Custom web app · Home services marketplace

Oliebids: a competitive-bid marketplace for home services.

Oliebids is a new marketplace where homeowners and property managers post a home repair job and verified local pros compete for it with real bids. We designed and built the platform in Next.js and Supabase, look after it every month, and run its PR and growth with our PR team as the marketplace launches.

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Client
Oliebids Inc.
Location
San Diego, California, USA
Industry
Home services marketplace
Platform
Next.js, Supabase, Vercel
Services
Product design, full-stack build, care, PR and growth
12
Trades open for posting at launch
2 min
To post a job, with photos
60 h
Bidding window on every job
Top 3
Bids shown side by side
The brief

The job, in three parts.

01

The challenge

  • Homeowners chasing quotes one contractor at a time
  • Lead sites that sell a homeowner's number to many pros
  • Good contractors pushed into a race to the lowest price
02

What we did

  • Designed a two-sided marketplace, one flow for homeowners and one for contractors
  • Built it in Next.js, React and TypeScript, with PostgreSQL on Supabase and hosting on Vercel
  • Built timed bidding, contractor verification and a private chat that opens on a pick
03

The outcome

  • A live marketplace, launched in August 2026 with 12 trades
  • A founding contractor program for the first cohort, free for life
  • Monthly care, PR and growth from the same team
What we built

Inside the home services marketplace.

Real screenshots from the live site. Every feature here is one you can try at oliebids.com.

Oliebids homepage with a sample job, a bidding countdown and competing contractor bids
01

A homepage that shows the auction at work

The hero is a sample job with its bidding clock counting down and four local pros bidding against each other, so homeowners and contractors both see how Oliebids works before they read a word.

Oliebids job post form with title, category, ZIP code, description, photos and budget range
02

A job post in about two minutes

Homeowners describe the job in plain language: a title, a category, up to five photos, a ZIP code, a timeline and a budget range. The budget is a range, not a floor, so pros can bid inside it or under it.

Oliebids comparison of the top 3 contractor bids with ratings, licence and scope
03

The top 3 bids, side by side

When the 60-hour window closes, the top 3 bids unlock, ranked by price and proposed timeframe. Each one shows the pro's ratings, licence, insurance and written scope next to the price, and the homeowner has 7 days to pick.

Oliebids founding contractor program page with the application steps
04

A founding contractor program

A landing page of its own for the first contractor cohort: a permanent founding badge on every bid, free for life, and priority review of their verification, with a three-step path to apply.

Oliebids categories page with photo tiles for twelve home service trades
05

Twelve trades on day one

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, painting, flooring, fencing, handyman, appliance repair, lawn and garden, cleaning and remodeling, each with a page of its own that homeowners can post from.

Oliebids page explaining why homeowners choose it: verified pros, private contact details and real reviews
06

Built for trust on both sides

Only verified pros can bid, after their licence, insurance and ID are checked. A homeowner's phone and email stay private until they pick a bid, reviews come only from real Oliebids jobs, and posting is free.

Also built

  • Separate journeys for homeowners and contractors
  • Contractor verification: licence, insurance and ID
  • Private in-platform chat after a pick
  • Reviews only from completed jobs
  • A page for every trade
  • Sign-up for both sides, on any device
On phones

Built for the phone in your hand.

A homeowner often posts a job standing next to the problem, so every page works on a phone: the job form sits in one column with the photo upload right under the description.

Oliebids homepage on a phone
The promise and both buttons, on the first screen
Oliebids job post form on a phone
The job form in one column
Monthly care

Launched, then looked after.

Oliebids launched in August 2026 and is on a monthly plan with us: we keep the platform healthy and run its PR and growth while the marketplace fills up.

  • Weekly checks for server and database errors
  • Dependency and security updates every month, with a backup restore test
  • Fixes and smoother onboarding for contractors and homeowners
  • PR and growth with our PR team, every month
  • A monthly review call with the founder
See care plans Sample monthly report

The Oliebids stack

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  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Supabase
  • PostgreSQL
  • Vercel
  • Stripe
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