Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Getting on the vendor list is free, always. If we send you a job, we keep 8% of the labour and you get 92%. A Prontco Membership is optional software (Ready from $79 a month: a booking page, invoices and your paperwork in one place; Standing adds the filings, done for you) — it is never the price of being listed.
What do you take from a job?
8% of the labour on jobs we dispatch to you. Invoices go out through Prontco in your business name, and your share is paid out when the customer pays. There is no bidding and no paying for leads: the price is set before you're assigned.
How do jobs reach me?
Property managers, strata councils and realtors send us one request. We send it to a contractor on the list who covers that trade and city and clears the standard, with their compliance file ahead of them. You get the job by email with the address, scope and price, and you accept or pass.
What is the six-point standard?
Registered with BC Registries, a business licence in every city you work, a current WorkSafeBC clearance letter, $2M liability insurance, GST registered, and your identity confirmed on a short call. Trades that need a licence by law (electrical, gas, refrigeration and others) also need that licence on file.
I'm missing something. Can I still apply?
Yes, and most people are an item or two short. Apply, send what you have, and mark what you don't. Closing those gaps is the other half of what Prontco does. Government fees are passed through at cost and quoted before anything is filed.
Who sees my documents?
Only Prontco, until you accept a job. Then the building you're going to sees your compliance file, and nothing else. Documents go into private storage. We never ask for personal ID through a web form: that's confirmed on the call.
Where do you dispatch?
Metro Vancouver: Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, New Westminster, Delta, Langley, North Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and White Rock. Coverage by trade and city is still filling in, and we tell buyers that plainly.
Do I have to be incorporated?
No. Sole proprietors and incorporated companies are both welcome. What matters is the six points, not the structure.