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How to Become a Vano Helper: ID Check, Getting Paid, First Job
Quick answer: To become a Vano helper: sign up, verify your ID, connect a Stripe payout account, then accept your first nearby job. It takes minutes and you can be earning the same week — no interview, no rota.
Becoming a Vano helper takes minutes, and you can be accepting jobs the same week. Here's exactly what happens, step by step, so there are no surprises.
Step 1 — Sign up
Head to the join page and create your account. You'll tell us the basics: who you are, where in Galway you're based, and the kinds of jobs you're up for — dog walks, cleaning, garden, moving, errands or online tutoring.
Step 2 — Verify your ID
Vano is an ID-verified platform. That single step is what lets customers feel safe letting a student into their home, and it's non-negotiable for that reason. You verify once; it protects you too, because everyone on the platform is a real, checked person.
Step 3 — Connect how you get paid
You'll set up a payout account through Stripe Connect. This is what your earnings land in after each job. It's the same secure system used by countless platforms to pay people — you complete a short onboarding once, and you're set. Until it's finished, any earnings simply wait safely and sweep through the moment you're done.
Step 4 — Accept your first job
Now you're live. When a nearby job is dispatched, you'll get an SMS and a push notification. Open it, check the details and the pay, and accept if it suits. The moment you accept, the customer pays and the money is secured by Vano Pay — so you know you'll be paid before you set off.
Step 5 — Do the job, get paid
Find the address from the Eircode, do a good job, and mark it complete in the app. Your net earnings — €15.30/hr on time-based work, above the minimum wage — are released to your Stripe account.
That's it
No interview, no rota, no commitment. Do one job a month or one a day — it's entirely up to you. If you want the bigger picture first, read why Vano pays above minimum wage or why flexible work beats a fixed rota.