Simple pricing. No surprises.
Simple pricing. No surprises.
One-time payment per listing, HST included. No subscription, no commissions, no auto-renewal. Your listing runs for the term of the plan you pick — 30 days on Starter, 45 on Professional, 90 on Master Pro — and then simply expires unless you renew it yourself.
In short
Three one-time plans, priced per listing with HST included: Starter ($29, 30 days), Professional ($79, 45 days) and Master Pro ($199, 90 days). You pay once, your listing runs for that term, and nothing renews automatically.
Every plan includes a public business profile with your services, service areas, photos and contact details, and direct enquiries from homeowners. Higher tiers add more visibility and more service-area cities.
One-time payment
Per listing, no subscription
HST included
Price you see is what you pay
No auto-renewal
Your listing runs 30, 45 or 90 days, then simply expires
Secure payments
Card and PayPal checkout via PayPal
Starter
Pay Per Listing$ 29.00 / 30 days
A 30-day listing for solo trades trying the directory: business profile with one category, one service area, up to 3 photos, phone number, contact button and a description of up to 1,500 characters.
- Contact Listing Owner
- Title
- Category ( Up to 1 )
- Price Range
- Phone
- Location ( Up to 1 )
- Address
- Map
- Images ( Up to 3 )
- Description ( Up to 1500 )
Professional
Pay Per Listing$ 79.00 / 45 days
A 45-day listing for established contractors: up to 2 categories and 2 service areas, 10 photos, video, website link, customer reviews, and licence and insurance fields on your profile.
- Contact Listing Owner
- Review
- Title
- Category ( Up to 2 )
- Price Unit
- Price Range
- Phone
- Website
- Location ( Up to 2 )
- Address
- Map
- Images ( Up to 10 )
- Video (Optional)
- Description ( Up to 3000 )
Master Pro
Pay Per Listing$ 199.00 / 90 days
A 90-day featured listing: featured placement on the homepage and category pages, up to 3 categories and 4 service areas, 20 photos, video and a description of up to 5,000 characters.
- Featured listing
- Contact Listing Owner
- Review
- Live Chat
- Title
- Category ( Up to 3 )
- Price Unit
- Price Range
- Phone
- Website
- Location ( Up to 4 )
- Address
- Map
- Images ( Up to 20 )
- Video (Optional)
- Description ( Up to 5000 )
Every plan includes
What you get with any listing
No matter which plan you pick, here’s the baseline. Higher tiers add more visibility, features and reach.
Feature breakdown
Compare plans side by side
| Feature | Basic | Professional | Master Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $29/ 30 days | $79/ 90 days | $199/ 365 days |
| Cost per day | $0.97 | $0.88 | $0.55 |
| Visibility | |||
| Featured placement (homepage + top of category) | × | × | ✓ |
| Licence & insurance details on profile | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Service area cities | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Categories you can be listed under | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Profile content | |||
| Photos in your gallery | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| Video on your listing | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Description characters | 1,500 | 3,000 | 5,000 |
| Tags for search | × | 5 | 10 |
| Contact methods | |||
| Phone number on listing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email address on listing | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Website link (backlink for your SEO) | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live chat with homeowners | × | × | ✓ |
| Trust & reviews | |||
| Customer reviews on profile | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| No auto-renewal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email support (Ontario-based) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
How we compare
A fraction of what big platforms charge
Competitor pricing is approximate, based on publicly available information at the time of writing. Actual costs vary by region, tier and promotional offers.
Pricing questions
Common questions about pricing
No hidden fees. The price you see on the Pricing page is the total you pay, including HST. There are no setup fees, no admin fees, no per-photo upload charges, no premium placement fees beyond what’s already included in Master Pro. We don’t run aggressive upsell campaigns inside the contractor dashboard — what you bought is what you get. If we ever change pricing, existing listings keep their original terms until expiry.
Never. Once a homeowner contacts you through your listing, the entire relationship is yours. We don’t take a percentage of any work, we don’t ask for kickbacks, we don’t track which jobs you close, and we don’t require you to report bookings. Your invoicing, your contract, your payment terms — all stay between you and your customer. The only money you ever pay us is the one-time listing fee.
Everything is preserved in our system, just hidden from public search. Your profile, photos, descriptions, service areas and any reviews remain in your account exactly as you left them. When you renew, your listing reactivates immediately with everything intact — same URL, same content, same reviews. No need to rebuild from scratch.
We do not issue refunds once your listing is published — our hosting, payment processing and platform costs are incurred immediately when you purchase. However, if there’s a technical issue on our side (extended platform downtime, broken search, your listing not displaying correctly) we’ll extend your listing duration to make up for the lost time. The 30-day Starter plan is the lowest-risk way to test the platform before committing to a longer term.
Yes, at renewal time. When your current plan expires, you can renew with any of the three plans — same one, upgrade, or downgrade. We don’t support mid-cycle plan changes, but you can purchase a new plan at any time to replace an expiring one. If you want to upgrade early before your current plan expires, the new plan starts immediately and your old one ends — contact us to coordinate.
No. All three plans are one-time payments — there is no auto-renewal, no subscription, no surprise charges. When your 30, 45 or 90 days run out, your listing simply moves to archive and stops appearing in search. We send one email reminder near expiry, and the rest is up to you. You decide whether to renew, switch plans, or do nothing.
Payments are handled by PayPal. You can pay with a PayPal account or with a credit card through PayPal checkout — Visa, Mastercard and American Express. We do not accept cash, e-transfer, cheques or wire transfers.
Our uptime promise
We don’t offer refunds, but we stand behind our service. If Carpenter Bee experiences extended downtime, search failure or any technical issue that prevents your listing from being visible to homeowners — we’ll extend your listing duration by the time you lost, no questions asked. Your money buys you visibility; if we don’t deliver visibility, we make it right.