How Bidit stays fair — and how you can audit it
Bidit® is matching software. Vendors are verified against official registries (RBQ, NPI, Companies House, SIRENE, ABR) before they appear. The consumer pays the vendor directly — we are never in the money path. Ranking factors are disclosed. Reviews are tied to confirmed jobs only.
§1 · The one-sentence truth
Bidit is not a placement agency. Bidit is not a payment processor. Bidit is not an escrow trustee. Bidit is software that surfaces verified providers to consumers who posted a need — the rest happens between the two of you.
§2 · The four invariant questions applied to Bidit
Who actually does the thing?
The provider listed on the offer. Bidit doesn't perform the work — a licensed, verified provider does. The provider appears on Bidit with their legal name, license number (where applicable), and the registry where you can independently verify their membership. If a listing doesn't show a clear provider identity, it's not a compliant Bidit listing — flag it to [email protected].
Where does the trust anchor live?
In the official registry that regulates each provider type. For a Quebec construction contractor: the Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ). For a US healthcare professional: the National Provider Identifier (NPI). For a UK company: Companies House. For a French company: SIRENE. For an Australian business: ABR. Bidit reads these registries for each provider and displays current status. If a provider loses their license, Bidit detects it on the next reverification cycle.
What we don't do (and why)
We're not in the money path. You pay your provider directly (card, e-transfer, cash — however you arrange it). Bidit doesn't receive, hold, escrow, or remit funds between buyer and seller. No MSB / EMI / payment-processor license required.
We're not an agency. Bidit doesn't control the provider, assign them work, pay them a commission, or supply their tools. A provider on Bidit is an independent contractor or business who freely chooses which RFPs to bid on. Posture verified against Quebec placement-agency law (CQLR c. P-40.1), Canadian federal case law, and US Department of Labor guidance.
We don't manipulate ranking. No provider can pay to appear higher. No auction-style placement. The ranking factors are published (§4 below).
We don't censor reviews. A negative review stays public as long as it's tied to a confirmed job and doesn't violate baseline rules (no hate speech, no doxxing). The provider can reply publicly. Bidit doesn't remove reviews at a provider's request without a documented rules violation.
We don't hide fees. Our revenue model is publicly disclosed (§6 below). The fees a provider pays Bidit are disclosed to the provider before signup — never withheld from a customer payment (because we don't handle customer payments).
How to verify our claims independently
For each provider displayed on Bidit, click their name → you see the registry name and the license number. Visit the registry's website (RBQ, NPI, Companies House, etc.) and enter the number — the official record must match. If it doesn't, that's not a valid Bidit provider; flag it to [email protected] and we remove it within the day. For already-reviewed providers, reviews are tied to verifiable job IDs — no anonymous accounts, no "gift" reviews.
§3 · Vendor verification chain
Before a provider appears on Bidit, their identity, legal status, and license are verified against the official registry that regulates them. This is the difference between a marketplace and a directory — anyone can list on a directory.
| Provider type | Official registry | Jurisdiction | Verification method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction, renovation | RBQ — Régie du bâtiment du Québec | QC, Canada | Lookup by RBQ number + legal name |
| Healthcare professionals | NPI — National Provider Identifier | United States | NPPES public API by NPI number |
| UK companies | Companies House | UK | Public API by company number |
| French companies | SIRENE — INSEE | France | SIRENE API by SIREN/SIRET number |
| Australian businesses | ABR — Australian Business Register | Australia | ABN Lookup API by ABN number |
| Canadian businesses outside QC | Provincial registries | Canadian provinces | By provincial business number; CRA Business Number for tax |
| Regulated trades elsewhere | Profession-specific association or registry | Varies | Added per jurisdiction; disclosed publicly when each new provider type is onboarded |
Reverification: every provider is re-checked on a cycle (weekly for high-risk trades, monthly for the rest). A license loss recorded at the regulator surfaces an "expired license" banner on the provider's listing within 7 days.
Registry partnerships: Bidit is working to formalize MoUs with professional associations so (a) verification queries route through their official endpoint and (b) members are made aware of Bidit through the registry's channels. This is registry-backed distribution — no hijacked member lists, just official attestation in both directions.
§4 · Ranking-factor disclosure
When Bidit surfaces providers in response to your posted need, the order is determined by the factors below. No other factors influence ranking. If we ever change this, this page changes the same day.
Match to the posted need
Specialization, geography, timeframe, requested price range. Pure structured-field match between the need and the provider profile.
Verified-purchase review history score
Weighted average of reviews tied to confirmed jobs. Unverified reviews never enter this calculation.
Current license status + tenure
Active license = passes the filter. Tenure (years licensed) adds a small bonus.
Response speed to previous bids
Median time between a need being posted and the provider's first relevant response. Rewards engagement, not sales performance.
Pay-for-placement (never)
No provider can pay Bidit to appear higher. This will never be a factor for as long as the current doctrine stands.
Advertising-spend volume
No external advertising signals (Google Ads, Meta Ads, etc.) enter ranking. Bidit doesn't buy leads to resell.
Provider demographics
No demographic field (name, photo, gender, age, origin, etc.) can influence ranking. Hard-coded firewall identical to Talent Intel's.
§5 · Dispute mediation
Because Bidit isn't in the money path, we can't "refund" — the money never moved through us. But we can mediate, document, and apply consequences to provider accounts when documentation supports the complaint.
How it works
- You open a dispute on Bidit within 24 hours of the trigger (agreed end-of-work date, payment, delivery).
- Bidit notifies the provider, who has 48 hours to respond publicly with their documentation (estimates, before/after photos, message logs).
- A Bidit mediator reviews the evidence and publishes a resolution within 5 business days: (a) for the provider, (b) for the customer, or (c) split. All resolutions are public on the provider's listing.
- For monetary settlement: we point both parties to the appropriate path — chargeback through the payment processor used, or civil recourse. Bidit provides a mediation letter (PDF, signed by Bidit) that can be presented to your payment processor as documented evidence of a legitimate dispute.
- Provider account consequences: repeated resolutions against a provider (≥3 in 12 months) trigger a temporary suspension; ≥5 triggers permanent suspension. Public on the listing.
§6 · Fee transparency
Here's what Bidit costs, on both sides. No fine print. Changed, this page changes.
Consumer fee
$0.00 — free
Posting a need, receiving bids, accepting, reviewing — free, forever. No "Premium subscription." No "unlock provider contact info."
Provider fee — model 1
Flat monthly subscription
Flat fee for access to bid on RFPs in a category. Pricing published at /for-vendors. No per-job commission.
Provider fee — model 2
Pay-per-bid
For occasional providers — pay per bid sent. No fee on bids won (because Bidit doesn't know who "won" — the job is concluded off-Bidit).
What Bidit does not charge for: no per-job commission, no percentage of the customer's payment, no "introduction fee" charged to the customer, no hidden surcharge on the provider's quote. Bidit makes money only via the provider fees above. The customer never pays Bidit for anything.
§7 · Contact + commitments
Direct lines. No support-ticket black hole for trust questions.
Our standing commitments
- →We will never be in the money path between a buyer and a provider.
- →We will never allow a provider to pay to appear higher. The ranking factors published above are the only ones that apply.
- →Every provider displayed on Bidit is verified against an official registry named on this page. No exceptions.
- →A review can only be created by a customer tied to a confirmed job ID. No anonymous reviews.
- →If a provider loses their license at the regulator, their listing shows "expired license" within 7 days and is removed from ranking within 14 days.
- →If our posture changes — at all — this page updates same-day, with a version number and a changelog at the top.
- →If we cannot honour any commitment above, we will publicly state so on this page before continuing operations.
Bidit® and Just Bidit.® are registered trademarks of Manera Technologies Inc. This page is informational, not a legal opinion. For jurisdiction-specific guidance, consult counsel. Bidit's facilitator posture is documented at the corporate level at maneratech.com/trust.