Marketplace transparency
How local provider search and ranking will work
JobTackl is coming soon, so live provider results are not public yet. This is the V1 approach represented in the current app source and still subject to production testing.
Useful filters without false precision
Service
Choose a service or describe the outcome you need in everyday words.
Location and travel distance
Enter a town or postcode and choose how far away results may be. Public results should show approximate distance, not a provider’s private base address.
Availability
Narrow results to providers who say they can take the job in the requested period.
Price
Use a relevant price range where providers have supplied comparable pricing. A quote may still be needed for variable work.
Reviews
Filter or sort using reviews connected to genuine completed JobTackl jobs, while showing the number of reviews as well as the average.
Checks
Filter by clearly defined identity, qualification, licence or insurance checks where they are relevant and current. Each label must explain what was and was not checked.
Clear sorting choices
Customers should be able to choose a relevant order such as nearest, highest genuine rating, most reviewed or price. The default order should use only disclosed marketplace signals, including service fit, stated availability, approximate distance and established review evidence. New providers should not be treated as badly rated merely because they have no reviews.
No hidden paid placement in V1
V1 does not plan to sell positions in ordinary results. If promoted listings are introduced later, they must be clearly labelled, kept distinct from genuine reviews and never presented as an organic recommendation. The ranking explanation and relevant terms would be updated before that feature went live.
Search wording and demand learning
The public service finder can already match common wording, plurals and close misspellings to a carefully scoped service guide. The app’s planned demand reporting groups equivalent service intents before showing coarse geographic patterns. It should not publish an individual’s exact location, raw request text or a map point that could identify them.
What ranking does not mean
A high position is not a guarantee that a provider is suitable, available or risk-free. Customers should still read the full profile, review the scope and price, check relevant credentials and use the platform’s booking and support routes when those services launch.