How Bidit stays fair — and how you can audit it
Bidit™ is matching software. Bidit does not verify licences for customers: each offer shows whether the business says it has a licence number; ask them for it and check it with the relevant regulator before you hire. The consumer pays the vendor directly — we are never in the money path. Ranking factors are disclosed.
§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 shows businesses' offers to consumers who posted a need; each offer shows whether the business says it has a licence number, which you ask for and check yourself — 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 — the business whose offer you chose does; its offer shows whether it says it has a licence number. Once you choose its offer, you get the business's name and contact details; ask it for its licence number and check it in the regulator's registry. 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 does not tell you whether a licence in these registers is valid: look up the number the business gave you yourself, and ask the business about it.
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 reviewed 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. §4 below describes how offers are ordered.
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
Bidit does not verify licences for customers and shows no check result. Ask the business for its licence number and look it up yourself on the regulator's own site (RBQ, Barreau, etc.). If something doesn't match, flag it to [email protected].
§3 · Where to check a licence
Bidit does not verify licences for customers and shows no check result. Each business declares its own licence number and the regions it is licensed in; Bidit does not tell you whether it is valid and shows no check result. A business may open an account and send offers in every category (regulated professions also need the subscription or its free 30 days). Before you hire, check the licence yourself in the official registry below and ask the business about it.
| Provider type | Official registry | Jurisdiction | How to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction, renovation | RBQ — Régie du bâtiment du Québec | QC, Canada | Look up the number yourself in the RBQ register |
| Healthcare professionals | NPI — National Provider Identifier | United States | Look it up yourself in this register |
| UK companies | Companies House | UK | Look it up yourself in this register |
| French companies | SIRENE — INSEE | France | Look it up yourself in this register |
| Australian businesses | ABR — Australian Business Register | Australia | Look it up yourself in this register |
| Canadian businesses outside QC | Provincial registries | Canadian provinces | Look it up yourself in this register |
| Regulated trades elsewhere | Profession-specific association or registry | Varies | Look it up yourself in this register |
§4 · Ranking-factor disclosure
This is how offers are shown to you. No business can pay to appear higher. If we ever change this, this page changes the same day.
Regulated professions: price order
Legal, notary, insurance, finance, accounting, health and real estate: offers are listed from lowest to highest price (on a tie, the earliest first). Bidit does not recommend a provider, ranks no one, and uses no AI to order them.
Other categories: Bidit's comparison
An AI model compares each offer with your need (price, scope, terms) to order the list of offers and may tag one “Recommended match” on that offer's own row; the reason is shown below the list. If the comparison is unavailable, offers are listed from lowest to highest price with no suggestion.
Response time and whether a licence number was given
Each offer shows when it arrived and whether the business says it has a licence number. In other categories you also see a “Response order” board sorted by response time: the first business to respond is ranked 1, with 🥇 and a gold choose button. That board measures timing only; you choose whichever offer you want.
What businesses see
No business sees another's price. In open categories, they see the order in which businesses responded.
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.
§5 · Dispute mediation
Because Bidit isn't in the money path, we can't "refund" — the money never moved through us. But we can review a dispute and act on a business's account when the documentation supports the complaint.
How it works
- The customer who posted the request, or a business that made an offer on it, can raise a dispute about that request. Customers write to [email protected]; a business can also use “Report a problem” on the request page.
- The dispute goes privately to Manera staff, who review it with the documents provided (estimates, photos, messages).
- Manera staff email a written outcome to the person who raised the dispute and to the other party on record — for a customer's dispute, the business whose offer was accepted, if any. The outcome is not published.
- For monetary settlement: the parties use their payment provider's dispute process (for example a chargeback) or civil recourse.
- Business account: Manera can act on a business's account when the documentation supports the complaint.
§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 — free, forever. No "Premium subscription." No "unlock provider contact info."
Business fee — open categories
One flat fee when accepted
Free to join and to send offers. One flat fee only when the customer accepts your offer, shown before you bid. No subscription, no per-lead fee. Details at /for-vendors.
Business fee — regulated professions
Flat monthly subscription
Legal, notary, insurance, mortgage and loan brokerage, CPA accounting, health clinics and real-estate brokerage: a flat monthly subscription, first 30 days free, never a per-job or per-client fee.
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. §4 above describes how offers are ordered.
- →This page says plainly that Bidit does not verify licences for customers: you check them yourself before you hire.
- →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 trademarks of Manera Fintech Service Bidding Platform 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.