The person organising is rarely the person paying
Arrangements run through whoever has taken charge, and that person is usually coordinating everybody else at once, often from another city and frequently from another country. They need to see what you provide and then ask about a date, in that order, without a phone call. A page with photographs and a message button does both. A phone number on its own does neither.
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Your own page with its own web address
One occasion pulls in a dozen different trades
Canopy hire, catering, cloth, printing, sound, transport, decor, photography. The family is searching for all of them in the same few days and treating each as a separate errand. Your listing sits under the category and city you choose, so you are found for the thing you actually do rather than buried in a general enquiry.
- Listed under your category and your city
- Customers can leave a rating and a review
Ghana runs two event seasons, and they meet in December
Funeral weekends arrive all year and are arranged in the days before each Saturday, which makes this steady work rather than seasonal work. On top of that the end of the year stacks weddings, church programmes and family gatherings into the weeks when relatives are home. Those December occasions are settled in September and October, from abroad, by somebody who cannot easily telephone Ghana but can message it without paying a thing. Being findable while that planning is happening is what decides how much of the season reaches you.
Free to list, and free to stay listed
There is no fee to appear, no charge that starts later, and no commission on the work. TradaHQ has no way to take payment, so there is nothing for it to take a share of. You fill one form, with no account and no password to remember.
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
- No commission on anything you sell
- No account and no password, just one short form
What TradaHQ is, and what it is not
It is a listing, not an agency. It does not manage your bookings, it does not quote on your behalf, and it does not send you work. What it does is make you findable and make you one message away. Winning the job is still yours, which is exactly why nobody takes a cut of it.
- Every listing is checked before it goes live
Be listed before the season is spoken for
One short form, free, and your page goes up once it has been checked.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing. There is no listing fee, no commission on jobs, and no paid tier of any kind.
Can families see my past work?
Yes. Photographs are part of the listing, and for this work they are usually what decides whether somebody messages you at all.
Can a relative abroad reach me?
That is what the message button is for. Anyone with WhatsApp can start a chat without calling a Ghanaian number or paying roaming charges.
Do I have to keep the listing updated?
No. It stays up as you left it. You would only come back to change your details or add newer photographs.