Cover the shift. Skip the 35% agency markup.
Post a shift, a pre-trained worker two doors down picks it up, QR check-in, instant pay — your first 3 posts are free, not a 35% agency markup.
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The Mercer
Open19:00–01:00·SERVER·$22/hr
Lume Wine Bar
0.2 mi away
M. Rivera picked it up · 4.9
12:00–17:00·BARISTA·$21/hr
Fold Coffee
OpenThe 5pm problem
Short-staffing isn’t rare. It’s Tuesday.
Every operator knows the feeling. The trade runs on people, and people call out. The trained help you need is usually a block away — you just have no way to borrow it.
- Agencies tack 30-40% on top of every emergency cover
- You're paying a premium for a stranger you've never met
- Hours of phone calls to fill one evening shift
Tonight, you're a server short.
Someone called out an hour before doors. The floor needs covering and the clock is already running.
The café down the street isn't.
Two doors away, a trained barista is on a slow shift. You'd lend each other staff in a heartbeat — if there were any way to.
So you scramble, or you overpay.
Your only options are a panicked group chat that nobody answers, or an agency that adds a 30–40% markup and sends a stranger.
How it works
From a gap on the floor to a worker on the pass — in three moves.
Post the shift
Role, time window, and rate. Set it in under a minute — the rate step shows live what an agency markup would have cost you.
19:00–01:00 · SERVER · $22/hr
Open
A vetted worker picks it up
Trained neighbours within range get pinged the second your chit drops. They accept in seconds — no group chat, no strangers.
M. Rivera accepted
★ 4.9 · 0.2 mi · 73 shifts
They clock in by QR — and get paid
Scan to clock in, geo-validated against your venue. The moment they clock out, their pay lands — instantly, no waiting on you.
Payout sent
Filled$132.00
6.0 hrs · in M. Rivera’s account at clock-out
The moat
A vetted network is the whole point.
Open gig apps can’t solve trust — you find out who you got when they walk in. ShiftPool flips it: every venue is vetted and every worker arrives rated and pre-trained, so reliability is built in before a single shift is posted.
Vetted, not a free-for-all
Every venue is vetted before it can lend or borrow — so the people on your floor come from places you'd recognise, not anonymous gig-app temps.
Neighbours, not strangers
The network grows venue by venue across your area, so reliability rests on local reputation and real track records — not cold acquisition.
Workers arrive already trained
Everyone carries a portable rating and trade badges earned across the network. No teaching someone how to run a pass mid-service.
Vetted · venue-vouched
VerifiedCover the floor without the markup.
Fill a gap in minutes
Drop a chit, get pinged when it's grabbed.
Borrow people with real ratings
Trade badges + shifts-completed, not a CV.
Your first 3 posts are free
No 30–40% markup riding on every cover.
A typical 6-hour cover · illustrative
Other agency markup
+$48
ShiftPool fee
$5
Pick up extra shifts, paid instantly.
Extra hours near you
Open shifts in your trade, within your radius.
A portable rating
It follows you across the whole network.
Paid the moment you clock out
Instant payout to your bank or card.
Only good employers
You work for vetted venues you can trust.
Pricing
Your first 3 posts are on us.
Your first 3 posts are free — after that it's a flat $5 per post, or go Pro for unlimited posting.
Pay as you go
No markup. No surprises.
- First 3 posts free, always
- $5 per post after that
- No subscription, no contract
- Full access to the rail
Pro
One flat price, however much you post
- Unlimited posts, no per-post fee
- Priority placement on the rail
- Unlimited auto-invite to favourites
- One flat monthly price
Figures are illustrative, shown in USD ($).
Questions
The things every operator asks first.
Straight answers on vetting, no-shows, pay, and cover. Anything else, ask us when you request access.
Every unfilled table tonight is revenue you don't get back.
Join the network — we onboard a few neighbourhoods at a time.
Tell us your venue or your trade and sign up — you’re on the rail in minutes.
Vetted · venue-vouched · your first 3 posts are free