Post a job, compare quotes from checked local tradies and handymen, and pay into an account held by a third party. The money is released milestone by milestone, as you approve the work.
Most work around the house is done by someone local: a licensed tradie, a handyman or a skilled worker with the tools and a good name to look after. Subbies is a fair place for both sides to find each other and get the job done properly.
Know who you’re hiring, and only pay for work you’ve seen.
Quote for free, and know the money’s there before you start.
Before work starts, the agreed price is paid to an independent third party, not to the tradie. Each part is released as each milestone is done and approved.
Concrete driveway. Released to the tradie so far: $0
Each quote shows how it sits against your budget, with a cost and a reason for every difference.
Message tradies, send photos, and book a site visit before they quote. They suggest times, you pick one.
Price, milestones, upfront payment and dates go in one agreement. You both sign it, and you each get the contract as a PDF.
Homeowners rate tradies, and tradies rate homeowners. Neither sees the other’s first.
Every tradie has an ABN. Work that needs a licence can only be quoted by someone who holds one in your state.
Anyone with an ABN can quote on tasks around the house.
Tradies can see what they’ve been paid this financial year, after fees. It starts again each 1 July.
Search any suburb or town, and choose how far away tradies can be, from 10 km to anywhere.
Homeowners never pay a fee. Tradies pay a small fee only when they’re paid.
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5%when you’re paid
Add it to your home screen and it opens full screen, like any other app. To test both sides of a job, sign up as a homeowner on one phone and as a tradie on another.
It takes a few minutes to post a job or set up your profile.
Post the job for free, compare quotes from checked local tradies and handymen, and only pay for work you’ve seen and approved.
Every ABN is checked against the Australian Business Register. Work that needs a licence in your state can only be quoted by someone who holds one, and you can see who’s insured.
Set what you’d like to spend. Every quote shows how far over or under it is, with a cost and a reason for each difference, so you can compare like with like.
Message any tradie about your job and send photos. For bigger jobs, ask tradies to see it before they quote: they suggest times that suit you, you pick one, and only they see your address.
You pay the agreed price into Subbies before work starts, and a third party holds it. You release each part when you’ve checked the work. If something isn’t right, that part stays held until it’s sorted.
How the money is heldWhether you’re a licensed tradie, a handyman or a skilled labourer, find jobs near you, quote for free, and start knowing the money is already held for you.
Joining is free, and so is every quote. Subbies takes 5% of each payment as it’s released to you, and nothing if you don’t win the job.
See what you’d take homeYou need an ABN to quote. Getting one costs nothing on the government’s own site, and most people get their number on the spot. Our guide walks you through it in four steps, and you can join first and add it after.
Skip the websites that charge a fee to apply for you. They lodge the same free form.
Get your ABN, freeThe customer pays the full price into a held account before you lift a tool. Finish a milestone, ask for it to be released, and if they don’t reply in 5 days it’s released automatically.
Message the customer, ask for photos, or suggest times to visit. You get the address once they pick a time, and you quote once you’ve seen it.
See what you’ve been paid this financial year, after fees, with every payment listed. It starts again from $0 every 1 July, ready for tax time.
Flat-pack, moving help, cleaning, gutters and odd jobs are open to anyone with an ABN. No trade or licence needed.
No ABN yet? Get one freeSet up your profile once, with your ABN, your trades or skills, any licence you hold, and how far you’ll travel.
From the first message to the last payment, both sides see the same job, the same agreement and the same money.
Describe the work, add photos, set your budget, and choose how far away tradies can be. Ask for a site visit first if it’s a bigger job.
Each quote shows how it sits against your budget, with a reason for any difference. Message tradies with questions while you decide.
Accept a quote, then check one agreement with the price, milestones, any upfront payment and dates. Either of you can suggest changes until you both agree.
You both sign it, and you each get the contract as a PDF.
A third party holds the money. Any upfront payment goes to the tradie straight away, capped at your state’s legal deposit limit.
When a milestone is done, check the work and release that part. Raise an issue if something isn’t right, and it stays held.
Reviews stay hidden until you’ve both left one, or for 14 days, so neither of you sees the other’s first.
Add your ABN, your trades and tasks, how far you’ll travel, and any licence and insurance.
Filter jobs by trade, distance and budget anywhere in Australia, and see jobs customers asked you to quote on first.
Message the customer or suggest times to see the job. Explain any difference from their budget with costs and reasons.
Check the agreement built from your quote, suggest changes if you need to, then sign it.
You can see the money is held before you begin. Any upfront payment is released to you straight away.
Ask for each milestone to be released when it’s done. No reply in 5 days, and it’s released automatically, less the 5% fee.
Leave a review, and see theirs once you’ve both reviewed or 14 days pass.
Sign up once as a customer and once as a tradie, then run a job from quote to payment. This is a test version: payments use Stripe’s test cards, so no real money moves.
The homeowner pays before work starts. The tradie sees it’s there. A third party holds it until each milestone is approved.
The agreed price is paid to a licensed payments partner, an independent third party. It’s kept apart from Subbies’ own money, and the tradie can see it’s there but can’t touch it until a milestone is approved.
The tradie marks a milestone as done. The homeowner checks the work and releases that part with a swipe. If they don’t reply within 5 days, it’s released automatically, so tradies aren’t left waiting.
Raise an issue, and the money for that milestone stays held until it’s sorted. Extra work is agreed as a variation, with a reason for each cost, and paid in before it’s done.
Every state and territory limits how much a builder or tradie can take before residential building work starts. The upfront payment in a quote or agreement can’t go past the limit for that job’s state and price.
Limits by stateHomeowners never pay a fee. Tradies pay 5% of each payment, only when they’re paid.
$0
5%when you’re paid
Move the slider to the price of a job.
The fee is taken from each payment as it’s released, so a job paid in milestones is charged milestone by milestone. If you’re registered for GST, your price includes it.
Can’t find what you need? Message a tradie or a homeowner in the app, or start with the guides there.
Yes, for homeowners it’s completely free. Tradies join and quote for free, and pay 5% of each payment as it’s released to them.
Anywhere in Australia. You can search any suburb or town. Homeowners choose how far away tradies can be, and tradies choose how far they’ll travel.
Yes. Everyone who quotes has an ABN, which goes on their quotes. Getting one is free on the government’s own site, and most people get their number on the spot. You can join without one, and the app’s ABN guide walks you through applying, step by step. Skip websites that charge a fee to apply for you: they lodge the same free form.
Yes. Message any tradie from their profile or quote, and send photos. Messages stay in the app, so there’s a record of what you agreed.
When you post a job, you can ask tradies to see it before they quote, and say when you’re usually free. Tradies suggest up to three times, you pick one, and only that tradie sees your address. They quote after the visit.
Quotes that differ from your budget list each extra cost with a reason, like removal and tip fees or a more expensive finish, so you can see exactly where the money goes.
A licensed payments partner, an independent third party. The money is kept apart from Subbies’ own money and released only as each milestone is approved.
Raise an issue on that milestone. The money for it stays held until it’s sorted, and you can ask Subbies to step in.
Once a tradie marks a milestone as done, the homeowner has 5 days to check it and release it or raise an issue. If they don’t reply, it’s released automatically.
For residential building work, no more than your state’s legal deposit limit. For work with no legal limit, like mowing or rubbish removal, Subbies caps upfront payments at 30%.
No. It’s for tradies, handymen and skilled workers who work for themselves. You need an ABN to quote. Tasks like furniture assembly, moving help, cleaning and odd jobs are open to anyone with an ABN, and work that needs a licence can only be quoted by someone who holds one.
Electrical, plumbing, gas and air-con work always needs one. Other building work needs one over your state’s limit, which the app explains state by state. Tasks like furniture assembly don’t need one.
It adds up what’s been paid to you since 1 July, after the Subbies fee, and starts again from $0 each financial year. Tap it to hide the amount. Every payment is listed in Money.
