Bring the first real provider online carefully.

Step-by-step

1. Provider creates or signs into My Lighthouse. The provider uses their own account, not the Easy Lot owner account.
2. Provider publishes a profile. They use the business or personal name customers are hiring.
3. Provider opens Connections. They connect their own Stripe payout account and finish Stripe’s required identity and bank setup.
4. Provider optionally connects calendar. Calendar lets Lighthouse check busy time and place confirmed appointments.
5. Customer sends a request. The request and provider response create a private Mission Room.
6. Provider sends one exact quote. Online checkout appears only after the customer approves that exact total.
7. Customer pays in Stripe. The payment goes to the provider’s connected Stripe account.
8. Both sides complete the job. The record, schedule, messages, completion, and review stay in Lighthouse.

Final owner check before wider use

• Open the Services status dashboard and confirm the public provider, Stripe, calendar, and review queues show the expected status.
• Open the provider invite in a private browser if you want to see what a new provider sees.
• Keep the first real provider setup controlled until one quote, payment, booking, completion, and review have been watched end to end.

Open Services status Open first setup kit

Owner safety checks

• Do not enter Easy Lot bank details for another provider’s service payouts.
• Use the Services status dashboard to confirm provider count, Stripe connection count, calendar status, and payment issues.
• Ask the provider to handle any Stripe identity, tax, or bank questions themselves.