TaskRabbit charges 30%+ and ignores small towns. giglocal is the neighborhood alternative — flat 10% fee, works anywhere people have neighbors. Post a task, browse nearby workers, hire the one with the rating and availability you want. Run it for your town, your co-op, your apartment complex.
Homeowner posts a task with budget, deadline, photos. Workers in the area see it, propose, get hired. Two-way ratings. Dispute resolution with photo evidence.
TaskRabbit takes 30%+ and the worker pays trust & safety. giglocal: flat 10%, platform-fee only. Lower cost to homeowner, higher take-home for worker.
No 'not enough demand in your area' gatekeeping. Works in a town of 500 or a neighborhood of 50 because you run the platform for your community. No minimum density.
Workers rate posters (no-show, changed scope, paid late). Posters rate workers (quality, on-time, professional). Trust builds over years, not months.
Stripe Connect for worker payouts. Escrow on booking, release on completion. W-9 collection for tax season. Direct deposit.
Flask + SQLite or Postgres. HOA runs it for the neighborhood. Small town runs it for residents. Co-op runs it for members. One platform per community, no venture-scale incentives pulling it toward squeezing users.
Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.
giglocal is one of 220+ verticals scaffolded from the same template. Each gets a working skeleton for free; individual ones get promoted to full products as demand surfaces.