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Subbin

Find the crew. Find the work.

Subbin is the hiring app for the construction trades. Contractors post the job, tradespeople nearby reply with their rate, and the right person is hired in a few taps.
Starting in Greater Boston.
Works on your phone and in your browser. Sign in with your email, no password to remember.

How it works

If you're hiring

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Post the job, or the whole project
Pick the trades, set the pay and the start date. Got a bigger job? Post it as a project with a role for each trade: one carpenter, two demolition, three tilers. Each role has its own title, pay and start date.
2
Hear from people nearby
Tradespeople within the distance they have chosen see your job and reply with their rate. If the price isn't right, make a counter offer.
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Hire and get on with it
Pick who you want. The job gets its own chat and a log of what was offered and agreed, so nobody has to scroll a group text to find the number. The exact address goes only to the people you hire.

If you're looking for work

1
Say what you do
Choose your trades, your rate, whether you bring your own tools or a vehicle, and how far you'll travel.
2
See what's near you
Your feed shows jobs in your area that match your trades, including the roles on bigger projects.
3
Reply and get hired
Reply with your rate. If a project needs more than one of your trades, you choose which role you're going for. Once you're hired you see the full address and your own log for the job.

Why Subbin

Near you, by design

Workers choose how far they'll travel, and contractors see people who actually will. No scrolling through jobs two hours away.

Projects, not just jobs

One posting can cover every trade on the site, each with its own pay and start date.

Offers you can talk about

Reply with a rate, counter it, agree it. The price you settle on replaces the advertised one, and it is all written down.

Your address stays private

Everyone sees the area. Only the people you hire see the street address.

Pass work to people you trust

See a job that needs a trade you don't have? Send it to someone in your contacts in one tap.

In your language

English, Español and Português throughout.

What a day on Subbin looks like

Sample jobs, shown for illustration.
Project
Triple-decker gut renovation
Strip out, frame and finish three floors. One posting, three trades.
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Sam R.
Carpenter · English, Español
Open to offers
Own tools
Has a vehicle

Built for the people who build

Finding a reliable tiler or a second pair of hands on short notice shouldn't take a dozen phone calls and a group chat. Subbin puts the job, the people nearby, the price and the conversation in one place, and keeps the home address between the people who need it.
We're starting in Greater Boston and growing from there.

Questions people ask

Where does it work?

Greater Boston to start: Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Quincy and the towns around them.

Do I need a password?

No. You sign in with your email and we send a short code. On an iPhone the code can fill itself in.

Who can see my address?

When you post a job, everyone sees the area. Only the people you hire see the exact address and any access notes.

Can I use it on my computer?

Yes. It's the same account on your phone and in your browser, and your jobs and messages are the same on both.

What if someone behaves badly?

You can block anyone and report a job or a person from inside the app.

Ready when you are

Make an account in a minute and see what is near you.
Subbin · Greater Boston, Massachusetts