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How providers join DockDash

Setting up a marine service business on DockDash means building a profile, choosing your services and the marinas you serve, setting your availability and connecting a Stripe account for payouts. Here is what each step involves, and what DockDash does not check.

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The steps

  1. Create an account and your business. Sign up as a provider and add your business.
  2. Build your business profile. Tell owners who you are and what you do: a description, contact details and photos of your work. Your profile is what owners see when they find you.
  3. Choose services and coverage. Pick the services you offer and the marinas you serve, or a general service area. Owners searching by service and marina find providers who cover them.
  4. Set your availability. Working hours, days off and how much work you take on. You decide which requests to pursue.
  5. Connect payouts. Connect a Stripe account so that payment for completed jobs goes to your bank. Stripe asks for your business and bank details directly.

After setup: how a job works

  • Requests arrive with the owner’s description, boat details, photos and access notes. You can ask questions, give an estimate or pass.
  • You send an itemized quote with your own prices. The owner accepts and their card is authorized.
  • You schedule the work, message the owner in the job thread, and submit photos or video when you mark it complete.
  • Payment is released when the owner approves the work, or automatically 5 days after you mark the job complete unless the owner reports a problem first. You are paid your quoted price (or the lower amount you set if you could only finish part of the job) through Stripe. If the owner opens a dispute, payment is not released while the dispute is open. See how DockDash makes money.

What DockDash does not check

When DockDash opens, some listings will have been created from public business information and show “Ownership not confirmed” until the business takes them over.

Get ready for marina work

Most California harbors that publish vendor rules want insurance on file, the marina named as additional insured, a local business license and a harbor permit or ID card. These free resources help: