Service.com.au
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Homeowners can post a job in three steps and reviews skew positive, so it is low-risk to try for a one-off tradie job.
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Service.com.au lands on Depends, and ServiceSeeking lands on Skip.
Homeowners can post a job in three steps and reviews skew positive, so it is low-risk to try for a one-off tradie job.
Only suits tradies with fat margins who can absorb paying for leads that never convert.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Skip |
| Best for | Homeowners needing a local tradie | Aussie tradies chasing lead volume |
| Who it's not for | Tradies already burned by lead-gen sites | Tradies on thin margins . lead costs eat profit |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Cold-call sales; unresolved scam complaints on Reddit | Refund complaints and 'took my money' reviews |
| Public sentiment | Homeowners rate it highly while a vocal group of tradies on Reddit allege scam-like lead practices.¹ | Reviews skew sharply negative, centring on paying for worthless leads and difficult refunds.11 |
| Biggest gotcha | Lead-gen model: you pay for exposure, not guaranteed jobs . the company says so itself.⁶ | Pay-per-lead model: bad or dead leads still cost you money16 |