Jobiteer is a young platform, and we'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. One place that shows is our pricing. Right now it's deliberately simple, and we think that's the right call for this stage.
How pricing works today
Unlock costs are currently consistent across jobs. There's no bidding, no auction, and no price that moves based on demand or how many other contractors are interested. Every job shows its unlock cost on the button before you tap it, so you always know the number before you commit.
The rest of the model is just as straightforward:
- No subscription. You buy credits in one-time packs when you want them. Nothing renews automatically.
- Purchased credits never expire. They stay in your balance until you use them.
- Free credits every month. They're spent before any credits you bought.
- Silent leads are refunded. If a homeowner never replies to you and doesn't hire you, your unlock credits come back automatically when the job closes.
Why we're not starting with an algorithm
We could have launched with a complex pricing formula and asked you to trust it. But an algorithm built before a platform has real activity is mostly guesswork dressed up as precision. It's hard to explain, hard to check, and hard to trust.
A simple, consistent price is easy to understand. You can see what a job costs, compare it to what you'd spend elsewhere, and decide for yourself whether it's worth it. That's a better foundation for trust than a number nobody can explain.
What comes next
Simple doesn't mean permanent. A lead for a small repair and a lead for a major remodel aren't worth the same to you, and the cost of doing business isn't the same everywhere. Our pricing system is already built to account for the type of work and where a job is located. We're intentionally keeping rates uniform for now.
The plan is to refine pricing using real data from jobs completed on Jobiteer, once there's enough of it to mean something, rather than assumptions made on day one. When rates do change, a few things will stay the same:
- You'll see a job's cost before you unlock it.
- Prices won't move based on demand or competition for a particular job.
- Changes will apply across the board, not to individual contractors.
Growing with you
Being early has real trade-offs, and we'd rather be upfront about them. It also means the contractors here now are helping shape how the platform works. If something about pricing doesn't make sense for your trade or your market, tell us. That feedback matters more at this stage than it ever will later.