Set your tradeIn Settings › Business profile

In Settings › Business profile

Choose your trade

Your trade lives on the Business profile. Pick the closest one even if yours is not listed word for word; changing it later is safe.

DeskOps — Settings › Business profileExample screen

Start here · On a computer

  1. 1Settings
  2. 2Business profile
  3. 3Industry
  4. 4Save Changes

On your phone: Settings → Business profile → Industry.

The full answer in the docs

In Settings › Business profile

What changes when you pick it

The words on screen, what a job is measured in, which expense categories come first, the contract terms, and which tools Des offers.

DeskOps — Settings › Business profileExample screen

Start here · On a computer

  1. 1Settings
  2. 2Business profile
  3. 3Industry

Worth knowingSet it before your first quote — the terms and the margin benchmarks follow the trade.

The full answer in the docs

In Settings › Business profile

Is your kind of business covered

If you get paid per job, per visit or per month, yes. About seventy trades are recognised by name; “Other” works but loses the trade tools.

DeskOps — Settings › Business profileExample screen

Start here · On a computer

  1. 1Settings
  2. 2Business profile
  3. 3Industry

pick yours, and the product adjusts.

On your phone: Settings → Business profile → Industry.

The full answer in the docs

Ready to do this with your own business?

Pick the closest trade; you can change it later without touching anything you recorded.