For AI tool founders
Not a cheap AI-generated video. A real human test, on camera.
Brandon Baney films every TradeTested test himself, on camera, in his own real AI office where he works full-time. A polished, well-spoken 15-year sales pro running your tool through a real contractor job. Zero AI-generated footage. Zero AI avatars. Zero AI voices.
You're not buying a video. You're buying your first contractor customers, filmed by a real person they trust.
Real limits: about 3 tests filmed per week, one paid test per category per month, founding prices (from $497) for the first 5 paid tests only.
How it works
- Apply below. Brandon reviews fit within 1 business day.
- If accepted, you get a 1-page test agreement and a payment link. Nothing is charged before acceptance.
- 15-min intake call: we agree the contractor task and get test access (a test business profile, never real customer data).
- Brandon films the test on camera in his AI office and scores it on the public rubric below.
- Fact check: you see the factual-claims list 3 business days before publishing (not the score) and can correct errors with evidence.
- Publish: review page on tradetestedai.com, YouTube video, vertical clips, newsletter. Your written response (up to 150 words) goes on the page verbatim.
The credibility rule
Vendors pay for the test, the production and the distribution. They never pay for the score.
- ✓Low scores get published too. Once we film, it publishes.
- ✓You get a right of response, not a veto. No score or script approval.
- ✓Same rubric for paid and unpaid tests. We keep running unpaid editorial tests.
- ✓FTC disclosure in every video, spoken and on screen in the first 10 seconds ("[Vendor] paid TradeTested to test this tool. They didn't see or approve the score."), at the top of the page, and with each platform's paid-promotion label on.
Tiers (founding prices for the first 5 paid tests)
Every paid tier: filmed by Brandon himself, on camera, in his real AI office. No AI-generated video.
| Video Test | Video Test + Rights | Premiere | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $497 founding then $997 | $1,497 founding then $2,497 | $3,997 founding then $5,997 |
| Pay (founding price) | Pay $497 | Pay $1,497 | Pay $3,997 |
| On-camera test by Brandon, 8–12 min | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scorecard + permanent review page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vertical cut-downs (Shorts, TikTok, Reels) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Newsletter | Mention | Featured block | Dedicated issue |
| Verified profile with video + share kit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 12-month commercial usage license + raw clips | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Badge license (score 70+) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| CallBench add-on (receptionists) | +$297 | Included | Included |
| 100 outbound clicks in 6 months or pro-rata refund | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live founder Q&A with Brandon (30 min) | — | +$497 | ✓ |
| 5-contractor live test panel (why they would or wouldn't buy) | +$997 | +$997 | ✓ |
| 6-month retest | — | — | ✓ |
| Contractor objections list (real shop-owner questions) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-citation-ready review page (schema, transcript, scorecard) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brandon calls contractors who pick your tool via /match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales asset kit: 60-sec ad cut, homepage clip, contractor sales script | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| "First 3 customers" guarantee | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Free option: a self-serve TradeTested listing.
What you actually get
- Contractor objections list: Brandon records the real questions a shop owner asks while testing your tool, delivered as a written list. (All paid tiers.)
- A review page built to be cited by AI answers: structured data, full transcript and a clear scorecard. We don't guarantee any AI or Google citation.
- Brandon calls the shops: contractors who ask about your tool through /match get a personal call from Brandon. Leads are never sold: details go only to the one vendor the contractor picks.
- Sales asset kit (Test + Rights and up): a 60-second ad cut, a homepage clip, and a contractor sales script for your team.
- 5-contractor live test panel (Premiere; add-on for others): five real shop owners try it live and say why they would or wouldn't buy.
Add-ons
- CallBench add-on (12 scripted after-hours calls, receptionists): $297
- Annual retest + updated score + new 60-sec clip: $497/yr
- Usage-rights extension, +12 months: $750/yr
- Extra 3 cut-downs: $297
- Head-to-head episode vs a named competitor (labeled as paid by you): $997
Guarantees: zero AI footage or full refund · published in 14 days or full refund · free retest under 70 · score never for sale
- Real human, zero AI footage, or your money back: if any part of your video uses AI-generated footage, an AI avatar or an AI voice, you get 100% back.
- "First 3 customers" (Test + Rights and Premiere): if your video doesn't drive at least 3 tracked trial signups or demo bookings within 90 days of publishing, we keep promoting it free (new clips, newsletter placements, page features) until it does. Only signups or bookings that come through our UTM-tagged links or your unique promo code, and that you confirm in writing from your own system, count. This is a promotion guarantee, not a cash refund or a revenue promise.
- On time: published within 14 days of working access, or 100% refund (you keep the video).
- Accuracy: any factual error you prove is fixed within 48 hours and logged on corrections.
- Fix & retest: score under 70? Free retest within 90 days of your fix; both scores stay on the page.
- Fit check: if your product can't do the agreed task at intake, 100% refund before the camera rolls and nothing publishes.
- The score is never for sale.
- We never guarantee a score, a rank, views, or a Google or AI-citation position.
Scorecard rubric (identical for paid and unpaid tests)
| Criterion | Weight | Full points when |
|---|---|---|
| Does the job (agreed contractor task, run live) | 30 | Completes the real task correctly on the first or second try |
| Time to value | 15 | Useful result in under 60 min of setup, no sales call |
| True cost & pricing clarity | 15 | Public price, no hidden fees, month-to-month available |
| Accuracy & reliability | 10 | No invented facts; handles bad input |
| Fits the shop's stack | 10 | Works with Jobber / Housecall Pro / ServiceTitan / QuickBooks / Google Calendar as relevant |
| Ease for office & field | 10 | A tech or CSR can use it from a phone without training |
| Support & terms | 10 | Real human support, easy cancel, data export |
| Total | 100 |
Bands: 85–100 TradeTested Pick · 70–84 Solid, with caveats · 50–69 Narrow fit · under 50 Not recommended for most shops. Method: methodology.
Apply
Apply first (no payment needed), or reserve now with the Pay buttons above. Fit check: if your product can't do the agreed task at intake, you get 100% back before the camera rolls.
BaneyGroup LLC (TradeTested), 30 N Gould Street Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801 · Disclosures