Owners who have already paid Rainplan to plan their project, with measured areas, photos, program rules and a target price. Bid without a site visit, and pay a match fee only when the customer signs with you.
Most projects on the board come from owners who paid Rainplan for a Rebate Claim and Scope and Solution Design. They are not browsing. They have an incentive file in hand and a decision to make.
Measured from aerials, confirmed in photos, written to the program's requirements. Every provider bids on the same thing, so the comparison is fair and the back and forth is short.
The rebate program, its rate and its cap are on the Project Opportunity Notice. Rainplan handles the owner's claim. And when the owner chooses Project Sponsorship, Rainplan covers the cost and pays you directly as the work gets done.
Every Project Opportunity Notice carries how we know each fact: measured from aerial, confirmed in photos, public record, owner reported. The owner's name and street address stay masked until they select you.
Owner-submitted projects also appear on the board, clearly marked, with "Inquire" in place of a target price until Rainplan has scoped them.
Choose the upgrades you do, the areas you work and the project sizes you want. New Project Opportunity Notices that match reach you by email and text.
Total price, line items, start window, duration, warranty, materials, assumptions and exclusions, plus attachments. Upload your own estimate and we pre-fill the form; you confirm or fix it.
The owner compares bids as submitted, no ranking, and can ask you questions in-app. Both sides stay anonymous until the owner selects a bid. Selection opens a site visit.
After the visit you confirm or revise your price. You and the owner sign your agreement in the app. That is the only moment Rainplan's match fee is due, and it is fixed from then on.
No subscription, no per-lead charge, no cost to bid. Rainplan is paid by the provider only when the customer signs a project with you in the app.
| Lead sites | Rainplan | |
|---|---|---|
| You pay | Per lead, win or lose | Only when the customer signs with you |
| Scope | A name and a phone number | Measured, photographed, written to program rules |
| Competition | Same lead sold to several | One Project Opportunity Notice, comparable bids, owner picks |
| Site visit | Before you know if it is real | After the owner selects you |
| Rebate paperwork | Yours, or nobody's | Rainplan's |
In return, Rainplan runs the owner's rebate claim, keeps the owner informed, and on sponsored projects pays you directly as the owner approves each stage.
When the owner chooses Project Sponsorship, Rainplan covers the project cost and pays you directly as the work gets done, on the owner's OK. You are paid on time by a funded sponsor instead of chasing a homeowner for a check.
Contractors anywhere in the country can join. Your alerts follow the areas and upgrades you choose, so you hear about a project the moment it posts near you.
Permeable interlocking pavers and porous surfaces: driveways, patios, walkways, parking pads.
Turf replacement, native planting, rain gardens, bioswales, and the drainage and downspout work that goes with them.
Green roof installers, rain barrels, cisterns, harvesting and reuse systems.
Nothing. There is no cost to join the Provider Network and no cost to bid on projects.
A match fee, paid only when the customer signs a project agreement with you in the app. It is a fixed amount by project size, set at signing, and change orders afterward do not change it. Providers who join during launch and sign a project keep launch pricing for at least a year.
A lead is a name and a phone number sold to several contractors at once, paid for whether or not it closes. A Project Opportunity Notice is a scoped project from an owner who has already engaged us, with measured areas, photos, program rules and a target price. You pay only when the customer signs with you.
No. Rainplan prepares and manages the owner's rebate claim. Your part is building to the program's requirements, which are on the Project Opportunity Notice, and supplying the usual completion documentation and photos.
No. Aerials, measured polygons and photos show enough to price the job, but the owner's name, street address and contact details stay masked until the owner selects your bid. Anonymity runs both ways: owners do not see who you are until then either.
After selection you visit the site and confirm or revise your price in the app. The owner decides whether to move forward. Nothing is binding until both of you sign the agreement.
Paving and hardscape, landscaping, green roofs and rainwater systems. Providers anywhere in the US can join. Your alerts follow the areas and upgrades you choose, so you hear about it the moment a project posts near you.
Business details, the upgrades you do, your service area, license, insurance and W-9, and agreement to the network terms, which include the match fee. Rainplan reviews and approves members before they see the board.
When the owner chooses Project Sponsorship, Rainplan covers the project cost and pays you directly as the owner approves each stage of the work. The money is set aside before you start, so there is nothing to chase. On other projects the owner pays you under your own agreement.
No. Project Sponsorship is the owner's choice. On many projects they take it, and the Project Opportunity Notice tells you when a project is sponsored before you bid.
No cost to join, no cost to bid, a match fee only when the customer signs with you.
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