Pro Service Provider Agreement

1. Parties and Purpose

This Pro (Service Provider) Agreement (the “Pro Agreement” or “Agreement”) is between Maddox Ventures LLC, a Texas limited liability company doing business as “doBid” (“doBid,” “we”), and you, the individual or entity completing Pro registration (“Pro,” “you”). It supplements and incorporates the doBid Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, and Refund & Dispute Policy. On matters specific to Service Providers, this Agreement controls over the Terms of Service (including, as to enforcement process, Section 10). By completing registration and clicking “I Accept,” you agree to all terms here.

2. Independent Contractor Status

2.1 You Are an Independent Contractor

You are an independent contractor, not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venturer of doBid. Nothing here creates an employment or agency relationship or makes doBid liable for your acts or omissions.

2.2 You Control the Manner and Means of Your Work

• doBid does not dictate how you perform services — only the result you committed to in your accepted bid.
• You decide your techniques, tools, materials, and methods.
• You set your own schedule and decide which jobs to accept or decline.
• You set your own prices by submitting bids.
• You may work for other platforms, companies, and clients, including competitors.
• You may engage your own employees or subcontractors (you are responsible for them, their pay, and their compliance, including workers' compensation where required).

2.3 Outcomes, Not Methods

doBid requires only the outcomes defined by each accepted bid — performing the work you bid on, documenting it with photos, and dealing with Clients honestly and professionally. doBid does not require you to use specific tools or methods, follow doBid work processes, report to doBid during a job, wear doBid branding, work exclusively for doBid, or maintain any minimum availability.

Marketplace-contractor conditions: Consistent with the Texas Workforce Commission's marketplace-contractor rule (40 Tex. Admin. Code § 815.134) and as a statement of the parties' actual course of dealing, you and doBid acknowledge that: (a) all or substantially all of the payment you receive is on a per-job or per-transaction basis; (b) doBid does not unilaterally prescribe specific hours during which you must be available; (c) doBid does not prohibit you from using other marketplace platforms or from performing services for other persons or businesses; (d) doBid does not restrict you from engaging in any other occupation or business; (e) you are free to accept or reject any service request; (f) you bear all or substantially all of the expenses you incur in performing the services; (g) you are responsible for providing the tools, materials, and equipment necessary to perform the services; (h) doBid does not control the details or methods of your work; and (i) doBid does not require you to attend mandatory meetings or mandatory training.

2.4 No Employment Benefits

As an independent contractor you are not entitled to health insurance, retirement contributions, paid leave, doBid-provided workers' compensation or unemployment coverage, expense reimbursement, or any other employee benefit.

2.5 Classification Basis

This arrangement is intended to satisfy: (i) the Texas Workforce Commission's exclusion of a “marketplace contractor” from “employment” for Texas unemployment-insurance purposes under 40 Tex. Admin. Code § 815.134; (ii) the Texas common-law “right to control” test; (iii) the IRS common-law / 20-factor analysis for federal employment-tax purposes; and (iv) the “economic realities” test under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. doBid will not withhold federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, or state taxes, and will not provide unemployment or workers' compensation coverage.

3. Scope of Services, Permits, and Insurance

3.1 Permitted Services and Prohibited Trades

doBid is a marketplace for residential home services that do not require a state-issued occupational license, permit, or certification — for example, painting, interior and exterior cleaning, landscaping and lawn care, pressure washing, junk and debris hauling, furniture assembly, gutter cleaning, minor and cosmetic repairs, and general handyman tasks.

You agree not to offer, advertise, bid on, or perform any service that requires a state license, permit, or certification — including electrical work, plumbing, HVAC/refrigeration (ACR), roofing, gas-line work, and structural or foundation work, and any other regulated trade requiring a license. You represent and warrant that the services you offer fall within the permitted scope above. You will not perform any portion of a job that requires a license, and if a job turns out to require licensed work, you will stop, inform the Client, and decline that portion. You remain responsible for obtaining any permit the law requires for permitted work, and for complying with all applicable building codes, safety rules, and local ordinances. doBid may remove postings or bids, and may suspend or terminate accounts, that involve work outside this scope.

3.2 Insurance

doBid does not require you to carry insurance as a condition of using the Platform, except where insurance is required by law for the services you perform. You are solely responsible for determining what insurance the law requires for your work and for carrying and maintaining it.

• Insurance required by law. You must carry, and keep current, any insurance required by applicable law for the services you offer. You must not bid on or perform work for which you do not hold the insurance the law requires.
• Workers' compensation. If you employ or engage any worker (employee, subcontractor, or paid helper), you must carry workers' compensation insurance to the extent required by applicable law (see Tex. Lab. Code Ch. 401) before that worker performs any work.
• Recommended coverage. doBid strongly recommends — but does not require, unless the law does — that you carry general liability insurance appropriate to your work, with higher limits for higher-value jobs (for example, jobs over $2,000). A Client may require proof of insurance, or higher limits, as a condition of awarding you a particular job.
• Certificate of Insurance. If you carry insurance, you may upload a current Certificate of Insurance (COI), and you must keep any COI you provide current and accurate.

doBid's collection and storage of any COI or other information is an administrative recordkeeping function only. doBid does not require insurance (except as the law requires), does not review any COI for adequacy, does not confirm your coverage, limits, or good standing with your insurer, and undertakes no duty — to you, to Clients, or to any third party — to verify, monitor, or assess your insurance. Whether you carry insurance, and its adequacy, is solely your responsibility, and doBid does not represent or guarantee to any Client that you are insured.

3.3 Hazardous Materials

You may not perform, advertise, or bid on services involving hazardous materials (asbestos, lead paint, biohazards, regulated chemical/e-waste, mold remediation, etc.). Such work typically requires a license or permit and is outside the permitted scope in § 3.1. Misrepresenting your qualifications or the nature of a job to circumvent these limits is grounds for immediate termination and may be reported to regulators.

4. Stripe Connect Account and Payouts

To receive payment you must maintain an active Stripe Connect (Express) account and comply with the Stripe Connected Account Agreement and Services Agreement. doBid is not a party to your agreement with Stripe.

Funds are held in escrow by Stripe (not doBid) and released to your Stripe account when the Client releases payment, when doBid releases on the Client's behalf after the Review Window, or when a dispute is resolved in your favor. Release is administered by doBid and is not automatic (see the Refund & Dispute Policy). Stripe typically deposits to your bank within 1–2 business days after release.

5. Platform Fees

doBid deducts a platform fee from each payout:

Stripe processing fees (≈2.9% + $0.30) are deducted separately. The full breakdown is shown before you bid; by bidding you accept the applicable fees. doBid may change fees with 30 days' written notice; changes are not retroactive.

6. Taxes

You are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local income taxes, self-employment tax (15.3% on net earnings), quarterly estimated payments, any sales/use tax, and your own recordkeeping and returns. doBid does not withhold taxes. doBid issues IRS Form 1099-NEC by January 31 to any Pro receiving $600+ in gross payments in a calendar year. You must provide an accurate TIN through Stripe; a false TIN is a federal crime (26 U.S.C. § 7206). doBid is not a tax advisor; consult a CPA.

7. Service Commitments and Conduct

You agree to: complete the work described in your accepted bid to a professional, workmanlike standard; document completion with at least 3 clear “after” photos before marking the job complete; communicate honestly and respectfully; describe your services and qualifications truthfully; keep job-related communication and payment on the Platform; and comply with the non-solicitation provision in Section 9. You must not request off-platform payment, harass or discriminate, or perform work outside the permitted scope in § 3.1.

8. Disputes

If a Client opens a dispute (per the Refund & Dispute Policy), doBid notifies you within ~2 hours, and you have 48 business hours to submit a written response and supporting photos/evidence. If you do not respond in time, doBid may decide based on the Client's evidence.

9. Client Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation

9.1 Confidential Client Information

Client information made available through doBid — including names, addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and message contents — is confidential and is provided to you solely to perform the booked job. You may not disclose it to third parties, use it for unrelated solicitation, or post Client photographs publicly without the Client's written permission.

9.2 Consideration and Protectable Interest

doBid's provision of access to its Client relationships, Platform goodwill, and confidential Client information gives rise to doBid's interest in the restriction in § 9.3 and forms part of the consideration for this Agreement.

9.3 Non-Solicitation

For six (6) months after your last direct service to a particular Client obtained through doBid, you will not use doBid's confidential Client information to solicit that Client, off the Platform, for services of the type offered through doBid. This restriction applies only to Clients you personally served through doBid — not to doBid's Clients generally. It does not prevent a Client from contacting you on the Client's own initiative (and you may respond), and it does not restrict your general advertising or marketing that is not directed at such Clients.

9.4 Reasonableness

The parties intend this restriction to comply with Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §§ 15.50–.52 and agree that its duration (6 months), its limitation to Clients you personally served, and its limitation to the specific services and confidential information at issue are reasonable and no greater than necessary to protect doBid's goodwill and confidential information.

9.5 Reformation and Survival

If a court finds any part of § 9.3 unreasonable, the parties agree the court shall reform it under Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51(c) to the minimum extent necessary to make it reasonable and enforceable. This Section survives termination.

10. Suspension and Termination (Due Process)

• Immediate suspension (fraud, illegal activity, performing or bidding on prohibited license-required trades, or Stripe identity-verification failure): doBid notifies you within 24 hours; you may respond within 48 hours; doBid issues a final determination within 5 business days; pending payouts are held up to 30 days during review.
• 5-business-day cure for permit deficiencies, or for insurance deficiencies where insurance is required by law: reinstated immediately if cured.
• 14-day notice for performance issues (e.g., average rating below 3.0 over 10+ jobs, repeated cancellations, or material breach uncured within 10 days). You may complete in-progress jobs during the notice period.
• Appeal: you may appeal any suspension or termination within 10 days to legal@dobid.app; doBid issues a written decision within 10 business days. The appeal decision is final.
• Funds: pending payouts for completed, undisputed jobs are released on Stripe's normal schedule; disputed-job payouts are held pending resolution.

You may close your account anytime once pending payments/disputes are resolved. The 6-month non-solicitation survives termination.

11. Indemnification and Liability

11.1 You Indemnify doBid

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless doBid and its affiliates, members, managers, officers, employees, and agents from claims arising from your services; your breach of this Agreement or law; performing work outside the permitted scope in § 3.1; bodily injury, death, or property damage you or your workers cause; your failure to maintain any permits or insurance required by law; your tax/employment/workers'-comp obligations; claims by your workers; and your IP or privacy violations. This does not apply to doBid's own fraud, gross negligence, or violation of law. You control and pay for the defense; settlements over $25,000 require doBid's written approval.

11.2 doBid's Liability to You

doBid's total liability to you is capped at the greater of (a) the platform fees you paid in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) $100 — and does not apply to doBid's fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, material breach of its dispute procedures, or any liability that cannot be limited by law. doBid is not liable for lost profits or indirect/consequential damages.

12. General

This Agreement is governed by Texas law and subject to the binding individual arbitration, class-action waiver, and Harris County venue provisions of Terms of Service Section 13 (incorporated by reference). doBid may amend this Agreement with 30 days' notice for material changes.

Electronic Acceptance and Records

By clicking “I Accept,” you electronically sign this Agreement; this is legally binding. doBid records the timestamp and IP address of acceptance, emails you a confirmation with a link to the version you accepted, and retains acceptance records for 5 years. Electronic records are admissible as evidence of your acceptance.

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By accepting, you confirm you are an independent contractor responsible for your own taxes, permits, and any insurance required by law; that you offer only services that do not require a license; that you set your own rates and schedule; and that you have read and agree to this Agreement.