How we are paid, and who sees your request
CityPreferred is free for you. The company that receives your request pays us a fee for it. This page says exactly what that fee buys and what it cannot buy.
Reviewed September 30, 2026
Get a local company for the job
Free. Takes a minute. One company that serves your area contacts you.
Who sees your request
- Until a person has checked it: only CityPreferred staff.
- After a person has checked it, if a company fits: that one company. We email you its name.
- If no company fits: nobody outside CityPreferred.
What you agree to when you send a request
The box you tick (version 2026-10-02.1). Yes, have one local company call or email me about this job. Nobody else gets my details.
We keep this wording and the time you ticked it with your request, so there is a record of exactly what you agreed to.
What a company pays for
A company pays for a real request: someone who wants the service it offers, in the area it serves, with enough detail to act on and a way to reach them. The fee is fixed in its agreement with us. If a request turns out not to be real, the company is not charged. It is charged whether or not it wins the job.
What the payment does and does not buy
| It buys | It does not buy |
|---|---|
| The chance to receive requests it passes the checks for | A place in a ranking. We do not publish one. |
| A request sent to it and nobody else | A badge, an award or our endorsement. |
| Any change to what our guides say. |
What we never do with a request
- Send it to more than one company.
- Sell or rent contact details for marketing.
- Send marketing text messages because you filled in a form.