Bill help, paid direct to the provider

Get your bill paid by people who want to help

Request help with rent, utilities, or loans. Helpers pay your provider directly, so no cash changes hands and everyone sees where it went.

Request help with a bill See how it works

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The idea

Every request is tied to a real bill and a real payee. Money never lands in the requester's hands, so helpers know exactly where their dollars went.

Unlike open-ended crowdfunding, there is no vague goal. There is a bill, a provider, a due date, and a receipt.

How it works

From shutoff notice to paid receipt

Asking for cash is awkward and giving it is a gamble. Paying the bill itself takes both problems away.

  1. Step 1

    Post the bill

    Name the provider, the amount, and the due date. Add a short note about what happened. That is the whole request.

  2. Step 2

    Share the page

    Your request gets its own public page showing the payee and a progress bar. Send the link to family, friends, or an employer.

  3. Step 3

    Helpers pay the provider

    A helper covers some or all of the bill. The payment goes to the utility, landlord, or lender, never to you.

  4. Step 4

    Receipts show where it went

    Each payment produces a paid-to-provider receipt, visible to you and to the person who helped.

Old way, this way

Giving gets easier when you can see the bill

Where the money goes
Old wayInto the requester's account, then who knows
BailMeOutTo the utility, landlord, or lender
What helpers can see
Old wayA story and a goal
BailMeOutThe bill, the payee, and a receipt
What you ask for
Old wayA vague amount for a hard stretch
BailMeOutOne specific bill with a due date
How it feels to ask
Old wayPassing the hat
BailMeOutSharing a bill and a link

Have a bill you can't cover this month? Post it.

Or be the person who helps. Either way, the payment goes to the provider and the receipt shows it.

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