with jobs in the evening and on Saturdays, provided your employer allows the side activity. planix calculates from what utilisation the switch to full time carries you.
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