CONTRACTN.COM
One Login to Run a Contracting Business — Built as a Tenant on the NOWAITN Platform Mesh
The Challenge
A small contracting business runs on six apps and a job going cold in somebody's text messages — one tool to get found, another for quotes, a scheduler, a spreadsheet of crew, an invoicing app, and a separate card reader. Contractn had to collapse all of that into one login covering three jobs: get found (a public trade directory with license and insurance up front), win the work (quote requests that turn into priced estimates), and run the job (scheduling, crew, invoices and getting paid). The hard constraint: build it fast, keep it fully functional on its own, and let it borrow heavy operational capability from a shared platform without becoming dependent on it.
The Solution
Contractn is a Laravel application that acts as a thin-IP tenant of the NOWAITN mesh: it owns identity, the public directory and the commercial relationship, while the mesh runs the operational spokes. Every capability sits behind a contract with two implementations — a local one that works with no platform key, and a mesh-backed one that switches on when a tenant key is present — so the app is fully usable standalone and gains CRM, estimates, scheduling, crew, credentials and payments when connected. Contractors are minted as isolated child organizations on the mesh on first lead. The standout feature is measured takeoff: type a room's dimensions and the system derives priced quantities line by line at the contractor's own rates, renders a scope document with a rolled-up bill of materials, and exposes a branded client portal where the customer pays by card through Stripe Connect at a flat 7% platform fee — no subscription.
Measured Takeoff
Room dimensions become priced quantities
Client Portal & Pay
Branded page, pay the balance by card
Trade Directory
Get found with license & insurance shown
Scope & Bill of Materials
Scope document with rolled-up materials
Build Process
Architecture & Directory
Designed the tenant/child-org model and the provider-seam pattern (local vs mesh), and built the public trade directory across 15 trades with license and insurance shown up front.
Estimates & Takeoff
Built measured takeoff, the estimate workflow at contractor-set rates and margins, the scope document, and the rolled-up bill of materials.
Portal, Payments & Mesh
Wired the branded client portal with Stripe Connect card payment, and the 10 consumed mesh spokes over MCP and REST behind local fallbacks.
Hardening & Launch
Passwordless auth, homeowner sealed-bid tenders, end-to-end signup-to-dashboard tests, and production deploy with the mesh verified end to end.
Tech Stack
The technologies and services powering CONTRACTN.COM.
Results & Impact
One login replaces the half-dozen apps a contracting business normally cobbles together
Measured takeoff turns room dimensions into a priced, line-by-line estimate at the contractor's own rates
Branded client portal lets customers see the estimate and pay the balance by card via Stripe Connect
Consumes 10 NOWAITN mesh spokes through 12 provider seams — and stays fully functional with no platform key
Public trade directory across 15 trades, with license and insurance surfaced up front
Flat 7% platform fee with no subscription; shipped to production in about three weeks
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