Posting Is Free: What ReadyFill Actually Costs (and What It Doesn’t)

One of the first questions people ask when they hear about ReadyFill is a fair one: “What’s it going to cost me?” It’s a sensible thing to want to know up front, especially in an industry where there always seems to be a fee tacked on somewhere. So let’s be straight about it.

Posting what you have, or posting what you need, is free. There’s no catch hidden in the fine print, and there’s no middleman quietly taking a slice off the top. This post explains plainly what ReadyFill costs, what it doesn’t, and what you actually get out of it.

Posting Is Free — Full Stop

If you’ve got a load of clean fill (dirt, sand, gravel or soil) that you need to move off a job, you can post it for free. If you’ve got land that can take fill and you want material brought to you, you can post that for free too. Both sides of the deal can list what they have or need without paying to do so.

That matters because the whole point of ReadyFill is to get fill moving directly between the people who have it and the people who can take it. Charging you just to put your hand up would defeat the purpose. So we don’t.

There’s No Middleman Taking a Cut

For years, the way fill changed hands often involved someone in the middle — a contact who “knew a bloke”, a service that arranged the connection, or an operator who charged both ends for putting them together. Every one of those arrangements adds a cost to a job that, at its heart, should benefit everyone for free.

ReadyFill works differently. We’re not standing between you and the other party taking a percentage of the deal. We connect you, and then you talk directly. When fill moves directly, the contractor saves on tipping fees and cartage, and the tip site gets material they wanted anyway. Nobody needs to be charged for that to happen.

So Where Does ReadyFill Make Sense?

Plenty of people are rightly sceptical when something useful is offered for free, so here’s the honest picture. The core job — posting, getting matched, and connecting — is built to be free because that’s what gets fill moving. Over time, the platform may offer extra paid features for businesses that want them, but the basic act of posting and finding a match is not where ReadyFill puts a toll booth.

The value to ReadyFill is simple: the more people who use it, the better the matches get for everyone. A bigger pool of fill and a bigger pool of tip sites means you’re far more likely to find what you need close by.

What You Actually Get

It helps to spell out the value plainly, because “free” can sound too good to be true. Here’s what you get for posting:

• Matches near you — the system looks at location and material type and shows you relevant options, rather than leaving you to ring around.
• Direct contact — once you’re matched, you deal with the other party yourself. No go-between, no relayed messages.
• Verified users — you’re connecting with real, checked contractors and landowners, not anonymous strangers.
• Your details kept safe — your information isn’t splashed about; it’s handled carefully and shared only as needed to make the connection work.
• A proper record — instead of scribbled notes and lost phone numbers, your posts and matches live in one place.

Why Free Helps Both Sides

When there’s no charge to post and no middleman’s cut, the maths gets better for everyone. The contractor who needs to get rid of fill saves money because they’re not paying premium tip fees or driving miles out of the way. The tip site that needs fill gets it delivered without having to chase it down or pay someone to find it.

And here’s the part tip sites sometimes miss: clean fill is something you can receive for free. There’s no need to charge a contractor to drop it, because both sides are already better off just by the material moving. The contractor saves, the tip site gets what it wanted, and the deal stands on its own.

The Bottom Line

ReadyFill costs nothing to post on, takes no cut of your deal, and is built to make connecting simple and safe. With the amount of construction and earthworks heading our way across South East Queensland in the coming years — and the lead-up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics — having a free, straightforward way to move fill is only going to matter more. The cheapest time to get set up is now, before the demand really kicks in.

If you’ve got clean fill to move or land that can take it, give ReadyFill a go — it’s free to post and there’s no middleman taking a cut. Follow along and get in touch via ReadyFill on Facebook.