Affiliates
⭐ Featured Affiliate
Best for: Solo carpenters · Small businesses · Builders
Founded in 2011, Buildxact empowers the residential construction industry to be simple, efficient, and more successful. Their cloud-based software gives you control over your business so you can spend more time doing what you love.
Using Buildxact, you will:
- Complete takeoffs and estimates up to 80% faster
- Track costs and margins in real time
- Schedule jobs with ease
- Create professional-looking quotes
- Order materials 24/7 using suppliers’ integrated live price lists
- Generate invoices and purchase orders
- Save countless hours of admin
🎁 Exclusive deal for Carpentry Australia members:
- 10% off for the entirety of your Buildxact subscription
- 14-day free trial available
Best for: Frame & truss fabricators · Timber construction professionals
Frame & Truss Manufacturers’ Association (FTMA Australia)
The Frame & Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia Ltd is an independent, national organisation representing fabricators of and suppliers to the timber prefabricated timber truss and wall frame industry across all Australian states.
FTMA’s major aims:
- Provide a unified voice for the industry
- Protect and advance the two billion dollar prefabricated timber industry
- Set standards and guidelines that serve as benchmarks for all who work in the sector
🔧 Suppliers & Lifestyle
Best for: Tradies managing crews & subcontractors
CrewTraka™ makes taking your trades-based business digital — too easy. Designed and built right here in Australia, with all the features you and your crew will actually use.
The dashboard gives you:
- Scheduling & communications in one place
- Expense tracking & SWMS management
- Overtime & leave request approvals
- Project-specific group chats
- Powerful reports, claims calculator & log
The CrewTraka App (FREE for all crew & subbies):
- Access project details & site rosters
- Sign SWMS, log daycards, overtime & expenses
- Store industry cards
- Apply for leave
Simple pricing — you get everything, no extras or hidden costs for training or add-ons. All future updates at no cost.
Best for: Sole traders · Business owners · Employees in construction
The ATO is working with the property and construction industry — including carpenters — to help navigate all things tax and super.
Topics covered:
- Single Touch Payroll — are you on board?
- Help with paying your tax
- Correctly classifying workers as employees or contractors
- Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR)
- Superannuation
- GST
- Buying assets for your business, claiming deductions & record keeping
Whether you’re working as an employee or running your own business, the ATO has the tools and guidance you need.
🌐 Property & construction industry support
🌐 ato.gov.au/tradies
⭐ Featured Affiliate
Best for: Solo carpenters · Small builders · SEQ & VIC based tradies
Why should the volume builders and contractors get all the best prices and service? Trade Alliance Group (TAG) is a buying group built to help smaller carpenters and builders succeed at building a better business.
What TAG gives you:
- Better prices & service — as the group grows, so does your buying power and the supplier’s motivation to look after you
- Access to a quality supplier network — proven, trusted suppliers relied on by hundreds of group members
🎁 Exclusive deal for Carpentry Australia members:
- First 6 months of TAG membership completely FREE
- All benefits, no risk, no cost
Available to carpenters and builders in SEQ or VIC.
🔧 Suppliers & Lifestyle
Best for: Tradies with utes & pickup trucks
Premium aftermarket automotive styling for tradies. Supplying the Asia Pacific automotive industry, Bodyline has been restyling, enhancing and upgrading vehicles for 35+ years.
Specialising in:
- Ranger, Triton, Navara, Hilux, BT-50, Amarok, D-Max, Colorado, F150, RAM and more
- Australia’s largest supplier of Manual & Electric Roller Cover Shutters, Canopies, Tub Lockers, Tradie Racks and 4×4 accessories
- Exclusive Australian distributor of WeatherTech Digital Fit Custom Floor Mats and Air Design Body Kits
Products can be shipped worldwide, with a network of 250+ experienced installers across Australia.
⭐ Featured Affiliate
Best for: Solo tradies · Growing teams · Apprentices
Carpentry Australia recommends NextMinute as the ultimate tool for tradies looking to run a smarter, more profitable business. Whether you’re quoting jobs, tracking timesheets, or keeping your crew and projects in line, this app does it all — saving you time, stress, and those last-minute dramas.
Locally based in Sydney, NextMinute has been rated #1 for customer support and ease of use — so you know you’re backed by a team who speaks your language and understands the tradie life.
With NextMinute, you can:
- Get professional quotes out faster — win more jobs with less admin
- Manage projects start to finish — store all project info & costs in one place, with an intuitive Gantt chart
- Timesheets & crew management — your crew can log hours, photos, site diaries, and costs against each job
- Reporting & invoicing made simple — generate actuals vs. estimates reports and send invoices in a few clicks
🎁 Exclusive deal for Carpentry Australia members:
- 20% off your monthly subscription
- Free, unlimited training and setup assistance
- 10-day, no-obligation trial — no strings attached
Just mention your membership number and they’ll sort the rest.
You Can Get :
Win more jobs with less admin. Get professional, accurate quotes & estimates out in record time
Store all your project info & costs in one secure location, and plan complex projects with the intuitive Gantt chart.
Your crew can always see where they need to be, and what needs to be done. They can log hours, photos, site diaries, and costs against job so you can keep track of progress and costs.
With all your timesheets and costs in one software, you can easily generate powerful reports, including actuals vs. estimates. Plus, send accurate progress or final invoices with just a few clicks.
Exclusive Deal for Carpentry Australia Members:
- 20% off your monthly subscription
- Free, unlimited training and setup assistance
- 10-day, no-obligation trial – give it a go, no strings attached
Just mention your membership number and we’ll sort the rest