Ranks & Progression
Climb from Novice through Master to Legendary by doing great work — not by paying more. Ranks reward trust, skill, and standing, never a lower fee. The marketplace fee stays a flat 12% at every rank. This is a long road by design: the top ranks are earned over seasons of quality work, like a trade you master over years.
How you earn XP
XP is deliberately balanced so that consistent, high-quality work outranks a few big paydays. Cash earned counts — but it's capped per job. The rest comes from doing the job well:
- ✓A solid base for every completed job (+250)
- ✓Cash earned — capped at +500, so big jobs don't dominate
- ✓Rating quality — 5★ jobs +350, 4★ jobs +150
- ✓On-time delivery before the deadline (+150)
- ✓Written client reviews (+100) & each rated skill (+50)
- ✓Verified credentials, guild contribution & repeat clients
Your level comes from XP, but a rank takes more than levels: it is gated on time, completed jobs, rating quality, skill badges, and guild standing. If you have the level for the next rank but still owe its other requirements, your profile shows you as a candidate (for example, “Journeyman Candidate”) — never a rank you haven't fully earned.
The rank ladder
Novice
Everyone starts here. Post, apply, and complete your first jobs.
- →Create an account — you start as a Novice
Apprentice
You have shown up and delivered a handful of good jobs.
- →Reach level 10
- →Be active for 14 days
- →Complete 5+ jobs
- →Hold a 4.0★+ average across 5+ ratings
- →No unresolved disputes on your record
Journeyman
A proven, consistent worker with a real body of rated work.
- →Reach level 35
- →Be active for 3 months
- →Complete 30+ jobs
- →Hold a 4.4★+ average across 10+ ratings
- →Earn 2+ Bronze skill badges
- →Build a base of repeat/return clients or referrals (coming soon)
Expert
Requires GuildA trusted, credentialed craftsperson working within the guild community.
- →Reach level 65
- →Be active for 6 months
- →Complete 100+ jobs
- →Hold a 4.7★+ average across 25+ ratings
- →Be a guild member in good standing
- →Earn 2+ Silver skill badges
- →Hold 1+ verified credential
Master
Requires Guild leadershipA master of the craft and a leader who mentors others in the guild.
- →Reach level 80
- →Be active for 12 months
- →Complete 200+ jobs
- →Hold a 4.8★+ average across 40+ ratings
- →Serve as a guild officer, mentor, or leader
- →Earn 1+ Gold skill badge
- →Maintain 95%+ completion reliability (coming soon)
Legendary
Requires Guild leadershipA guild leader of standing with a top reputation and a clean record.
- →Reach level 95
- →Be active for 18+ months
- →Complete 400+ jobs
- →Hold a 4.9★+ average across 80+ ratings
- →Lead a guild of 10+ active members with 1000+ guild reputation
- →No serious disputes on your record
- →Maintain a guild 4.8★+ average and a clean 180-day record (coming soon)
Guilds open the top ranks
Like a trade union local, the highest ranks reward people who lift up the community — not just themselves. Expert requires being a guild member in good standing. Master requires serving as a guild officer or mentor. Legendary requires leading a guild of standing: a real member base, a strong shared reputation, and a clean record.
This keeps the top of the ladder meaningful — it reflects leadership and trust, not just hours logged.
Skill badges
After a job, clients rate each individual skill you performed — mowing, fencing, hauling, and so on. As your rated skills add up, you earn tiered badges per skill. Badges are always calculated from real ratings, so they can never be faked. Until a skill has enough ratings, your profile shows honest progress toward the next tier — never a badge you haven't earned.
5+ ratings averaging 4.2★+
15+ ratings averaging 4.5★+
40+ ratings averaging 4.7★+
100+ ratings averaging 4.85★+
250+ ratings averaging 4.9★+, plus admin/guild review
Keeping ranks honest
Ranks are a trust signal, so they have to stay trustworthy. A pattern of low ratings, several bad reviews in a row, or a severe dispute moves an account through a clear, fair ladder — never a sudden drop. Each step is reversible by getting back to good work.
- 1.Warning — A dip in ratings or a recent low review puts a soft flag on your account. Nothing changes yet — it is a heads-up.
- 2.Probation — A continued pattern of low ratings or a dispute moves you to probation. Your rank is held in place while you recover.
- 3.Rank freeze — While frozen, you keep your rank but cannot climb higher until the pattern clears and your recent record improves.
- 4.Review & demotion — Only after human review — for serious or repeated issues — can a rank be lowered. We never auto-demote on a single bad day.
We don't silently strip ranks — flagged accounts are reviewed for fairness first. This protects clients hiring high-ranked workers and protects workers from a single bad day undoing months of good work.
Achievements
Achievements are recognition badges that unlock automatically from real activity — your first completed job, a five-star review, on-time delivery, fast responses, verified credentials, skill specialization, guild mentorship, and community contributions. They appear on your public profile so clients can see your track record at a glance. Until you earn one, your profile shows an honest empty state — never a badge you haven't earned.
Finish your first job on the platform.
Receive a 5-star review for your work.
Deliver a job on or before its deadline.
Build a strong, rated track record in one skill.
Lead and grow a guild in the community.
Contribute consistently alongside your guild.
Achievements are recognition only. They confer no cash, discounts, or fee changes — see the community leaderboards for how trust and skill are celebrated across the platform.
Professional signals
Ranks and badges grow over time, but you can show clients you mean business from day one. These professional signals sit alongside your rank — all honest, all earned or self-attested, never faked.
Pledge to professional standards — show up, communicate, protect property, and clean up. Your profile shows the pledge only when you've actually made it.
An earned checklist: complete profile, Code of Craft pledge, a verified credential, completed jobs, strong reviews, and a clean record. Derived from real activity — never bought.
Showcase honest photos of past work on your profile. Proof examples help clients trust your skill claims — but skill badges themselves always stay rating-derived.
Practical, job-by-job checklists for each kind of work. Following them — and documenting the result — is how a completed job becomes a strong review and real proof toward your badges.
Start your climb
Free to join. Flat 12% only when you complete a paid job.