You set the rules. Bids follow them.
Public, sealed, or hidden bids. Ranked by your priorities, never by who pays us.
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- Free for property owners
- No charge to bid
- A lead fee only when you award
New job request
Roof replacement · 2-story
Who can view
Public job
Bid visibility
Revealed after you award
Your priorities
You decide the weights
Ranked by your rules, never by who pays us.
Three ways to run your bids.
You are in charge of contractor bidding on every request. Choose whether bids are public, sealed, or hidden, and the same rule applies to every pro. Try it: switch the mode and watch what other bidders would see.
Public bids
Anyone can see every bid and price, at any time.
Best when you want the most bids and full transparency.
What other contractors see
You always see every bid, in every mode.
Ranked by your rules.
Compare contractor quotes the way that fits the job. Set how much quality, price, and timeline matter to you, and the bids reorder to match. The sorting is transparent, and it works the same way for everyone.
Your priorities
Drag to change what matters most. The list reorders live, and nobody can pay to jump the line.
Top match: Blue Ridge Roofing
No pay-to-play, ever.
Most lead-gen sites quietly sort by who paid them. QuoteAhead has no lever like that to pull. Your ranking is yours, and pros reach the top by being the best value, never by opening their wallet.
Nobody can buy the top of your list. Ranking follows your weights, not our invoice.
Contractors pay nothing to place a bid. No per-lead charges, and no subscription to appear.
The only fee is a lead fee on the awarded amount, and only when you award the job to a pro.
Cost to place a bid
Lead fee, only when a pro wins
Sponsored placements
Open invitation or shortlist.
Audience is a separate switch from visibility. Keep a job public so any verified local pro can bid, or make it private and invite only the contractors you already trust.
The two settings stack. A private job with sealed bids means you invite a short list, and none of them sees another's number until you award.
See how job requests workFor contractors
Sealed and hidden bidding protect your pricing. You are not exposed in the open, you win on quality, reputation, and timeline, and you never pay for a lead.
Bidding, answered
In public bidding, everyone sees every bid and price at any time. With sealed bids, contractors know others have bid, but the amounts stay hidden until you award the job. In hidden mode, no one but you ever sees who bid or for how much. You always see every bid, whichever mode you choose.
Bidding that plays by your rules.
Free for property owners, no per-lead charges for contractors. Post your next job in your browser and set what matters.
Also on iOS and Android