Pricing, without the trick
The fee is the smallest number in the deal.
Homeowners pay nothing. Contractors pay one success fee, and only when they win the work and accept it. The platform makes money the moment a contractor does, never before.
For the homeowner
The whole system, free. No platform fee, no subscription, no catch.
- You pay LYEN nothingNo platform fee, no membership, no charge to post a project or compare quotes. The only money you ever move is your own project’s escrow, on your approval.
- The whole system, includedOn-site or AI measurement, market report, quote analysis, escrow protection, coordination, messaging, and issue resolution. All of it, at no cost.
- Nothing released without your approvalYour money sits in escrow the contractor cannot touch and moves only when you approve each milestone.
- Verified pros onlyLicense where Florida requires it, plus insurance, business, and background, checked before anyone reaches you.
For the contractor
A success fee, charged once, only when you win and accept the job. Keep the rest.
- Pay only on a winNo monthly fee, no subscription, no upfront cost, no paying for dead leads. Your first cost arrives after your first paycheck is locked.
- We earn when you earnThe platform only makes money the moment you do, so our incentive is your win, never your wallet.
- The fee shrinks as you buildTied to your DNA Score: 15% as a Newcomer down to 10% as a Master. Accountability literally lowers the cost.
- Real, funded jobsEvery project is scoped, measured, and budget-confirmed before it reaches you, and the deposit is funded into escrow before you start.
The success fee
What the fee actually costs you.
Take one example job. Set the fee against everything it erases, and it is the smallest line in the deal.
The whole job
$0
an example re-roof, scoped & budget-confirmed
Success fee at Craftsman (12%)
$0
You keep
$0
about 88 cents of every dollar. The better you build, the closer to 90.
And what it replaces
The $14,200 is a representative example, not a platform average. You set your own bid; we only show market context.
The fee shrinks as you build
Accountability lowers the cost.
Your fee is tied to your DNA Score. Climb the tiers and the fee falls. Same example $14,200 job, shown at each tier.
For the homeowner
Everything below, free.
A full stack of services you would pay for anywhere else. Here, your running total never moves off zero.
Escrow sits in the middle. On purpose.
The homeowner stays in control of the money, and the contractor is guaranteed to be paid for approved work. The escrow in the middle is what makes both true at the same time, so the whole deal runs on the system, not on a handshake.
Answers
The questions everyone asks.
Straight answers, so you can decide with your eyes open.
Your payment is held in escrow that the contractor cannot touch, and it only moves when you approve the work, milestone by milestone. You fund just the deposit to start, never the whole project up front, and you are always the one who releases each dollar. Nothing is ever released that was not first collected and approved by you.
You raise an issue and a project manager is on it, with a guaranteed response time that matches how serious it is. An emergency, like an active leak or anything causing damage right now, gets a response within one hour. A hard issue, real problems with the work that could lead to a leak, damage, or a major concern, within four hours. A soft issue, a smaller question or a cosmetic touch-up, within twenty-four hours. We stay on the job through completion and back it with a workmanship warranty, so if work falls short we make it right at no extra cost, and you are never left chasing a contractor alone.
Yes. You pay nothing to LYEN, and the entire system is included: the on-site or AI measurement, your market report, AI bid analysis, side-by-side quote comparison, escrow protection, coordination and quality checks, messaging, and issue resolution. We only earn a small success fee from the contractor when they win and accept a job, so we make money only when your project moves forward.
Every contractor is verified before they ever reach you: insurance, business registration, and background, with no exceptions, plus a state license whenever Florida requires one for that trade. We check the source, not a self-reported checkbox, so an expired or revoked license is caught automatically. You are only matched with pros who pass.
Your market report comes first, and you get it right away: in person from the estimator the moment they finish the on-site visit, or instantly on your phone when you use the AI photo estimate. Then we release your project to a small set of qualified, vetted pros, and you typically see real bids within one to two business days. They arrive laid out side by side in the same format, ranked only by accountability, never a flood of cold calls.
No. You fund only the deposit, it is refundable if the contractor never starts, and the price you award is the price you pay, with no surprise mid-job increases. Your decision is always your call: we give you an impartial read on every quote, but we never tell you who to pick.
Only the accountable get the work.
Pick your side. Both win when quality is the standard.
Start your project.
Free, start to finish. Get a fair price built on real measurements, then compare your top matches side by side. Verified pros, money you control, a real person when it matters.
Start a ProjectBuild with the accountable.
Real, funded jobs that arrive scoped and measured. Keep almost everything you earn, and watch the fee fall as you build. You pay only when you win.
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