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Event Setup

Get the venue ready,

— before the guests arrive.

Tables and chairs to arrange, a tent to raise, a stage and dance floor to build, lights and A/V to place, décor and signage to set just so — all before the first guest walks in. A vetted local worker — or a crew — shows up ready to set it all up, for an offer you set by the hour. No event-staffing minimum, no setup-fee markup, no cut taken out of their pay. You pick your help by name, rating, and reviews.

Set up your event now Why it’s better

🎉 tables, chairs, tents & décor 💵 100% of your offer to your crew 🕒 ready before doors

Why event setup is better here

Three things an event staffing crew won’t do

Gopher isn’t an event-staffing outfit with setup fees and crew minimums. It’s a local marketplace built on three simple rules.

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Hassle free & haggle free

Make an offer up front or ask for instant bids. Either way you’ll experience the easiest way to find great workers ever — one hand for a backyard party or a crew to build out a gala.

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Paid directly

Your workers are paid directly and keep 100% of your offer — 0% commission. No setup-fee markup layered on top, and no crew minimum to book.

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Booked to done

The hands you pick by name and rating set the room exactly to your plan — tables squared, chairs counted, tent up, stage built, lights and décor placed — done before doors open.

What changes for you

Event setup with Gopher vs. an event-staffing crew

Same room built and ready, very different deal. Here’s what shifts when you bring on setup hands directly instead of paying a staffing crew’s minimum and setup fees.

What changes

Event Staffing & Rental Setup Crews

The Gopher Way

💵What you pay

×A setup-and-labor package with a crew minimum and a delivery-and-setup fee on top.

✓You name the offer and each worker keeps 100% of it — by the hour, no minimum.

💪Who shows up

×A rotating event crew you never met, on the clock from arrival.

✓Vetted hands you pick by name, rating & reviews — you know who’s building your room.

🎉What gets done

×Only the rental company’s own gear — “we don’t touch outside items.”

✓Tables, chairs, tents, staging, A/V, décor, signage — whatever the venue needs, your gear or theirs.

🧾The fees

×A setup fee and a service charge layered onto the rental bill.

✓Workers keep 100% — no setup-fee markup, just a small app fee.

👥Scale to the event

×A fixed crew package, whether it’s a backyard party or a ballroom gala.

✓One hand for a small setup or a crew for a big build — you decide.

🕒On your timeline

×A delivery window that can run late into the time you needed to be set up.

✓The hours you need, done before doors — booked now.

No surprises

What you actually pay

Everything’s on the table before you confirm. No setup fee, no crew minimum, nothing padded:

👷Your offer — by the hour or the jobYou set it. Each worker keeps 100% of it.

you decide

🧾No setup-fee markupNo staffing crew between you and your help taking a cut

📱A small Gopher feeThe only thing Gopher keeps to run the app

a few $

New to your area? We recommend securing your Gopher first, then booking the work. Gopher isn’t a fulfillment service, so if there aren’t many workers near you just yet, we won’t leave you hanging — and rest assured, we’ll be there soon.

How it works

From empty room to doors open

Say what the setup needs

Tables, chairs, a tent, staging, décor — and when doors open.

Name your offer

Set it by the hour or the job. They keep 100% of it.

A local crew takes it

Nearby help is alerted instantly. Pick by rating, or take first available.

Set up & ready

The room built to your plan and ready before the first guest arrives.

Event to set up? Gopher it.

Get the venue built and ready before doors — tables, chairs, tents, staging, décor — for an offer you set, with no staffing minimum and no setup-fee markup.

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