Cleaner Bids, Clearer Billing - August 2026
August 26, 2026
A tidy-up release. Most of this is friction we removed rather than buttons we added — the kind of thing you notice because something stopped going wrong.
What's New
Paid Sign-Ups Go Through
Some card sign-ups were being declined for no good reason. They now complete the first time. If you or someone on your team hit that wall, it is gone.
Subscribe Before Your Trial Ends
You no longer have to wait for a trial to lapse before paying for a plan — owners can subscribe whenever they are ready. And if the app refuses something because of your plan, it now says so plainly instead of showing a generic error.
Each Bidder Sees Only Their Own Negotiation
When several subcontractors were bidding on the same work, a back-and-forth with one of them could surface in another's view of the request. Each bidder now sees only their own negotiation, and nothing about who else was asked.
Dates Land on the Right Day
Task dates could default a day earlier than intended depending on your timezone, and the schedule opened on today rather than on the project. Both are fixed — new tasks start where the project starts, and the Gantt opens where the work actually is.
A Public Status Page
There is now a status page you can check any time to see whether ZenHammer is running normally, without having to ask us first.