TradeKart: The Rapid Delivery App Helping Tradespeople Get Materials to Site in 30 Minutes
By Gordon Routledge
Thursday 24th July 2025
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Picture the scene: It’s 3 o’clock in the afternoon. You’re deep into an electrical installation when you realise you’re missing a few humble penny washers. Tiny parts, virtually no cost—but they’re the difference between finishing the job or calling it a day.
Now you’re stuck.
Do you:
Down tools, rush to the electrical wholesaler (assuming they’re open), brave the traffic, find a parking space (good luck), buy what you need, and try to get back in time to finish up?
Abandon the job, plan to return in the morning via a detour to the wholesaler, and reschedule the job already booked for the morning?
Either way, a 10p part just cost you upwards of £50 in wasted time, fuel, lost productivity—and possibly customer frustration.
So what if there was another way?
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TradeKart: The App That Delivers in 30 Minutes
Enter TradeKart, a delivery platform built for tradespeople that promises to deliver tools, fixings, and materials to your site within 30 minutes. Think of it as Deliveroo for the electrical trade—but smarter.
Open the app, browse live local stock, hit order, and a driver will be on their way before you’ve even finished your cuppa.
No more lost hours. No more supply run stress.
TradeKart partners with local electrical wholesalers and merchants to offer real-time stock visibility, live pricing, and frictionless delivery. Whether it’s a bag of washers or a roll of T&E, you can stay on-site and keep working while the missing parts come to you.
From Lockdown Vans to Industry Disruption
In our recent YouTube Live discussion, we were joined by TradeKart Founder and CEO Alastair McAuley, who shared the remarkable journey of the platform.
Born out of necessity during lockdown, Alastair started with a few vans solving real-world supply problems for tradespeople who couldn’t access stores. From those humble beginnings, TradeKart has grown rapidly—signing deals with global giants like Uber, onboarding national wholesalers including Toolstation and Yesss Electrical, and now preparing to expand the service to independent wholesalers across the country.
It’s a story of innovation meeting timing—but more importantly, of listening to what the trade actually needs.
A Lifeline for Independent Wholesalers
This isn’t just good news for electricians—it’s a major opportunity for independent electrical wholesalers.
In a world where Amazon is raising customer expectations for convenience and speed, TradeKart gives independents a way to compete on service while leveraging their existing stock and customer relationships.
Frictionless ordering: No more waiting on phone lines or standing in queues.
Real-time stock: What you see is what they’ve got—right now.
Hyperlocal delivery: TradeKart helps get parts from counter to you in under 30 minutes.
Importantly, this levels the playing field without sacrificing the specialised expertise that local wholesalers provide. Because let’s be honest—you’re never going to see Amazon offering cut-to-length 35mm² armoured cable or handling bespoke installation requirements with the same knowledge and flexibility as your local supplier.
TradeKart empowers local businesses to extend their reach and relevance, offering the kind of customer experience that today’s tradespeople demand.
Why It Matters for the Electrical Industry
Time is money on-site. Wasting an hour chasing down a small part throws off your schedule, dents your profits, and frustrates your clients. Multiply that across a week—or a whole team—and you’re burning serious cash.
TradeKart’s model turns that on its head. It helps you:
Maximise time on-site
Reduce vehicle use and mileage
Avoid job delays
Keep your customers happy
Strengthen relationships with your preferred local supplier
This isn’t about removing wholesalers from the picture—it’s about supercharging them.
What’s the True Cost of a Penny Washer?
That penny washer might be tiny—but the impact of not having it is huge.
When one missing part sends you off-site, derails your schedule, and eats into your evening, you’re not just losing money—you’re losing time. And that’s time you could be spending finishing another job, or better yet, getting home earlier to enjoy what really matters.
TradeKart gives you that time back.
By making it easier to stay on-site, keep working, and avoid unnecessary runs to the wholesaler, TradeKart helps you become more productive—and less stressed.
Because at the end of the day, getting the job done is great. But getting the job done and still making it home for dinner with the family?
That’s priceless.
