ShopFloor

ShopFloor is local infrastructure for people who need practical help: a tool, a repair, a second set of hands, or someone who has already made the same mistake and survived the invoice.

The first useful version is simple:

• people can make a shop card for what they can help with and what tools they have;
• neighbors can post requests for repair, setup, hauling, troubleshooting, and other grounded work;
• helpers can offer time without turning every interaction into a gig listing;
• completed help can leave a simple time ledger so contribution is visible without making dignity conditional.

The important object is not a profile. It is capacity: who has the damn tool, who knows how to help, what neighborhood they can reach, and when they are actually available.

Free to use, not free to keep alive

ShopFloor is free to use because barriers to help are bugs.

That does not mean the infrastructure costs nothing. Hosting, maintenance, support, spam control, design work, and the dull edge-case labor all cost time and money. The ask belongs on belt.works, one page away from the help flow, because the help flow should not feel like a checkout lane.

If this kind of local infrastructure matters, support the work. If you need the app, use it when it is ready.

What it is not

ShopFloor is not a marketplace dressed up in neighbor words. It is not a way to squeeze money out of people who already need help. It is not finished because the landing page learned to stand up straight.

It starts in Akron, stays practical, and earns trust by being useful before being loud.