Fair price up front. Payment reserved before work begins.
Proof of work, every step.
Both sides see the same thing, start to finish.
See a real price before you book. Not a “starting at” number.
Funds are authorized before work begins. Everyone knows the job is real.
Photos at every stage. You approve, earnings are released.
Photos and notes at each stage of the job. Nobody argues from memory.
Pricing set before booking. What you see is what it costs.
Funds authorized before work begins. No hold until card confirmation.
Earnings are released after review and approval. Not before.
Free requests welcome — just no payment protection on them.
I've been on both sides of this. I've watched homeowners get quoted three different prices for the same water heater, and I've watched good tradesmen finish a job and then spend three weeks chasing the check.
Neither side is the problem. The middle is the problem. So I built a better middle.
The customer knows the real price before anyone shows up. The worker knows the money is reserved before he starts. The work gets photographed step by step so nobody has to argue about what happened. The customer approves it, the earnings release. That's it.
— Johnson
On a Protected Booking, you authorize funds before work begins. No payment hold is placed until card confirmation. Earnings are released after you review and approve the work.
Post a Free / Unprotected Request. No card required. Contractors may choose not to accept jobs without payment protection, but the option is yours.
Step-by-step proof of work. Photos and notes at each stage, visible in the app. You review and approve before anything is released.
Contractors handle licensed-trade and larger jobs. Handymen handle the smaller stuff. Both get the same deal: fair price, reserved payment, proof of work, release after approval.
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