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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. During the trial they're paid via a payroll partner (~$4/hr); after, hire them onto your payroll with no buy-out.

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 and see how they work. During the trial they're paid through a payroll partner (about $4/hr), so they're not on your books yet — and only if it's a fit do you hire them full-time onto your own payroll, with no buy-out fee.

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.

Workforce pilot
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

What you pay

One flat monthly platform fee + labour at cost (a transparent pass-through). Trial hires run through a payroll partner at about $4/hr until you move them onto your own payroll.

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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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