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Example site for an entirely fictional business — not a real company.

Matching, not selling

You post the job. Contractors apply.

We run the board and check who is allowed to apply. The contract for the work is between you and the contractor — we are never a party to it and never touch the payment.

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Vetted contractors in the area
268
Jobs open right now
41
How long a posting runs
14 days
Fee, charged only on award
$39

Three steps to a date in the diary

  1. Post it

    Trade, place, description, rough timeframe, photos if you have them. A budget is optional; without one you get fewer applications, though usually more serious ones.

  2. Read the applications

    Contractors can apply for fourteen days. You see the profile, the distance, the response time and the reviews — with the number of them next to the average, so two votes do not look like a verdict.

  3. Award it

    You pick one contractor and we release the contact details. From then on the appointment, the quote, the contract and the invoice run directly between the two of you. All we hear afterwards is whether it went ahead.

Open postings

Ordered by closing date, then by distance. Neither contractors nor clients can buy a position. Each posting states whether a private person or a company is asking — that decides whether the contractor is dealing with a consumer.

Applications only from contractors on the trade register. Once a posting closes it drops out of the list.

  • Replace consumer unit, detached house

    Budget up to $3,200

    Elmscott · closes 12 Aug · 4 applications

    Private person
  • Install a wallbox, parking space at the house

    Budget open

    Stonebridge · closes 9 Aug · 6 applications

    Private person
  • Renew warehouse lighting, 640 m²

    Budget up to $11,000

    Radwell · closes 15 Aug · 2 applications

    Company

Category Electrical, 3 entries.

From both sides

Three applications in two days, two of them with questions I had not thought of myself. I took the one who came round before writing a quote.
Barbara Rix · Client, bathroom in Stonebridge
It works for us because nothing is due until we are awarded a job. We apply for four postings a month and pay for one.
Tom Carter · Carter Electrical, Radwell
The fact that the payment does not run through the board is why we joined. Our money comes from the customer, not from a platform passing it on.
Sally Pemberton · Pemberton Roofing, Holwell

Posting a job costs nothing

For clients the board is free — including when no contractor turns out to fit. The paying is done on the other side, and only on award.

TradeCall

Post a job, contractors apply for it. We do the matching — the contract for the work is yours and theirs, and the money for it never passes through us.

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Demo site — the board, the contractors, the postings and the fees are invented