Wedge

What's live, what's next, what's coming.

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Live now

What Wedge does today. Every item maps 1:1 to shipped code.

WhatsApp invoicing

  • Voice-note invoicing — Record on WhatsApp, AI parses → invoice.
  • Text-message invoicing — Short-form descriptions parsed into structured invoices.
  • Photo invoicing — Snap a hand-written job sheet, AI extracts customer + amount.
  • Quote creation — One-tap convert to invoice once accepted.
  • Customer auto-recognition across invoices

Getting paid

  • Stripe Connect onboarding (Express)
  • Payment links via WhatsApp message — Pay Now button on every invoice — see Wedge Pay.
  • Automatic 5-step reminder cadence — Friendly → followup → overdue → firm → final.
  • Payment confirmations to both you and the customer

VAT & books

  • Configurable VAT rate per invoice (0–20%)
  • Bi-monthly VAT report — Owed to HMRC vs reclaimable from HMRC.
  • Expense tracking by category — Materials, tools, fuel, food, subcontractor, insurance, other.
  • Receipts attached per expense

Browser dashboard

  • Invoices list, detail view, manual creation
  • Quotes list and conversion flow
  • Customers list and history
  • Expenses with period filtering
  • Analytics — Revenue, profit, VAT trends — month / quarter / year.
  • Settings — Branding (logo, colour), custom T&Cs, reminder cadence.

Trust & compliance

  • All data encrypted in transit and at rest
  • Stripe handles all card data — Wedge never sees card numbers
  • GDPR consent tracking and audit log
  • Soft delete + data export on request

Building now (next 4–6 weeks)

Each item has a target month. Nothing here is hypothetical.

  • Pay by Bank — no chargebacks, lower fees

    Customers pay direct from their banking app via Open Banking. Roughly half the processor fee of cards, and the saving lands in the tradesperson's account, not Wedge's. Most importantly: bank-pay invoices can't be charged back.

    June 2026In progress

  • Faster sign-up — one form, no Stripe redirect

    Five fields, no password, no Stripe redirect during signup. Stripe onboarding moves to a deferred flow you trigger when you're ready.

    May 2026In progress

  • Magic-link sign-in

    No password to remember. Enter your email, we send a one-tap sign-in link.

    May 2026In progress

  • Same-day payouts (Stripe Instant Payouts)

    Money in your account within 30 minutes for an extra 1%.

    June 2026Just started

  • CIS deduction — properly

    Today the marketing claim is ahead of the code. Adding a cis_deduction_rate field, parsing 'CIS at 20%' from WhatsApp, and rendering gross / deduction / net on the invoice PDF.

    June 2026In progressFixing a gap

  • ICO registration

    Applying to the ICO public register; surfacing the registration number in the footer and on the security page.

    June 2026In progressFixing a gap

  • Mileage tracking

    New mileage table, dashboard view, HMRC-rate calculation.

    July 2026Just started

On the roadmap (3–6 months)

Real intent, no firm dates.

  • Job photos attached to invoices

    Take 3–10 site photos in WhatsApp; they appear as an attached gallery on the invoice PDF.

  • Job site reports

    Per-job profitability: invoices on the job + expenses tagged to the job + hours = margin.

  • Annual tax summary

    Roll up the bi-monthly VAT reports into a year-end P&L for self-assessment season.

  • Letter before action

    After 3 months unpaid + max reminders reached, generate a formal LBA PDF you can WhatsApp or post.

  • Apple Pay & Google Pay on the customer's payment page

  • Accountant export

    One-click CSV of all invoices + expenses for the tax year.

  • Companies House pre-fill

    Start typing your business name, we pull the official record.

  • Referral engine

    Each user gets a link; successful sign-ups award credit.

6+ months out — bigger bets

Where we want to take Wedge after the next two quarters.

  • MTD VAT direct submission

    OAuth into HMRC's Making Tax Digital, submit returns directly from Wedge.

  • Xero sync

    Two-way: paid invoices flow into Xero as sales receipts; expenses sync as bills.

  • QuickBooks sync

    Same shape, lower priority (smaller UK install base than Xero).

  • Multi-user / team accounts

    Larger trades businesses with an admin + 2–3 engineers in the field. Real schema refactor (team_id, role-based access).

  • White-label customer payment page

    Tradesperson's logo, brand colour, and T&Cs on the Stripe checkout page.

  • WhatsApp customer-facing helpdesk

    Customers can reply asking about scope, payment, etc. — AI handles tier-1, escalates to the tradesperson.

Considering

Tell us what you'd actually use. We read every email.

  • SMS as a magic-link fallback
  • Apple Wallet / Google Wallet receipts for customers
  • Subcontractor management for trades that hire help
  • Insurance certificate uploads / renewal reminders
  • Direct integration with a UK trade body (Gas Safe, NICEIC, Building Control)

What we shipped recently

  • Trust & Security section on the homepage
  • Wedge logo always visible at top of hero
  • Comparison hub at /vs (vs QuickBooks, Xero, TaskDrop)
Wedge roadmap — what's live, what's next | Wedge