How bidding works, and how the field is capped

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.

A capped field

The homeowner chooses how many pros may bid — 1, 3, or 5 — before the job goes out, and that number is the whole field. Once it is full the job closes to everyone else, so the field cannot grow after you are in it. Nobody else is sold the same lead, because we do not sell leads. 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 contract — scope, price, timeline — before you start, so what you are owed is on record. See when and how you get paid.