If you already run a landscaping, roofing, cleaning, handyman, or dock crew in cottage country, Dockhand sends you pre-paid local jobs that match what you do. You assign them to your team. We only earn when your crew does.
Dockhand customers describe the job, attach photos, and pay through Stripe before a crew shows up. You assign each match to whichever worker on your team is free.
Name, service town, categories you cover, hours, logo. Takes 5 minutes — slug becomes dockhand.ca/biz/your-name.
Add up to 5, 10, or unlimited workers depending on your plan. Each one gets their own login and badge under your business.
Local customers post tasks in your categories, in your service town. You assign each one to a worker — or skip it.
Customer's payment routes to your business bank via Stripe Connect. You pay your crew however you do today.
No tiers, no commission, no surprises. Flat annual fee per crew member, and you keep 100% of every paid job.
Drag to estimate your business's monthly take-home through Dockhand. Illustrative — your real numbers depend on the work your crew takes on.
Customer's service town drives the match. No drives to Toronto for a $60 lawn cut. Categories you don't offer don't show up.
Customer pays through Stripe before the work starts. Once your crew marks the job complete, the money clears to your business bank in 2–7 days.
Each worker has their own login under your business, sees what they're assigned, and gets rated per-job. Your business reputation aggregates everyone.
Every completed job adds a review to your business profile — not just to one worker. A strong company record builds faster than five individual ones.
Set the lakes and towns your crew covers. The Bracebridge–Gravenhurst–Port Carling triangle is one feed, not three signups.
Stripe Identity checks every customer before their first task post. Real names, real card on file, real accountability.
List your business, invite your workers as team members, and incoming local jobs that match your categories show up in your feed. You assign each one to whichever worker is free. The customer pre-pays through Stripe; once the job is marked complete, the money lands in your business bank account on Stripe's standard schedule (2–7 business days for new accounts, faster once established).
Flat $199 + HST per crew member, per year. No tiers, no commission, no lead fees, no per-message charges. You keep 100% of every paid invoice. For the first 25 businesses in each region (Muskoka, Kawarthas, Haliburton, Georgian Bay), year one is on us. Upload your Certificate of Insurance to qualify for the Verified Pro badge — required if you're incorporated.
Because lead-gen is expensive and inconsistent. Facebook and Google ads burn $20–60 per click with no guarantee of a job. HomeStars and Trusted Pros sell the same lead to three competitors. Kijiji is full of tire-kickers. Dockhand customers describe the job up front, often with photos, and pay before the work starts — so a Saturday isn't burned on a no-show estimate.
Yes. Each business has up to 5, 10, or unlimited team members depending on the plan. The owner (or anyone with admin rights) sees every incoming job and assigns it. Each worker has their own login, sees only their assignments, and gets rated per-job. Performance tracks back to your business profile.
To your business account, always. Customer payments route via Stripe Connect directly to the business bank you connect during setup. You decide how to pay your workers — payroll, contract, percentage split, whatever you do today. Dockhand doesn't touch your team's pay structure.
Year-round. Spring openings and dock-ins, summer mowing and turnovers, fall closings and stain, winter snow plow and ski-chalet turnovers. The job board doesn't go dark in October.
At month 12 you'll get a notice — keep the plan and the $199 + HST per-member annual fee starts, or cancel from your business dashboard. No auto-renewal without that notice. There's no per-job commission — that doesn't change in year one or beyond.
Yes. Some owner-operators start as individuals while their business listing fills out. You can switch your tasker profile under your business at any point — past reviews carry over to the business profile.
List your business in 5 minutes. Year one is free. No per-job commission — ever. You keep 100% of every paid invoice.
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