About Trade Connect

The hardest part of a job shouldn't be finding a sub who can start.

Trade Connect exists to answer one question for Charleston general contractors: who is qualified for this scope, and who is actually available to do it? Everything on the site — availability, project-size fit, job matching, reviews — is built around that.

Our story

The problem on every job site

Your go-to electrician is booked through next month. The drywall sub you used on the last job stopped returning calls. Bids are due Friday. So you work the phone — old contacts, a buddy's recommendation, a search that turns up homeowner lead sites — and lose days finding out who's qualified, who's insured, and who can actually start.

On the other side, good subcontractors sit between jobs because the GCs who need them don't know they exist — or know them only for the size of job they did five years ago.

Trade Connect was built to close that gap for commercial work in the Lowcountry. GCs search by trade, project size, project type and current availability, or post a job and let matching subcontractors come to them. Subs keep one profile current and hear about work that actually fits.

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Availability you can trust
Every sub shows Available Now, 2–4 Weeks, or Booked — with the date they last updated it and when they were last active. Stale profiles sink; current ones rise.
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Matched to the job, not just the trade
Subs list the project sizes and types they take on. When you post a job, only subs who fit the trade, area and size — and aren’t booked — get notified.
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Honest about what we check
License and insurance details are provided by each sub, and we label them that way. Unclaimed directory listings come from public business info. Reviews only come from GCs who hired through Trade Connect. Paid placements are always marked Sponsored.
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Charleston first
We're focused on Charleston and the Lowcountry, so every sub and job on the platform is actually within reach of your project.
The team

People who know construction

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Wyatt Emerson
Founder & CFO
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Lane Josey
Founder & Operations

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