I’m definitely smart when it comes to some things. I can rebuild engines. I know the best spots to take pictures on Venice Beach. I know a thing or two about developing for Android and most things I can figure out. But there are other things that people think are simple, that I just don’t get.

Take the toilet for instance. If the toilet over flows and it can’t be fixed with a plunger I’m done. Oven stops working? I’m not going to attempt to blow the house up to fix it. Electrical malfunction, same thing, not my deal. So what do I do?

There are several apps that you can go to in the iTunes app store or the Google Play store but until now they mostly call for you filling out a basic form and then putting your call to action out on some kind of web platform. What happens if you don’t know what the problem is or you can’t describe it. What if you have this odd hum in the refrigerator, you can’t describe that in words and if you can you may spend five days going back and forth with some handy man on what the hum exactly sounds like. Is it like a massager or is it like a race car engine?

Well Will Scott, a software developer in Austin has the answer for me, and millions of people out there just like me. His new app called ServaBid allows users to upload short videos through the app to describe the kind of work that they need done. So if your refrigerator had some crazy hum you could actually put that in the video. One handyman may know it’s a motor issue he can’t fix while another may know that he or she can fix it. The beauty of the app is in the way the service needs are described, through video.

Once the user has created their video task they can sort it according to what kind of task it is. Then the bidding process starts through the app. A qualified service provider can respond and users can negotiate through the app.

In addition to the ability to better describe the service need, ServaBid is going to eliminate useless estimates and service calls with providers that are either overpriced or under qualified.

“Consumers spend time and effort meeting with service providers, and the need for the vast majority of these meetings could be eliminated using the power of video,” Scott told Austinstartup.com . “ServaBid saves both parties in this interaction time and money.”

Scott takes the video aspect of Servabid one step further by encouraging users to post the work when it’s been completed. Nothing says referral like someones own video showing off the job the service provider did, the craftsmanship and your audible comment.

You can download Servabid from the iTunes app store here.