A new app has been launched by Australia’s on-demand home improvement marketplace, hipages, which will allow payments to tradies with frictionless WhatsApp-style messaging and Uber-like payments.
News Corp has acquired a 25% stake in hipages, an on-demand marketplace for hiring tradies in Australia.
Australian-based service marketplace for home services Oneflare has launched an iPad app which it says is designed to minimise the friction involved in planning a house renovation and finding the right worker for the job.