Complete technical and business documentation for the BidLocal marketplace platform
"The transparent contractor marketplace — connecting homeowners, licensed contractors, and gig-ready day labor in one platform. No shared leads. No fake credits. No black box pricing."
Homeowners have no way to know fair pricing for home services. Contractors are being ripped off by lead-gen platforms (Angi, Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor) that charge $15–$80 per lead, share those leads with 3–5 competitors, and refuse to refund bad leads. Neither homeowners nor contractors have a trustworthy platform. The gig/day labor layer doesn't exist professionally anywhere.
BidLocal is a three-sided local marketplace that creates transparency through public bidding, eliminates pay-per-lead schemes with flat subscriptions, and connects all three layers of the construction labor market for the first time.
The $300 weekend worker doesn't compete with the $2,000 licensed contractor — he works FOR him. Ricky Holden quotes $1,200, needs a laborer for the weekend, finds the gig worker on BidLocal, pays him $200, keeps his margin. That transaction is invisible to every incumbent platform. BidLocal owns it.
| Stream | How | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor subscription | Monthly flat fee | $49–$99/mo |
| Gig platform fee | % of completed gig booking | 5–8% |
| Job boost ads | Optional promoted listings | TBD |
What we never charge: per-lead fees, shared lead access, credit systems, cancellation fees.
| Stat | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| US home services market 2023 | $520B | Expert Market Research 2025 |
| Projected market 2030 | $1.03T | Expert Market Research 2025 |
| Market CAGR | 10.5% | Expert Market Research 2025 |
| New US businesses 2023 | 5.5M (record) | US Census Bureau 2024 |
| Gig economy global size | $455B | Industry estimates |
| FTC refunds to contractors | 110,000+ | FTC 2023 |
| Angi FTC settlement amount | $7.2M | FTC April 2023 |
"Anyone with a bobcat and a Harley rake have time to grade this — looking to get it done this weekend if possible"
Platform: Augusta Business Connection, Feb 26, 2026
Ad Spend: $0
| Source | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Karie Watkins (DM) | $300 | Fiancé, weekends, hand tools only — perfect Tier 3 |
| Ricky Holden (DM) | $1,200 | Negotiated down from $1,500 |
| Tony Montenes (text) | $1,800 | Skid steer + Harley rake, needs dirt delivered |
| Garrett Gardner (DM) | $1,500–$1,850 | Dry Branch Dirt Works, owner/operator |
| Robert Searles (DM) | $2,450 | Includes debris hauling, photo-based estimate |
| Southern Willow (formal) | $9,000 | Full landscaping scope with irrigation |
BidLocal is built on advanced verification protocols that create unprecedented transparency in contractor-client relationships.
Existing platforms (Angi, Thumbtack, TaskRabbit) rely on centralized trust models that incentivize manipulation. Lead-generation companies profit from artificial scarcity and information asymmetry. BidLocal's accountability layer eliminates these perverse incentives through cryptographic verification and decentralized consensus mechanisms.
Technical Implementation: Built on novel verification protocols developed through collaborative research with identity verification specialists. Full technical specifications available to qualified development partners.
Licensed, full equipment, sent formal PDF estimate, Evans GA. Shows professional contractors want structured platform.
Has Harley rake, negotiates, reliable, came down $300. Middle-market contractor, bread and butter of supply side.
Full fleet (graders, excavators, payloaders, rollers), drove to site. High-capacity contractor, could hire Tier 3 to scale.
$300 labor, weekends, hand tools, no equipment. Perfect Tier 3 — has nowhere professional to go today.
Skeptic who got 5 likes, came back twice — classic Angi casualty. Represents the trust deficit; his reaction IS the problem.