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Staff skilled trades without the agency markup

Build a private bench of verified trades, run a trial hire before you commit, and pay your crew at cost. No commission, no hourly bump, no per-hire fees — just one flat monthly platform fee.

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Staffing agencies cost more than the markup you see

Between hourly markups, conversion fees, and per-placement charges, the real cost of filling a trade role is buried — and it climbs every time you hire.

A markup on every hour
Agencies add a percentage on top of every hour worked. You pay more, the trade never sees it, and the bigger the crew the bigger the bill.
A fee to keep good people
Find someone great and want them on permanently? Most agencies charge a conversion or buyout fee to let you hire the person you already vetted.
Fees that stack up
Per-placement charges, posting fees, featured-listing upsells — every role you fill adds another line item to the invoice.

One flat fee. No markup. Your crew, paid at cost.

TradeBench is a workforce platform, not a staffing agency. You own the relationships; we charge a flat monthly fee to run the platform — nothing on top of your labour.

$0 commission on hires
We take no cut when you hire. The rate you agree with a trade is the rate they're paid — full stop.
No bump on hourly
Hourly work is a transparent pass-through: billed at cost, with zero markup on the rate.
No posting or per-hire fees
Post as many roles as you need and hire as often as you want. No per-placement fee, no posting fee, no upsells.
No buy-out fees
Hire anyone full-time onto your own payroll whenever you like — no buy-out penalty for keeping people you trust.
Trusted, verified trades
Every pro is verified and reachable through real trust paths — vouched-for crew, not anonymous job-board replies.
Trial hire period
Run a trial hire on a real job before you commit. See the work, then add them to your private bench.

See where the money goes

Same trade, same agreed rate. The difference is everything stacked on top of it.

The staffing-agency way
  • Worker is paid $22/hr
  • + 50% markup — you pay $33/hr
  • +$11 every hour — about $22,900 a year, full-time
  • + a buy-out fee to hire them on — typically 25% of salary

What you actually pay is opaque, and it climbs with every hire.

The TradeBench way
  • Worker is paid $22/hr — you pay $22/hr, at cost
  • $0 markup on the rate
  • Hire full-time onto your payroll anytime — no buy-out fee
  • One flat monthly platform fee — the same whether you hire one trade or fifty

Predictable and transparent: labour is a pass-through, the platform is one flat fee.

Illustrative — agency markups commonly run 25–60% and conversion fees ~15–30% of first-year salary; annual figures assume full-time hours.

Posting the role yourself isn't free either: sponsored job-board listings cost money, and you still vet every applicant.

Trial hire

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Try before you commit

Hiring a trade you've never worked with is a risk. With a trial hire, you bring a verified pro onto a real job for a set period, see how they work, and only then decide whether to hire them full-time onto your own payroll — with no buy-out fee. No long-term commitment up front.

How it works

From pilot to a private bench you control, in five steps.

1

Scope your pilot

Tell us the trades you staff and your volume. We set up a workforce pilot for your team.

2

Build your private bench

Connect with verified trades through trusted referral paths — a bench that's yours, not a shared pool.

3

Run a trial hire

Bring a pro onto a real job for a trial period. See the work before you commit to more.

4

Pay your crew at cost

Trades are paid the rate you agree. No commission, no hourly markup — just one flat platform fee.

5

Keep who you want

Hire permanently whenever you like. No conversion fee. Your bench compounds over time.

Workforce pilot

Flat monthly pricing, scoped to your volume

No markup, no per-hire fees, no conversion penalties — one predictable platform fee, with your crew paid at cost. Tell us your volume and we'll scope a pilot.

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Flat monthly fee
A private bench of verified trades and a transparent labour pass-through, on one flat platform fee. Pricing is scoped to your hiring volume.

What's included:

  • $0 commission on every hire
  • Zero markup on hourly pass-through
  • No posting, per-placement, or conversion fees
  • Private bench of verified trades
  • Trial hire period on every engagement
  • One flat monthly platform fee
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Build a bench you control, at a price you can predict

Start a workforce pilot. See the trades, run a trial hire, and pay one flat fee with no markup.

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