How bidding and locked leads work

You see jobs posted near you in your trades. You bid on the ones you want. Bidding costs nothing — not per quote, not per lead, not monthly.

Locked leads

When you bid on a job, that lead is locked to you. Nobody else can be sold the same lead and undercut you on it. The homeowner chose up front how many pros could bid — 1, 3, or 5 — and that number is the whole field. You are not quoting against an unknown crowd.

This is the difference that changes your economics. On pay-per-lead platforms you buy an introduction and then find out how many other people bought the same one. Here, the number of competitors is known before you spend a minute writing a quote.

You set your price

Always. FastHands does not set, suggest, or cap your price, and does not rank you by being cheapest. You write your own scope and your own number.

What makes a bid win

• Specificity. A scope that says what you will actually do beats a lower number with no detail.
• Saying what happens if you find something behind the wall. Homeowners are afraid of exactly this, and naming it earns trust.
• Speed. Early bids get read properly; late ones get compared to a decision already forming.
• Answering questions in chat like a person.

After you win

You and the homeowner sign a digital agreement — scope, price, timeline — before you start. The homeowner funds escrow at signing, so you know the money is real before you pick up a tool. See when and how you get paid.