Arseni FilonReview platform, website and iOS app
Trusted Contractor, a contractor review platform
- Coming soon
- trustedcontractor.us
The problem
Contractors pay lead sites for leads that are fake or shared with other companies. Homeowners are shown vetted pros who were never vetted. And anyone can write a review, so a homeowner reading five stars cannot tell whether the job ever happened.
How it runs
Goes in
- A contractor’s license number
- A finished job
- A signed proposal or a payment record
What happens
- The license is looked up in Washington L&I and Oregon CCB data
- A code goes to the phone on the state record, so only the license holder can claim
- Claimed licenses are checked every morning
- The homeowner confirms the job, and the document backs it
Comes out
- A claimed profile, with the license, the bond, and the insurance
- A review marked Verified Job
- A mark that links to what was checked and when
What I built
Verified means confirmed and documented
A review is marked Verified Job only when the homeowner confirms the job and a document or a payment record backs it. Confirmation alone is not enough, because two people who know each other can confirm anything. An invoice or a payment is much harder to make up. A review the contractor invited is labeled as invited.
Built on state license records
Every contractor profile is tied to state license records, from Washington L&I and Oregon CCB. The profile shows the license, the bond, and the insurance status, with the date each was last checked. A homeowner does not have to find the state’s lookup and type in a number.
An app for the contractor
The contractor has an iOS app. He claims his business by license number, keeps his jobs in it, builds a roofing estimate, and sends a proposal the homeowner can sign. When a job is finished, one tap marks it done, publishes the before and after photos, and sends the review link.
No paid leads
The platform does not sell leads, does not share a lead between contractors, and does not take money to remove a review. Plans are month to month.
What each side gets
A homeowner can tell the reviews that are proven from the ones that are only claimed. A contractor with real jobs behind him gets credit that cannot be matched by someone who asked friends to write a few.
Where it stands
The first phase, the website and the iOS app, is built and tested. The site opens soon at trustedcontractor.us.
How it is built
A claim starts with a license number. The app looks it up in Washington L&I and Oregon CCB data and sends a code by text or voice call to the phone on the state record, so only the license holder can claim the business.
Claimed licenses are checked every morning. The license card shows the license, the bond, and the insurance with the time each was last checked, and it says that it is not real time.
A review earns Verified Job when the homeowner confirms the job and a signed proposal or a payment record backs it. The mark links to what was checked and when. A contractor can reply in public and challenge a review with evidence. He cannot edit, hide, or reorder one.
Customer data and documents are encrypted, and every read and write of a sensitive record is logged. Location data is stripped from job photos before they are saved. The app keeps working with no signal and syncs when it returns.
Sign in is with Apple or a passkey, with no password to leak.
The result
A verified mark on Trusted Contractor means the homeowner confirmed the job and a document or payment backs it.
Screens
Coming soon
trustedcontractor.us