Every rating site has the same rot: reviews from people who never hired anyone. HireAPro ratings work differently, by design:
No transaction, no rating. A rating unlocks only when a real job — won on the bid board, hired through an inquiry, or completed on the barter board — is marked complete.
Each completed transaction earns exactly one rating. No ballot-stuffing, no review farms.
Quality of work 30% · Communication 20% · Timeliness 20% · Value 20% · Would hire again 10%. You see all five, not just a star average.
Vendors may post one response to each rating (editable for 24 hours), shown right under it.
Your record is yours. It travels with you across your hats and across the GO DIRECT family sites — a five-star plumber who also sells a house on ForSale carries his reputation with him.
On the barter board, both sides confirm completion — and then both sides can rate each other. Trust builds even when no money moves.