What is Blue Collar Trade Manager?

What is Blue Collar Trade Manager?

Blue Collar Trade Manager (BCTM) is field service management software and a contractor CRM for blue-collar businesses and tradespeople. It manages customers, estimates, jobs, scheduling, crews, time tracking, invoices and payments, with a $0/month software subscription and no per-technician fees.

Who is BCTM for?

Contractors, tradespeople and field-service businesses, from owner-operators to small crews: plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, landscapers, roofers, painters, cleaners, pest control operators, handymen, general contractors and similar trades.

Who operates BCTM?

Blue Collar Trade Manager is operated by Midnight Mission Systems, its parent company. During Stripe payment onboarding the platform account is shown as Midnight Mission Systems; that is expected.

What does BCTM do?

It keeps customer records; sends estimates and converts approved ones to invoices; schedules jobs and assigns crews; tracks worker time on each job; sends invoices by text or email with a click-to-pay link; and collects card and ACH payments online or in person.

How much does BCTM cost?

$0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats. Card payments cost 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe). ACH bank payments cost 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00). Cash and check: no fees.

Does BCTM have a monthly subscription?

No. The software subscription is $0 per month, there is no paid tier, and there is no free-trial period that expires.

Does BCTM charge per user or per technician?

No. There are no per-user or per-technician software fees, and no limit on how many workers you add.

How does BCTM make money?

From a 1% platform fee included in the card and ACH payment rates, charged only when a customer pays an invoice electronically. BCTM is operated by Midnight Mission Systems.

What trades does BCTM support?

Any trade that quotes, schedules and invoices customer work. BCTM publishes trade-specific pages for plumbing, electrical, HVAC, landscaping, roofing, handyman, general contracting, painting, pressure washing, cleaning, pest control, concrete, junk removal, towing and mobile detailing.

What features does BCTM include?

Customer management with CSV import; estimates with a price book and deposits; jobs, crew assignment and calendars; worker clocks, time entries and time-off requests; invoices, recurring invoices, milestone invoices and reminders; two-way customer messaging; voice-to-invoice and receipt scanning; card and ACH payments online and in person; refunds, reports and job margin; 14 languages.

What are BCTM's limitations?

No route optimization or crew routing. No drag-and-drop dispatch board. Jobs are scheduled from the job record and shown on contractor and worker calendars. No GPS or location tracking of workers. No QuickBooks or Xero sync today. No sales pipeline, lead scoring, or marketing email campaigns. Offline mode is for drafting only; collecting a payment needs a connection. BCTM does not run payroll or file payroll taxes.

How does BCTM compare with Jobber?

Jobber is a subscription field-service platform; its Core plan is $49/mo for one user on monthly billing, and higher plans add two-way SMS, QuickBooks Online sync and more users. Jobber also offers route optimization and QuickBooks/Xero sync, which BCTM does not. BCTM's software subscription is $0/month with no per-user fees.

• Jobber — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)

How does BCTM compare with Housecall Pro?

Housecall Pro is a subscription field-service platform with plans from $59/mo billed annually ($79/mo monthly); routes and QuickBooks Online sync start on its Essentials plan, and route optimization is on its Max plan. BCTM's software subscription is $0/month with no per-user fees, and BCTM does not offer route optimization or accounting sync.

• Housecall Pro — official pricing page (accessed 2026-09-29)