LoanLabor is the talent-loan marketplace for the skilled trades. Fill schedule gaps with vetted
crew from shops you trust — and keep your own crew earning between jobs.
Same-trade loans are free, forever. Cross-trade hires run $5/hr or $100 a job.
The Hall Board — Six Trades, One MarketplaceSame-trade loans live in alpha · Cross-trade hires arrive with beta
●Electrical · loans live○Plumbing○Painting○Sprinkler○HVAC○Masonry+ Your trade next
The Old Problem
Construction runs on feast or famine. We're open both seasons.
Swamped — Job passed −$14,800 / mo
Bid season lands and you're two journeymen short. So you pass on work you'd win — the exact work that pays for winter. Staffing agencies quote you 25–60% markups and a six-week maybe.
Slow — Idle crew of 6 −$9,300 / wk
The project wraps early and now you're cutting checks for a crew leaning on the shop broom. Lay them off and you've trained your competitor's next hire. Keep them and the margin bleeds.
The crew you need is ten minutes up I-15 — and so is the shop that needs yours.
One board, both problems.
How It Works
Three steps. Zero layoffs.
01
Post
Crew, job, or need — post it once.
List available workers with certs, rates, and availability. Post openings with pay ranges and get applicants with match scores. Or post a cross-trade need and let the bids come to you.
02
Match
The map does the legwork.
Open jobs and available hands within 100 miles, closest first, across six trades. Verified companies only — licenses and insurance on file, rated by every borrower.
03
Loan or Hire
Shake on it, digitally.
Agreements signed in-app. The worker clocks in from the jobsite geofence, GPS-verified timesheets approve straight into invoices, and borrower pays lender directly through Stripe Connect.
Loans, not payroll.
The employer stays put
The lending shop keeps payroll, benefits, discipline, and the W-2. LoanLabor keeps the records — never the wages.
GPS-verified hours
GPS-verified hours against every loan. Approve time, pay for real work — timesheets become invoices, not arguments.
Direct settlement
Borrower pays lender through Stripe Connect. Money never touches the platform.
Screenshots
The app, in the wild.
Real screens from the live sandbox.
Fig. 01 — Revenue dashboard$28,512 this monthFig. 02 — My crewLoan out in one tapFig. 03 — Cross-trade hires$5/hr or $100/job · BetaFig. 04 — Active loans+$10/hr margin, tracked
Fig. 05 — Pocket dispatch
Pocket dispatch. Coming soon.
Native iOS and Android apps are in development — the whole board, in your hand. Until they ship, every screen here already runs in the browser on any phone, tablet, or laptop.
Native iOS & Android apps — in development
GPS clock-in from the jobsite geofence
Calendar, timesheets, and invoices in one place
Who It's For
Built for everyone on the job.
01Contractors
Never pass on a bid again.
Fill a crew gap in 24–48 hours with vetted journeymen from shops you already trust — free, same trade. Cross-trade? Post the need and compare bids by price and distance. And when you're slow, lend the crew: one sandbox shop booked $28,512 in a single month.
Borrow or lend — same app.
02Subcontractors
Share manpower, not headaches.
The lending shop keeps payroll, benefits, and discipline. You define the scope and site safety. Every loan is documented, rated, and above board — and there's no poaching: a direct hire takes a separate buyout agreement.
CBA-friendly by design.
03Homeowners
Hire like a general contractor.
Post the project once and hire any trade from the app — verified local pros with GPS-verified hours, licenses and insurance on file. One clear invoice. No surprises behind the drywall.
Verified pros only.
The math is the pitch.
Demo figures from the live sandbox
$0
Same-trade loans, forever
Cross-trade hires run $5/hr or $100/job — and Pro credit covers them.
24–48h
To fill a crew gap
A direct hire takes 3–6 weeks. The job can't wait that long.
$28,512
One shop's month of loan revenue
Sandbox demo shop, single month. Idle hands became a line item.
100%
W-2 continuity
The worker keeps benefits, seniority, and their employer of record.
Pricing
Three prices. Printed on the ticket.
LoanLabor Work TicketEffective at alpha
Loans — Same trade
Free
Lend and borrow crew inside your trade, shop to shop. Free forever — loans are what keep the marketplace liquid.
Hires — Cross-trade · Beta
$5/hr or $100/job
Post a need, get bids from companies in that trade, compare price and distance, accept, pay. Hire any trade, from the app.
LoanLabor Pro — Pro employer
$349/mo
Covers your first 1,000 hire-fee credits. The next 1,000 run $199. The 1,000 after that, $99. Cross 3,000 and every remaining hire that month is fee-free — loyalty, built in.
A staffing agency marks the same hour up $19–47. Even without Pro, we charge five.
Get on the crew.
The alpha opens in Northern Utah — electrical first, every trade after. Leave your email and we'll write the moment your seat opens.
