What you get
Homeowners come to this site to understand a price before they call anyone. By the time one of them asks for quotes, they have entered the size of the job, the access, the timing and their ZIP code, and they have seen a range built from what your trade earns in your state.
That does two things for you. The obvious one is that the project details arrive with the request, so your first message can be a quote rather than a questionnaire. The less obvious one matters more: they are not expecting a national-average price. Most of the friction in a first call is a homeowner anchored to a number they read somewhere that did not account for where they live.
What we will not tell you. How many requests you will receive. This site is new, and any number we gave you would be one we made up. If that matters to your decision — and it should — start with one trade and one county and judge it on what actually arrives.
What it costs
Being listed is free. You pay for quote requests you receive, and we agree the terms with you before anything is sent. There is no subscription, no setup fee, and no charge for a listing that never produces anything.
What you pay does not affect where you appear or what a homeowner is shown. The estimates on this site come from published wage data and a fixed model; nothing in them moves because of what a professional pays.
What we ask of you
A current licence where your trade requires one
Surveying and home inspection are licensed in most states; tree work and moving vary. We check what your state requires, not what is convenient.
General liability insurance, in force
We ask for the certificate and the expiry date, and we ask again when it expires.
A real service area
The counties or ZIP codes you actually travel to. Claiming a whole state to catch more leads wastes your time and ours.
A reply within a working day
Homeowners here have just seen a price range and are comparing. A quote that arrives three days later has already lost.
How to join
- 1Tell us your trade and where you workEmail us with your trade, the counties you cover, and your licence and insurance details.
- 2We verify before you are listedLicence against the state register, insurance against the certificate. It takes a few days and it is the reason a listing here means something.
- 3You receive requests that matchEach one includes the project details the homeowner already entered — size, access, timing — so you are not starting from a blank call.
- 4You quote directlyWe are not in the middle of the job. The contract, the price and the work are between you and the homeowner.
To start, email hello@costnumbers.com with your trade, your service area, and your licence and insurance details. A person reads it.
Trades we cover
These are the calculators live today. If you work in a trade that is not here and you think it belongs, tell us — the calculator usually comes before the professionals do.