A restaurant meal⇄Food photography
Skills and services exchange
Swap skills. Save money. Grow your business.
You fix their wiring, they build their website. TradeSwap matches tradespeople, freelancers and small businesses so work gets done without cash changing hands.
Free to join and match. Each member pays a small platform fee upfront when you both approve a swap — the more you swap, the lower your fee, and never more than £25.
Popular swap categories
How a swap works
Four simple steps from signing up to a five-star review.
Step 1
Build your profile
List what you offer and what you need, add qualifications and get verified.
Step 2
Find a match
We surface members who need your skills and offer what you're after.
Step 3
Agree the swap
Message, set the scope and agree a fair value for both sides.
Step 4
Swap & rate
Both members pay their fee upfront, do the work, confirm completion and leave a review.
Local businesses swapping skills, safely
ID-checked members
Every member verifies their photo ID with Stripe before agreeing a swap.
Fee capped at £25
A small sliding fee per member, never more than £25 however big the swap.
Refunds before work starts
Cancel before either of you starts and your platform fee comes back in full.
Support
If something goes wrong, TradeSwap staff review the evidence from both sides.
Welcome to TradeSwap
- List what you do and the jobs you need doing.
- Get matched with local businesses who want your skills.
- Agree a fair swap in the app, and get the work done without paying cash.
What could you swap?
A few ideas to get you thinking.
Gardening⇄Bookkeeping
Decorating⇄Website help
Get more done without spending more
Join TradeSwap, list your skills and start swapping with verified members near you. Free to join and match. Each member pays a small platform fee upfront when you both approve a swap — the more you swap, the lower your fee.
Reviews and verification keep the community trusted.