Lean software that wins trade businesses more work.
We build practical tools for small trade firms: configurators your customers enjoy, quotes they say yes to, and drawings your workshop can cut from. Less admin for you, a better result for the people you build for.
Products: the Sail Designer for shade sail companies, built with a Christchurch shade crew and now coming to Australia. Also available: the Kitchen Planner. In development: deck, pergola and carport designers.
Better design up front means more jobs at the end.
Customers design on your website
Homeowners draw their project over a photo of their own section, at any hour. You get a real design with measurements instead of “how much for one?”.
Your rates, your products, priced instantly
Materials, fixings and install time come from your own price list, so every design turns into a quote you can stand behind.
Quotes people say yes to
A clear quote page with a 3D view. The customer accepts online and the job lands in your system with everything the crew needs.
Sail Designer
A configurator, quote tool and workshop pack for shade sail companies. It runs under your brand and on your website.
Draw on the real site
Address search and aerial photo. Corners snap to the house, posts and fences.
3D preview
The customer sees the sail, its twist and the posts before anyone visits.
Three ideas per site
The designer suggests layouts, including several sails on shared posts.
Instant price
Calculated from your own rates. You decide what the customer sees.
Quote and accept online
A quote page the customer can accept, with leads sent on to your CRM.
Workshop drawings + DXF
Cut sizes, set-out plan for the posts and DXF files for your cutting software.
Kitchen Planner
For kitchen makers and joiners: customers plan their kitchen online, you get a priced, buildable design.
Plan the room
Walls, windows and doors from the customer’s own measurements.
Cabinets that fit
Your cabinet range, snapped to the room and checked for clearances.
Finishes in 3D
Fronts, benchtops and handles shown together before anyone orders.
Price and cut list
A quote from your rates, plus parts lists for the workshop.
Coming next for outdoor builders.
The same approach for more trades: the customer designs on your website, you get measurements, a price and a build list.
Decks drawn on the real section
Shape, levels and steps over the aerial photo, with boards, joists and bearers counted for the quote.
Pergolas that fit the house
Attached or freestanding, with posts, beams, rafters and roof options shown in 3D.
Carports sized for the cars
Single or double, gable or flat roof, with post set-out and a materials list for the crew.
From first call to live on your site.
We look at how you quote today
A short call about your products, prices and where enquiries come from.
We set it up for you
Your logo, colours, products and rates. You test it with real jobs.
10-day pilot
Live on your website. You keep it if it brings in work.
We're looking for 3 to 5 founding partners, one per region.
Founding partners get the Sail Designer first, help shape it, and keep their region exclusive.
Built in Christchurch, next to people who rig sails for a living.
Craftlift is a small software studio. We started with one question from a local shade sail business: why does every quote still need a site visit, a tape measure and an evening of paperwork?
The answer became the Sail Designer. We build software the way a good trade business works: measure twice, keep it simple, and make sure it pays for itself.
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See it with one of your own jobs.
Send us an address you’ve quoted recently. We’ll draw it in the designer and walk you through it in 20 minutes.
hello@craftlift.co.nz
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