✦ Marketplace · Pre-launch

TradesOn

An AI-powered home-services marketplace that eliminates the friction of finding, vetting, and hiring trade professionals. Five user roles, AI-assisted intake, automated compliance verification, integrated payments.

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The product

One marketplace. Five workflows.

TradesOn isn't a directory and it isn't a CRM. It's an end-to-end transaction layer: post a job → get verified bids → schedule and pay through the platform → manage warranty and rework if needed. Every role on the platform has a distinct dashboard and a distinct economic relationship to the work.

Homeowner

Creates and manages home repair / service jobs; reviews verified bids; hires.

Property Manager

Manages multiple properties; assigns and oversees jobs at scale.

Realtor

Coordinates service work for buyer/seller transactions; may operate under a Brokerage account.

Licensed Tradesperson

State-credentialed professional; browses and bids on jobs in their service area.

Non-licensed Tradesperson

General service provider; passes identity + document verification before bidding.

The differentiator

AI agents do the boring parts.

Compliance Agent

Validates IDs, cross-references licenses against state databases, and verifies insurance coverage, limits, and expiration — automatically.

Intake Agent

A homeowner describes the problem in plain English; the agent structures it into a scoped job spec with required trades, materials, and timeline.

Match Agent

Routes each scoped job to the smallest pool of qualified, available, in-range tradespeople — not the largest. Quality of bid > quantity of bid.

Workflow

From "my faucet is leaking" to paid invoice.

01
Intake. Homeowner describes the issue. AI agent extracts trade type, urgency, scope, and budget signals.
02
Spec. A structured job is created and surfaced to qualifying verified tradespeople in the service radius.
03
Bid. Tradespeople submit bids with pricing, availability, and prior-work references.
04
Award. Homeowner selects a bid; payment is escrowed via Stripe; calendar event auto-scheduled.
05
Execute. Job in progress; status updates flow through the platform; before/after photos captured in-app.
06
Close. Homeowner approves completion; escrow releases; rating and warranty terms recorded.

Delivery

Web-first. Native to follow.

Phase 1 — MVP

Web App

  • Fully responsive; works on phones without an install
  • JWT auth in httpOnly cookies
  • Google Maps for service-radius drawing
  • Browser file upload for documents
  • Stripe.js for payments + escrow
  • Polling-based job status (5s refresh)
Phase 2 — Beta

Native App

  • Biometric login (Face ID / Touch ID)
  • Native camera capture + annotation
  • Native maps SDK with live tracking
  • Push notifications via APNs / FCM
  • Apple Pay / Google Pay
  • WebSocket real-time updates

The bet

The numbers behind it.

$600B+
U.S. home services market
5
Distinct user roles
3
AI agents in production scope
40%
Of complaints in this sector are about trust/verification

Existing players (Angi, Thumbtack, Handy) win on lead volume and lose on quality control. TradesOn inverts the trade-off: fewer matches, higher conversion, fully verified credentials, escrowed payments, and a recourse path that doesn't end at a 1-star review.

Stack

What it's built on.

React + Vite TypeScript Firebase Auth Cloud Run Postgres Stripe + Stripe Connect Google Maps FCM Claude API