Found, booked and paid. Here is exactly how.
No mystery and no fine print. This page walks through every step: how people nearby find you, how a job is priced, how a time is set and how the money reaches you.
Four steps. One conversation.
Get found
Your profile shows what you do, make or have. People nearby find it when they browse and search.
Get a message
They message you or send a request from your offering. Your phone number stays private.
Quote, book or sell
Agree the price, the time and the place. It is all written down in the conversation.
Get paid
The customer pays by card in the app. You are paid out to your bank account through Stripe.
How people find you
People can’t choose you if they can’t find you. You build your profile once. It stays up, so you are not posting the same thing every week.
- Search that looks for what you offerSearch works out what kind of help or thing someone means, then shows people who actually offer it. Your name, your description and your offering titles all count.
- Nearby comes firstPeople see their own community. When someone shares their location, closer profiles come first among equal matches.
- New profiles get a fair startFor its first 60 days a new profile carries a little extra weight, so you are not hidden behind people who joined earlier. It is automatic and free.
- Nobody can buy the top spotLocalsville does not currently sell paid placement, boosts or sponsored ranking.
Pricing a job: your way
Each offering on your profile has its own price style. You set your own prices. Localsville does not set or suggest them.
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Fixed price
Best when the job is the same every time. A tune-up. A haircut. A one-hour lesson. The customer sees the amount on your profile, chooses a time and pays.
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Starting at
Best when there is a usual minimum and the final price depends on the job. The customer sees where your prices start.
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Custom quote
Best when every job is different. The customer describes what they need. You reply with one clear quote: the total, the time and the place.
Only one live quote exists in a conversation at a time, so there is never a doubt about which price is on the table.
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Conversation only
No price shown. Best when you would rather talk first. Messaging is free and nobody has to pay through Localsville to talk to you.
A time, a place, a price. Agreed and paid.
A service happens at a time and a place. On Localsville those are part of what the customer pays for, so both sides know the plan.
- Share your weekly hours and customers can choose one of your free times. Or keep it by arrangement.
- Need a different time? The customer proposes one, you offer a time, and they accept and pay.
- Choose where: at their place, at your place, remote or somewhere else.
- A time is reserved once it is paid. Until then nothing is charged.
Cancelling in the app is free. If a customer cancels before the work has begun, they are owed the full amount. Cancellations and refunds
Things you make. Things you have.
An item gets its own photos, description and price. When it has a fixed price, a buyer can tap Buy and pay in the app.
- Up to six photos on each offering.
- Pickup is arranged between you in the conversation.
- Pause an offering when you are sold out. Switch it back on later.
- New offerings are reviewed by a person before they appear.
How you get paid. And what it costs.
Being on Localsville is free. A service fee applies only when a payment is completed through Localsville.
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The customer pays by card
Payment happens in the app. Card details are entered on Stripe’s own payment screen. Localsville stores no card data.
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You are paid to your bank
You set up payouts once through Stripe. Money from a completed job is held 7 days, or 14 days for profiles under 60 days old and jobs over $500. Then it is paid out automatically.
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The fee comes out of the payout
12% of the first $500. 10% from $500 to $2,000. 8% above $2,000. On a $100 job you keep $88. Nothing is added to what the customer pays.
The person you need may be close by.
Open the app and look around. You do not need an account to browse or search.
- Search for what you need, or browse people and places near you.
- Open a profile to see the person, their photos and their prices.
- Sign in with your phone number to message, request, book or buy.
- Accepting a quote charges nothing. Your card is charged only when you confirm the payment.
- Something wrong? You can report a problem during the job and for 72 hours after it ends.
What stands behind a profile
Reviewed by a person
Every new profile and every new offering is read by a person at Localsville before it goes live.
Kept on record
Messages, quotes, bookings and payments stay together in the app.
Said plainly
There are no star ratings or public reviews. Localsville does not run background checks or verify licenses.
You know how it works. Now get found.
One profile. One thing you offer. That is all it takes to start.
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