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The Gopher Marketplace
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Hire a neighbor, not a business.
See it work, from both sides
What we do
If you need help with a service.
You came to the right place.
Tap on a service you already use or one you need. We’ll show you a better way already exists.
Gopher Connect is the business account: the same request types, with functionality built for companies — multiple pickups and drop-offs, dispatch to Elite and Pro Gophers only, and hiring the Gophers you trust directly. Subscription options for regular users.
Solutions with receipts
We’ll show you the problem
and our solution with receipts.
Your weekly online delivery order from Harris Teeter, shown apples to apples.
One transaction. All three sides better off.
Everyone else picks a lane.
| Capability | Gopher | Delivery / Rideshare |
Service Marketplaces |
Lead-Gen Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All services on one platform | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Customer-driven pricing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Transparent earnings · free payouts | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ◖ |
| Browse available jobs for free | ✓ | ◖ | ◖ | ✗ |
| Favorite-worker matching | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 100% verified ratings & reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ◖ | ◖ |
✓ Standard · ◖ Limited / paid / conditional · ✗ Not supported. ★ 4.97 across 35,363 two-sided reviews — customers and workers rate each completion.
Gopher iQ
Just say what you need.
iQ figures out the rest.
Type it the way you would text a friend. Gopher iQ works out the job, the right kind of help and what it should cost, so you are not filling in forms or guessing at prices.
◆ Try it yourself
Ask it anything.
Type anything — this is the engine that ships, running right here in the page, offline.
Try one, or write your own:
Our marketplace connects people to services. Gopher iQ connects behavior to insight.
Use it
Experience both sides at once.
This is the product in play. Experience finding help for a service from the web or app and see what the worker sees in real time.
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Service Providers
The people that make the whole thing work.
55,000+ neighbors ready to help you with whatever you need.
Free to join • Free to view • Free to accept • Instant payouts
Gophers see exactly what they will earn before they accept a job, and they keep it. No lead fees, no hidden cut.
Any skill. Their schedule.
Delivery and errands, home and office services, from junk removal to you name it. Every day someone needs something different and a Gopher is right around the corner to help.
Where repeat business is the standard.
Customers can save workers as MY Gophers so their next request prioritizes them first. Workers also have a Refer Yourself feature that not only refers the app, but tags them along with it.
Elite · Elite+ · Pro. Tiers reward great work, and everybody wins.
Tiering up unlocks unlimited counter-offers, a priority job feed, Gopher Connect business jobs and the right to offer their own Gopher Deal.
Trust and safety, built into who shows up. Elite and Elite+ are background-screened through Yardstik; Pro verifies licenses and insurance.
Local, verified people doing the work, paid fairly for it, and the money stays close to home.
Gophers are independent contractors — not employees — and carry their own liability.
A lead-gen platform charges them to lose. We pay them to win, and let them keep the customer.
Get started
You just used it.
So will your neighborhood.
Everything you just tried is the real product: the engine that understood you, the price you set, the neighbor who keeps what they earn, the local business that keeps its margin. One app.
◆ Gopher Deals
Merchants can see their potential customers are already here.
See just how many neighbors you’ll reach.
Step 1 of 3
Register the business, and the deal, in one form.
On the web, in minutes: the business, the deal and its promo code. The same form sets up the owner’s Gopher login, verified by text and email.
Step 2 of 3
Every deal is checked before a customer sees it.
The Gopher team reviews each submission in Gopher HQ, and approved deals are activated within 5 business days. The review is hands-on today, and it is built to automate as Deals scales.
Approved ↓
Step 3 of 3
Approved, and it’s live in the apps and on the web.
Customers nearby see the deal card. One tap opens the merchant’s own ordering site inside Gopher, with the promo code ready — and a Gopher can bring the order to their door.
Why merchants switch vs. the delivery apps
- Margin
Commission & fees on every order0% commission — the margin stays theirs - Customer
The app owns the relationshipTheir own branded page — the customer stays theirs - Delivery
A courier’s miss becomes their 1-starThe customer hires the Gopher — never their name - Pricing
Menus inflated to survive the feesOne honest price, in-store and on Gopher - Visibility
Pay to be seen at allEveryone within 25 mi sees them — featured buys amplification, never inclusion - Brand
A thumbnail in an endless scrollTheir brand, their voice, hospitality intact
Step 1 of 5
Pros don’t apply. They qualify.
Elite, Elite+ or Pro, 20+ completed service jobs and a 4.75★ average over their last 20 — delivery and rides don’t count toward the bar. Pros who clear it are emailed an invitation.
Step 2 of 5
Name the deal — and what they’ll earn.
On the web or in the app. The pro sets exactly what’s paid out when the job’s done and what they’d normally charge; the customer price adds a 10% Deal Boost that promotes the deal.
Step 3 of 5
Reviewed by Gopher before it goes live.
Each provider deal is checked in Gopher HQ with the pro’s tier, service jobs and rating at submission, and the real saving, in front of the reviewer.
Approved ↓
Step 4 of 5
Live in the apps and on the web.
Customers see the pro’s card with the price; one tap shows the saving, the deal specifics and the pro’s job history.
Step 5 of 5
Redeem, and it’s an instant request.
The customer confirms where they need it — everything else is set by the deal. The request goes straight to the pro, who schedules it.
Why pros switch vs. lead-gen sites
- Leads
$20–$80+ per lead, sold to five prosNever pay for a lead - Price
A race to the bottomThey set the price — judged on quality, not the lowest bid - Reviews
One bad review, little recourseRatings only from real completed jobs - Customers
Rented land — pay forever to stay visibleThey keep the customer and the repeat work - Visibility
Sponsored rankings, a bidding pitEvery Gopher user in their radius (up to 50 mi) — featured buys amplification, never inclusion - Getting paid
Ghosting and hagglingStructured deals — paid the amount they set when the job’s done