#26 most asked· 2× cited on Reddit· Lead capture, qualification & routing
Every lead sorted before you read it
Job type, urgency and value tagged the moment an enquiry lands — so the burst pipe jumps the queue and the kitchen reno quote waits its turn.
By Daniel Hall · Automation builder at Made 4 Tradies
Inbound enquiries arrive from your website form, missed calls and marketplaces all day while you're on the tools. This automation reads each one as it lands and applies three tags: what kind of job it is, how urgent it is, and how big it's likely to be. A "burst pipe under the sink, water everywhere" gets flagged Emergency and pushed straight to dispatch. A "price on a full kitchen reno, no rush" drops into the low-priority quote queue. A dripping laundry tap goes to the standard booking queue. You open your inbox to a list that's already organised, instead of spending the first half hour of your day reading and triaging by hand. The rules are yours to set, so the routing always matches how your business actually runs.
See it in action
The flow, end to end
Your lead inbox, auto-sorted
Tagged the moment they land
Mel Dawson
Avalon Beach · web form
“Burst pipe under the kitchen sink, water everywhere — can someone come today?”
Trent Okafor
Mona Vale · web form
“After a price on a full kitchen reno fit-out, no rush — planning for spring.”
Priya Naidu
Newport · missed call
“Dripping laundry tap, happy to wait for the next free slot.”
Doing it by hand
~30 min/day
Reading every enquiry, deciding what's urgent and where it goes — for an owner who's also on the tools.
With auto-tagging
Sorted on arrival
Illustrative — every enquiry is tagged by job type, urgency and value before you've even read it. You open the inbox to a queue that's already organised.
Why owners want this
One operator on r/automation describes plenty of inbound traffic but a lead qualification process that's “still manual”. Auto-tagging is the rule layer that does the first pass for you.
How it works
Trigger → actions → outcome
- 1
Trigger
A new enquiry lands from any source — website quote form, missed call, or a marketplace lead forwarded into your pipeline.
- 2
Action 1
The automation reads the message and tags the job type, classifying it as plumbing, renovation, electrical or whichever trades you work.
- 3
Action 2
It scores urgency and likely value — an emergency burst pipe is flagged high-urgency, a no-rush reno quote is marked low-priority.
- 4
Action 3
Each tagged lead is routed to the matching queue: emergencies to dispatch now, quotes to the quote queue, routine jobs to bookings.
- 5
Outcome
You open an inbox that's already sorted, so the big and urgent jobs surface first instead of getting buried under quote requests.
What this means for your business
The numbers behind it
~30 min/day
Manual triage time
Reported in this item's why-it-matters — for an owner also on the tools
Sorted on arrival
Lead organisation
Illustrative — every enquiry tagged before you read it
Your rules
Routing logic
Depends on your mix — tags and queues match how you actually work
Questions
Common questions
- What does the "Auto-tag leads by job type, urgency, value" automation do?
- Inbound 'burst pipe' → emergency tag → dispatch. 'Kitchen reno quote' → low-priority quote queue.
- Why would a tradie business want this?
- Manual triage burns 30 minutes a day for an owner who's also on the tools.
- How many Reddit threads asked for this?
- 2 verified Reddit threads cite this automation, sourced from trade-owner subreddits.
The evidence
2 verified Reddit threads
Every quote is traceable to a real Reddit thread. Click any source to read the original tradies asking for this.
- r/CRM
'At first we kept all lead routing logic inside the CRM, but once more teams and special rules appeared, it became hard to track.'
- r/automation
'Our marketing team is driving plenty of traffic, but our inbound lead qualification process is still manual.'
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