Founded 2024 · Maple Grove, MN

Built by Jordan Scheftic to fix construction's two-sided trust gap.

ContractShield is a two-sided construction marketplace with project management baked in. Contractors find work; clients find specialty talent. End-to-end, in one workspace.

The problem we're solving

Construction is one of the largest industries on the planet and one of the worst served by software. Three things are broken at once.

Contractors waste hours chasing leads

Most contractors lose 5–10 hours a week fielding tire-kickers, writing one-off quotes, and reformatting estimates the platform they used last week didn't save.

Clients can't find specialty contractors

Homeowners and small commercial buyers post a job and get matched with whoever pays for ad placement — not whoever is actually the right fit for their trade and budget.

The two sides never meet on equal footing

Lead-gen platforms sell the same lead to five contractors. Project-management platforms only help once you already won the work. Nobody connects the inbound and the delivery.

What we're building

Three pieces, one workspace. The marketplace finds the work, the project tools deliver it, and the billing layer keeps both sides honest.

Work Order Marketplace

Clients post a work order. Verified contractors browse, bid, and the client compares quotes side-by-side. Contractors only see jobs that match their trade and service area, so the noise is filtered out before it lands in their inbox.

Integrated project delivery

Once a quote is accepted the same workspace handles tasks, time tracking, materials, photos, change orders, invoicing, and payment. No re-keying data into a second tool.

Transparent payouts and dispute handling

Money is held in escrow until the client approves the work, then released to the contractor on a 7-day grace timer. Refunds and disputes follow rules that are documented in plain English up front, not buried in a TOS.

Where things stand today

ContractShield is in production. Real contractors, real clients, real money moving through the platform. Honest about being early-stage and honest about the work that's left.

Live in production at contractshield.io. Multiple deploys per week, all visible in the public changelog.

Built and operated by a solo founder. Customer feedback goes straight to the person writing the code.

Self-serve only — no demos, no sales calls, no contracts. Sign up, try it, cancel any time.

Headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Concentrated launch effort in the Twin Cities MSA before expanding.

How the founder works

Jordan operates like a one-person field crew — tight loops, clear priorities, accountable to the people using the product every day.

• Conversations with contractors and clients shape every backlog decision.

• Features ship in days, not quarters. Public changelog documents what shipped and when.

• Bug reports and feature requests get a personal reply, usually within the same business day.

What guides the work

When decisions get tough, these principles keep the product pointed in the right direction.

Respect the craft

Features only ship when they make life easier for the crews and coordinators doing the real work. No gimmicks, no fake gamification.

Honest about what's real

If something is experimental, it gets labeled. If something is broken, it gets a status page. Marketing copy doesn't outrun the actual product.

Built with users, not at them

Every feature decision starts with a contractor or client conversation. There's no product council in a faraway office — the founder reads every support ticket personally.

Headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota

Concentrated launch effort across the Twin Cities MSA, expanding nationwide as supply liquidity grows market by market. Available to contractors and clients in every state today.

Get in touch

Email support@contractshield.io with questions, bug reports, or feature requests. The founder reads every message.

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