For owner-operated trades

A marketing system you run -- so you compete and stay independent.

Private-equity consolidators are buying up the trades one shop at a time. Stronghold is not an agency and not a fractional CMO you hand the keys to -- it is a system the owner runs. It catches every lead, answers fast, keeps your reviews climbing, and follows up on every quote, so an independent shop doing $1M to $10M can hold its own against the roll-ups and stay its own boss.

What Trade Mirror Pro is

One system, running for you

The core system the owner operates: lead capture and nurture, missed-call text-back, reviews and reputation, follow-up on every quote, and one dashboard you run it all from. Set up, connected, and managed for you.

Missed-call text-back

Every call you cannot pick up gets an instant text back, so the lead does not bounce to the next name on Google. You catch the jobs that used to ring out and vanish.

Speed-to-lead

New leads from your website, ads, and forms get an automatic response in under 60 seconds -- while they are still deciding who to call. The fastest reply usually wins the job.

Review velocity

After a job is done, the system automatically asks the customer for a Google review at the right moment. Your review count and rating climb steadily without you chasing anyone.

Automated follow-up

Open quotes and old leads get automatic day-2 and day-5 follow-ups. The estimates that would have gone cold get a second and third touch -- automatically.

Online booking & calendar

A real booking link your customers -- and AI assistants -- can use to grab a slot on your calendar. No phone tag, no double-bookings.

Unified inbox & CRM

Calls, texts, and web leads land in one inbox with every contact and conversation in one place. Nothing slips through the cracks between your phone, email, and sticky notes.

Monthly Mirror refresh

Your Trade Mirror regenerates every month so you can see your rating, review count, and competitive position move -- and watch the system pay for itself over time.

Pricing, in the open

See exactly what it costs

No hidden numbers and nothing to pry out of a sales call. Start free, run the core system at a flat monthly rate, or add the AI receptionist for the most complete setup.

Trade Mirror

Free

Start here. A free diagnostic of where your shop stands online -- your rating, reviews, and how you show up against the competition.

  • Your Google rating and review count, read back to you
  • How you compare to nearby competitors
  • Where leads are leaking out today
  • No card, no commitment -- takes about 3 minutes
Get your free Mirror

Trade Mirror Pro

$497/month

The core system the owner runs -- lead capture and nurture, missed-call text-back, reviews, follow-up, and the dashboard you operate it from.

  • Missed-call text-back
  • Speed-to-lead
  • Review velocity
  • Automated follow-up
  • Online booking & calendar
  • Unified inbox & CRM
  • Monthly Mirror refresh

30-day free trial. No contracts. No setup fees. Cancel anytime.

You can also enter a promo code on the payment page.

Your card is saved now but your first charge is 30 days later. Cancel anytime before then and you won't be charged.

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Most complete

Pro + AI Receptionist

$497/mo+ $199/mo

+ $2 / minute of talk time

Everything in Pro, plus the 24/7 AI receptionist that answers every call and books it into your calendar -- the work of a full-time front desk.

  • Everything in Trade Mirror Pro
  • Answers every call, 24/7 -- days, nights, weekends
  • Books callers straight into your calendar
  • Catches the calls you miss on a job or after hours
  • No missed call, no lost job

Your Pro system provisions the moment you sign up. The receptionist is then activated with you — A2P registration, calendar, and the voice, hours, and booking rules for your shop — and its $199/mo + $2/min only begins once it goes live.

You can also enter a promo code on the payment page.

You start the 30-day Pro trial now. After checkout we walk you through activating your receptionist.

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The AI receptionist

The front desk that never sleeps -- and never misses a job.

Every call answered, day or night. Every lead booked. The work of a full-time receptionist, without the $40,000 salary. When you are on a job, on a break, or asleep, the receptionist picks up, answers the caller, and books them into your calendar. A missed call is a lost job -- this catches it.

What it replaces
Full-time receptionist
Human answering service
Stronghold AI Receptionist
Hours covered
~40 hours a week
Limited hours
24/7, every day
What it costs
$40,000+ a year
$1-$2 / minute
$199/mo + $2/minute
Books into your calendar
Sometimes
Rarely
Yes, every time
Misses calls (breaks, after-hours, on a job)
Yes
Some
No

24/7 coverage

A full-time receptionist works about 40 hours a week. This answers every hour of every day, including the nights and weekends when calls still come in.

Priced against a salary

A full-time front desk runs $40,000 or more a year. A human answering service charges $1-$2 a minute with limited hours. This is 24/7 for $199 a month plus $2 a minute of actual talk time.

Every call booked

It does not just take a message -- it answers the caller and books them into your calendar, so the lead is handled while you keep working.

Before you sign up

How Trade Mirror Pro works -- straight answers

We would rather you know exactly how this works before you sign up than be surprised after. Here is the honest version.

Not sure yet? Start with the free Mirror.

See where the leak is before you decide to fix it. Your Trade Mirror is free, takes 3 minutes to request, and shows you exactly what Google sees.