A bid request platform for licensed contractors
These aren’t leads.They’re bid requests.
Virtual bid requests built on highly detailed project posts. Every invited contractor prices the same defined scope, with stated assumptions and a due date.
Bid from your truck, not their kitchen.
No lead fees. No monthly commitment. You pay Nestimates when you get paid.
- No cost to bid
- You set your own price
- Every bid request has a due date
- Licensed and insured contractors only
The real math
How many hours a week doesbidding actually cost you?
Set your own numbers. Nothing on this screen is ours.
The way it works now
On Nestimates
Same number of opportunities in both columns. No drive, no appointment, no visit.
Hours back every week
14.5hrs
About 62.8 hours a month at your numbers.
Now15.5 hrs
Nestimates1 hrs
6 trips across town you do not make, 4 hours of it behind the wheel.
Time only. What you close is still up to you.
What you get
Five things every contractor asks for.All five are how this works.
More jobs
Real homeowners with real projects
Documented work in your trade and your area, posted by someone who wants it done.
Less wasted time
Review and bid remotely
Photos, video, measurements, and stated assumptions. Price it without leaving the shop.
Your price
You decide what the job is worth
Nestimates never sets your price or asks you to be the cheapest bid on the board.
No lead fees
Nestimates gets paid when you get paid
No cost to bid. No monthly package. No charge for a homeowner who never picks up.
Your choice
Bid the jobs you want
Pass on anything that does not fit your crew, calendar, or territory. No obligation.
How the bid request works
You’ve bid commercial work this way for years.Residential finally works the same.
Same drawings, same specs, same due date, every sub. Nobody wins by guessing at less work. Here it is a bid request, and it does four things.
One document
Everybody prices the same scope
Every invited contractor opens the identical file. Same photos, same measurements, same homeowner answers.
Stated assumptions
The unknowns are written down
Where the homeowner was not sure, the bid request states a default and every bid carries it. Nobody lowballs by assuming less work.
Sourced numbers
Every figure says where it came from
Confirmed by the homeowner, estimated from the scan, or calculated. You know which numbers to trust and which to verify on site once you win.
One due date
Bids are compared side by side
Base bid, alternates, and exclusions in one structure. The window closes and the homeowner reads every bid together.
No lead company can copy this. Selling one homeowner to four contractors who each scope the job differently is how they make money. Comparable bids would end it.
What contractors tell us
“We aren’t the cheapest.”
What we say back
“Perfect. That’s exactly who we’re looking for.”
What it costs
Stop paying to chase homeowners.Start paying only when you win.
What selling work costs you today
- Advertising spend
- Salespeople and commissions
- Estimating time on site
- Vehicle and fuel costs
- Office and admin staff
- Lead platform subscriptions
- Follow-up calls that go nowhere
What it costs here
- $0 to browse bid requests
- $0 to submit a bid
- $0 monthly commitment
- $0 if you don't win the job
One fee, 9.9%, when the homeowner accepts your bid and the job moves forward. Nothing to apply, nothing to hold a profile, nothing for a bid that does not win.
Your price, your call
You control your pricing. Full stop.
Nestimates does not dictate pricing.
Nestimates does not tell you what to charge.
Nestimates does not require you to be the cheapest.
Nestimates supplements your business. It does not replace it. Keep your ads, your referrals, your repeat customers, your builders, your crew.
Straight answers
Questions contractors ask first
They sell your prospect's phone number to you and four other companies. Nestimates sends every invited contractor the same bid request, and you pay only if the homeowner hires you.
Ask to see a live bid request on your intro call and judge it yourself. Anything estimated is shown as a range and tagged. Anything the homeowner confirmed is tagged as theirs. If the file is not good enough to price, it does not go out.
Every bid request names its unknowns and sets an allowance all bidders carry. You price the stated scope. Work outside it is handled with the homeowner the same way it is on any job today.
When the homeowner selects you. Until then you see the project and the ZIP code, and so does everyone else bidding. Nobody is calling your prospect at nine at night.
When the homeowner accepts your bid and the job moves forward. No charge to apply, to hold a profile, or to submit a bid that does not win.
Phoenix beta
They’re not looking for someone to call.They’re looking for someone to hire.
Apply in about five minutes. We check your license and insurance, show you a live bid request, and give you the real project volume in your trade before you commit to anything.
No cost to apply. No cost to bid. You pay when you get paid.