{/* Service options */}
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ function PhoneMockup({ step, className = '' }: { step: string; className?: strin
transition={{ duration: 2, repeat: Infinity, ease: 'linear' }}
className="w-3 h-3 border border-white/40 border-t-white rounded-full"
/>
- Matching you...
+ Collecting offers...
- Finding the best pro nearby
+ Local Taskers are responding
- {['Standard Clean', 'Deep Clean', 'Plumbing'].map((s, i) => (
+ {['Deep clean', 'Math tutor', 'Mehndi artist'].map((s, i) => (
- Total
+ Your budget
- Book Now
+ Get offers
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ function PhoneMockup({ step, className = '' }: { step: string; className?: strin
transition={{ delay: 0.8 }}
className="bg-white/95 backdrop-blur-sm p-3 rounded-lg"
>
- Pro details
+ Your Tasker
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ function PhoneMockup({ step, className = '' }: { step: string; className?: strin
Complete
-
- {['ID on file', 'Licence on file', 'Local pro'].map((item, i) => (
+ {['Reviewed & approved', 'Real reviews', 'Local Tasker'].map((item, i) => (
- Pro Matched
+ Offer Accepted
Standard Clean
+Deep clean
{/* Content */} @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ function PhoneMockup({ step, className = '' }: { step: string; className?: strin Invoice
- Standard Clean (2.5 hrs)
+ Deep clean (2.5 hrs)
$89.00
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ export function HowItWorks() {
That's it.
diff --git a/components/NavBar.tsx b/components/NavBar.tsx
index 039e3f88..a4e1d939 100644
--- a/components/NavBar.tsx
+++ b/components/NavBar.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { AuthMenu } from '@/components/AuthMenu';
const navLinks: { label: string; href: string }[] = [
{ label: 'How It Works', href: '#how-it-works' },
{ label: 'Browse Tasks', href: '/browse-tasks' },
- { label: 'Post a Task', href: '/post-task' },
];
const specialLinks = [{ label: 'Become a Tasker', href: '/join-auth' }];
@@ -87,12 +86,12 @@ export function NavBar({ variant = 'light', minimal = false }: { variant?: 'ligh
{/* Right side */}
- We engineered the friction out of home services. From choosing a service to job completion — everything happens on one seamless platform. + We took the friction out of getting things done. Describe it, pick from real offers, and pay only when it’s done — all in one place.
@@ -821,15 +821,15 @@ export function HowItWorks() { className="mt-24 flex flex-col items-center text-center" > - Experience It Now + Post your first task- Book in under 30 seconds + Free to post · pay only when it’s done
- Book Now
+ Post a Task
{/* Auth-aware: a Login link when signed out, the profile menu when in. */}
@@ -146,11 +145,11 @@ export function NavBar({ variant = 'light', minimal = false }: { variant?: 'ligh
Login
setMobileOpen(false)}
className="bg-rich-black text-cream eyebrow px-6 py-4 text-center rounded-lg hover:bg-warm-gray active:bg-warm-gray/80 transition-all duration-400 min-h-[48px] flex items-center justify-center"
>
- Book Now
+ Post a Task
)}
diff --git a/components/TheProblem.tsx b/components/TheProblem.tsx
index 46517bed..5f6961ce 100644
--- a/components/TheProblem.tsx
+++ b/components/TheProblem.tsx
@@ -5,38 +5,41 @@ import { Clock, Ghost, Star, AlertTriangle, X, PhoneOff, Ban, MessageSquareX } f
const painPoints = [
{
- stat: '6.2',
+ stat: '7.6',
unit: 'hrs',
- label: 'Average time wasted finding a reliable cleaner in the GTA',
+ label: 'The paid + unpaid work the average Canadian adult carries every day — a second full-time job (StatCan)',
icon: Clock,
},
{
- stat: '43',
+ stat: '34.8',
unit: '%',
- label: 'Of Torontonians have been ghosted by a service provider',
- icon: Ghost,
+ label: 'Of working-age adults report high time pressure — never enough hours in the day (StatCan)',
+ icon: AlertTriangle,
},
{
- stat: '3.1',
- unit: '★',
- label: 'Average rating of home service providers on Google',
- icon: Star,
+ stat: '2.5',
+ unit: 'hrs',
+ label: 'A day full-time-employed women still spend on housework, on top of their paid jobs (StatCan)',
+ icon: Clock,
},
{
- stat: '$340',
- unit: '',
- label: 'Average cost of damage from unvetted service providers',
- icon: AlertTriangle,
+ stat: '$23K',
+ unit: '/yr',
+ label: 'What StatCan values one household’s unpaid work at — the chores you could finally hand off',
+ icon: Star,
},
];
+// Illustrative of the everyday risks of the off-platform "anything" market
+// (Kijiji / Facebook / cash deals) — not attributed quotes. The strategy is
+// explicit: no invented reviews or sourced statistics.
const horrorStories = [
- { text: 'Booked a cleaner online. They never showed up. No refund.', source: 'Reddit r/Toronto', upvotes: '2.4k' },
- { text: 'The handyman scratched our hardwood floors. No insurance. $1,800 in damage.', source: 'Google Review', upvotes: '847' },
- { text: 'Got quoted $80 on the phone, charged $240 at the door. Zero recourse.', source: 'Reddit r/askTO', upvotes: '1.9k' },
- { text: 'Three different plumbers from a listing site. Three no-shows in one week.', source: 'Twitter/X', upvotes: '3.1k' },
- { text: 'Found my cleaner going through my drawers on my security camera.', source: 'Reddit r/Toronto', upvotes: '5.7k' },
- { text: 'Hired from a marketplace app. They used bleach on my marble counters.', source: 'Google Review', upvotes: '412' },
+ { text: 'You book someone online. They never show. There’s no refund.', source: 'Booked online', upvotes: 'No refund' },
+ { text: 'A handyman scratches the hardwood. No insurance — the damage is yours.', source: 'Hired a stranger', upvotes: 'No recourse' },
+ { text: 'Quoted $80 on the phone. Charged $240 at the door. Take it or leave it.', source: 'Phone quote', upvotes: 'Bait & switch' },
+ { text: 'Three pros from a listing site. Three no-shows in one week.', source: 'Listing site', upvotes: 'No-shows' },
+ { text: 'You hand a stranger your address and your number, and hope for the best.', source: 'Off the books', upvotes: 'No privacy' },
+ { text: 'Wrong person, wrong supplies, ruined countertops — and nobody to call.', source: 'Marketplace app', upvotes: 'No backup' },
];
export function TheProblem() {
@@ -68,12 +71,12 @@ export function TheProblem() {
className="mb-20 md:mb-24"
>
- Finding reliable
- Finding reliable
home help shouldn't
feel like{' '}
- gambling
+ Getting it off your
plate shouldn't feel{' '}
+ like a gamble
.
- The GTA home services market is broken. Unvetted providers, surprise pricing, and zero accountability. Sound familiar? + Greater Toronto runs on borrowed time — and the usual ways to get help mean unvetted strangers, surprise pricing, and zero recourse. Sound familiar?
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ export function TheProblem() {
- Real stories from GTA residents
+ The way it usually goes
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ export function TheProblem() {
{story.source}
- ▲ {story.upvotes}
+ {story.upvotes}
+
+
+
+ + {m.title} +
++ {m.body} +
+ + {/* example chip */} +
+
+
+ {/* Header */}
+
+ Asking is the easy part
+
+ Type it. Say it.
+
+
+ {/* Three modes */}
+
+
+
+
+ Type it. Say it.
Or just snap a photo.
+
+ + Saw something you need? Skip the menus and categories — describe it however’s easiest, and our AI turns it into a clear, priced task in seconds. +
+
+ {MODES.map((m, i) => (
+
+
+ {/* Footer line + CTA */}
+ + Powered by AI — but it’s the ease you’ll notice, not the tech. +
+ +
+ {/* Left — the belief */}
+
+ Why we built Taskly
+
+ No skill wasted.
+
+
+ {/* Right — made-in-the-GTA emblem + honest founder note */}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ No skill wasted.
No one drowning.
+
+ + Toronto is the busiest, most diverse city there is — full of people with more on their plate than hours in the day, and people with real skills and not enough work. Taskly connects them. That’s the whole idea. +
++ No call centres. No franchises. Built right here in the GTA — for a safer, simpler way to hand off the list, and a fairer way for skilled people to earn. +
++ “A safer, simpler way to hand off anything on your list — and a fairer way for skilled people to earn. A product I’d want my own family to use.” ++
— Founder, Taskly
+
+ Have your
time back.
+
+ + Post your first task free. See who can help in minutes. +
+
+
+
+ Or earn as a Tasker →
+
+
+ + Greater Toronto Area · Free to post · Pay only when it’s done +
+-
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ export function EarnAsTasker() {
>
- {act === 'done' ? 'Arrived · job done' : `${job.pro} is on the way`} + {act === 'finding' ? 'Finding Taskers nearby' : `${job.pro} is on the way`}
- {/* map stage */} + {/* live map — a local ping finds Taskers in Downtown, then the + matched one tracks in to you. The Uber-familiar bit people love: + predictability + live tracking. */}
- {/* faint streets */}
-
-
- {/* drawn route */}
-
- The other side + And you?
-
-
+
+
+ {/* the relief — a calm gold check lands */}
+
+
+
+
+ It’s handled. +
++ Paid securely · {job.price} +
- -
-
- {job.price}
-
- this job
-
-
- {/* week earnings ticker bars */}
-
-
-
-
- This week
-
-
-
- {[0.4, 0.55, 0.45, 0.7, 0.6, 0.85, 1].map((h, i) => (
-
- {job.week}
-
- Become a tasker
-
+ {/* Left — agitate, then resolve */}
+
+ The real problem
+
+ You clock out.
+
+
+ {/* Right — the list clearing itself */}
+
+
+
+
+ You clock out.
The list doesn’t.
+
+ + It’s not just doing the list — it’s carrying it: the mental tabs that never close, the weekends gone before they start. The average Torontonian loses close to a full workday’s worth of hours, every day to errands and upkeep — on top of the job they already have. +
++ What if you could just hand it off? +
+ +
+ Your list
+ Handled →
+
+ -
+ {LIST.map((item, i) => (
+
@@ -85,58 +86,45 @@ function TaskCard({ t }: { t: Task }) {
/>
- {/* Eyebrow — prominent category chip (the primary signal) + timestamp */}
-
- See what’s getting
+
+
+
+ );
+}
diff --git a/components/taskers/TaskersFaq.tsx b/components/taskers/TaskersFaq.tsx
index 0ccd503b..28d3a47c 100644
--- a/components/taskers/TaskersFaq.tsx
+++ b/components/taskers/TaskersFaq.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const FAQ: ReadonlyArray<{ q: string; a: string }> = [
{ q: 'What if a customer doesn’t show up?', a: 'If they cancel 24+ hours before, there’s no fee — but no kill fee either. If they cancel less than 24 hours before, 50% of your accepted bid is paid to you as a kill fee, and Taskly takes no commission on it. A complete no-show pays the same kill fee.' },
{ q: 'What if a customer disputes the work?', a: 'Funds stay frozen. Both sides submit evidence within 48 hours, and a real person at Taskly mediates within 72 — full release, partial release, or refund. There’s never a dispute fee.' },
{ q: 'How do I get my first job?', a: 'After verification, your profile goes live within a few hours. We match you to local tasks by category, location, and availability — and during the Founding phase we hand-match many first jobs to make sure each Pro’s first booking goes well.' },
- { q: 'Do I need to be insured already?', a: 'No. Taskly’s platform insurance covers liability on every Taskly job. If you already carry trade insurance, even better — it doesn’t replace ours, it stacks.' },
+ { q: 'Do I carry my own insurance?', a: 'Taskly doesn’t provide liability insurance, so carrying your own trade insurance is smart — and customers can see when you do. What every job does have: payment held in escrow and released only when the work’s confirmed, masked contact details, and a real person to mediate any dispute.' },
{ q: 'Can I set my own prices?', a: 'Within the published fair-price range for each task type, yes. The range is calibrated against real GTA market data, with room for premium pricing if your reviews support it. The floor stops new or amateur Pros from undercutting you.' },
{ q: 'What categories can I work in?', a: 'Cleaning, cooking, maintenance & repairs, seasonal work, senior support, organizing, salon & spa, pet care, and tutoring — plus anything else customers post in the open marketplace.' },
{ q: 'How is Taskly different from TaskRabbit, Jiffy, HomeStars?', a: 'TaskRabbit: ~30% effective combined fees and a weak Canadian presence. Jiffy: a rumoured 30–40%, no published schedule. HomeStars: lead fees of $15–50 per lead — charged whether you win the job or not — with no escrow or booking guarantee. Taskly: 23%, no customer-side fees, fair-price ranges, and zero lead fees. You pay only when you earn.' },
diff --git a/components/taskers/TaskersFounderNote.tsx b/components/taskers/TaskersFounderNote.tsx
index d1225c4d..f4e4f4cd 100644
--- a/components/taskers/TaskersFounderNote.tsx
+++ b/components/taskers/TaskersFounderNote.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function TaskersFounderNote() {
Taskly is the platform I wished existed.
+ {/* Eyebrow — category chip (the primary signal) */}
+
+ {/* Title — the idea, given room to breathe */}
+
);
}
-function Row({ tasks, dir }: { tasks: Task[]; dir: 'left' | 'right' }) {
+function Row({ ideas, dir }: { ideas: Idea[]; dir: 'left' | 'right' }) {
// Duplicate the set so the -50% translate loops seamlessly.
- const doubled = useMemo(() => [...tasks, ...tasks], [tasks]);
+ const doubled = useMemo(() => [...ideas, ...ideas], [ideas]);
return (
+ {/* Title — the idea, given room to breathe */}
+
{t.title}
- {/* Posted-by — readable sentence case, not shouty caps */}
-
- {/* eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element */}
- 
- {t.name} · {t.area}
-
-
- {/* Footer — budget (left anchor) + live offer count (demand, right) */}
-
-
+ {/* Footer — location (left) + suggested budget (right) */}
+
+
+
+
+
{doubled.map((t, i) => (
-
{/* edge fades */}
@@ -168,24 +156,21 @@ export function TaskFeed() {
viewport={{ once: true, margin: '-80px' }} transition={{ duration: 0.6, ease: EASE }}
>
-
-
-
-
- Live · across the GTA
+
- See what’s getting
done.
+ See what you can
get done.
-
@@ -193,8 +178,8 @@ export function TaskFeed() {
{/* Marquee rows (full-bleed) — hovering the stage pauses both rows */}
- Real tasks, real pros — matched across Toronto every few minutes. Yours could be next. +
+ From the everyday to the unexpected — just a few of the thousands of things you can hand off on Taskly. See one you need? Describe it and post in seconds.
- 1,200+ - tasks this week + $0 + to post & compare
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
{/* CTA */}
@@ -206,7 +191,7 @@ export function TaskFeed() {
Post your task — free
+
+ Safe by design
+
+ Safe isn’t a promise.
+
+
+
+ No hidden fees. No risky cash deals. No guessing who turns up.
+
+
+
+ Safe isn’t a promise.
It’s how Taskly is built.
+
+ + We don’t ask you to just trust a stranger. The safety is built into every booking, by default — not sold to you as an add-on. +
+
+ {PILLARS.map((p, i) => {
+ const Icon = p.icon;
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+ })}
+
+
+ {p.title}
+{p.body}
+- The take rate is published. The customers are vetted. The payment is guaranteed. + The take rate is published. The money is in escrow before you start. You’re paid the moment the work’s confirmed.
{/* the standout promise */}