Whatever needs doing, post it on Bounty, set the reward you're willing to pay, and choose from the people who offer to help. Your payment is held until you confirm the job is done.
Where Bounty can help today
Bounty takes posts anywhere in Maryland. What varies is how many people nearby have signed up to help. Most of them live in or near DC, so the closer your task is to the District, the likelier someone offers. Here's the honest picture.
Silver Spring and Takoma Park are the likeliest places in Maryland for an in-person task to get an offer: a short trip for the people who help in DC. Bethesda and Chevy Chase are within reach, with fewer living close by. Rockville, Gaithersburg and Germantown are very early.
Hyattsville and the communities near the District line share the same group of hunters, and College Park and Greenbelt are within reach. Laurel, Bowie and Upper Marlboro are very early: an in-person task there may not get an offer yet.
Owings Mills, Reisterstown and the communities around them. A few people who help live within a short drive, though not many yet.
Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties. Very early: few people who help live in the region yet, so in-person tasks may wait. Remote tasks can be taken by anyone on Bounty.
Elsewhere in Maryland, from Annapolis to Frederick, it's too early to say. If nobody offers, nobody is paid, and you can cancel in the app for a full refund before choosing anyone. Posting costs nothing beyond the reward, so it's a low-risk way to find out.
Common tasks
Two kinds of task: the ones that can be done from anywhere, and the ones that need someone at your door.
These are examples, not a menu. Describe what you need in your own words. Not sure what to offer? See what tasks typically cost.
How Bounty works
On Bounty a task is called a bounty, and the person who does it is a hunter. Here's the whole process, start to finish.
Say what needs doing, which street it's on, and when. A few plain sentences are enough. You can start right here, without an account.
Choose the amount, from $5. You pay it by card on Stripe's secure checkout, and Bounty holds it. Nobody is paid yet.
People nearby can offer to take the task. Offers arrive in the free Bounty app for iPhone and Android. Sign in with the email you posted with; the first time, tap “Forgot password” on the sign-in screen to set one.
Each offer shows the person's name, a note from them, how long they've been on Bounty, how many tasks they've completed and their ratings. Pick one, then agree the timing and share the house number in the app's messages. If nobody suits you, you don't have to choose anyone.
When the job is finished to your satisfaction, confirm it in the app. That's what releases the reward. Until you do, it stays held.
Your money and who helps
No app can promise every person is trustworthy or every task gets done. Here's what Bounty actually does, and what it doesn't, so you can decide for yourself.
You pay the reward when you post, and Bounty holds it through Stripe. Your hunter is paid only when you confirm the task is finished in the app. No one else can release it.
Until you've chosen a hunter, you can cancel the task in the app and the whole payment goes back to your card. After someone has started, cancelling needs their agreement, or you can report a problem.
Nobody is assigned to you. Before choosing, read each person's note and see how long they've been on Bounty and how many tasks they've completed.
Two people can rate each other only after finishing a task together. Someone new won't have ratings yet, which is common on a young service, so read their note closely.
Your street is enough for the post. People browsing see only the general area. Give the full address to the person you choose, in the app's messages.
Don't confirm until you're satisfied. Message your hunter in the app first; if that doesn't settle it, use “Report a problem” in the app. The reward isn't released unless you confirm.
Before a hunter can cash out, Stripe checks their identity and bank details. That confirms who receives the money. It is not a background check, and Bounty doesn't check licenses, insurance or references. Look at each profile, read each note, and choose for yourself.
If anyone asks to be paid some other way, such as cash, gift cards or a payment app, say no. Paying through Bounty is what keeps your money held until the job is done.
Who it's for
One-off jobs that don't need a contractor: assembly, carrying, yard cleanup. You set the reward, read the offers and decide who does it.
Post once from here, then handle offers and messages from your phone when you have a minute.
Whoever posts and pays manages the task, so a family member, even one who lives elsewhere, can post from their own account using a parent's street. Agree the plan together first.
Occasional help without a hire, in person or remote: a delivery unloaded, an event set up, a flyer designed. You pay by card and the receipt goes to your email.
Bounty doesn't replace a licensed contractor, home care, medical care or an emergency service, and hunters aren't Bounty employees. Please don't use it for electrical, plumbing, gas, roofing or structural work, for personal care or medication, or for anything that needs a license. In an emergency, call 911.
In Maryland
Every task here is a paid job for someone nearby. The more people across the state who sign up to take them, the farther from the District tasks get done.
Take the tasks you want, when you want, and get paid when the poster confirms the job is done. See how earning on Bounty works.
Also on Bounty: Washington, DC · Northern Virginia · what tasks cost
Questions
Honestly, it depends where you are. Near the DC line, in Silver Spring, Takoma Park or Hyattsville, there's a fair chance. Farther out, few people have signed up to help so far, so an in-person task may take a while or may not get an offer. Remote tasks can be taken by anyone on Bounty. If nobody offers, you can cancel for a full refund.
The reward you set, and nothing more. There's no posting fee and no subscription. Bounty's 5% finder's fee comes out of the reward when your hunter is paid.
Whatever the task is worth to you, from $5. As a rough guide, people often offer $20–35 for a grocery run, $35–60 for yard work, $40–75 to assemble furniture and $60–120 for moving help. For in-person work, a reward that allows for the drive helps. See more typical rates.
Your card is charged when you post from this page, and Bounty holds the money. The hunter is paid only after you confirm in the app that the job is done.
In the Bounty app, each offer shows the person's name, their note to you, how long they've been on Bounty, how many tasks they've completed and their ratings. Message them with questions, then choose one person, or nobody.
Then nobody is paid. You can keep waiting, or cancel in the app and the full payment goes back to your card. The reward can't be changed after you've paid, so to offer more, cancel and post again with a higher reward or clearer details.
People who have signed up to take on tasks. They aren't Bounty employees and aren't background-checked. Stripe verifies a hunter's identity before they can cash out, which confirms who is paid but not their skills or conduct.
To finish, yes. You can describe and pay for a task here, but reading offers, messaging your hunter and confirming the job happen in the Bounty app on iPhone or Android. A family member can post and manage a task from their own account.
Don't confirm the job. The reward isn't released until you do. Message your hunter in the app first; if that doesn't settle it, use “Report a problem” in the app. If anyone is in danger, call 911.
Please do. Email the Bounty team at leewright093@gmail.com. If posting from this page is difficult, tell us what you need done and we'll help you get it posted.
Get help with a task
It takes a few minutes. When you continue, you'll pay the reward on Stripe's secure checkout page; nothing is charged until you finish there.
Stuck, or want to check something first? Email the Bounty team.
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