Poplin vs Hampr vs SudShare: What Laundry Pros Actually Keep (2026)

Every “Poplin vs Hampr” article online is written for customers — which service is cheaper, which folds better. If you’re the one doing the laundry, you need a different comparison: what do you actually keep per pound? That’s the number that determines whether this is a business or a low-paying job you drive to.

Note: SudShare rebranded to Poplin — same company, same model. When you see old “SudShare” pay figures, they’re Poplin figures.

The keep-rate scoreboard

All figures below are from the companies’ published materials and credible reporting — not our estimates:

Poplin (formerly SudShare)

Pro pay: ~$0.75/lb standard service, ~$1.50/lb express/same-day, plus 100% of tips.
The cut: Poplin’s own materials state pros earn 75% of the base order cost — the platform keeps roughly 25% of every order.
Minimums: orders carry minimums around $15–$22.50, so tiny orders still pay a floor.
Published top earnings: top 10 pros average $5,800/month; top 100 average ~$2,500/month (company-reported — these are top performers, not typical).
Scale: 100,000+ pros, ~5 million loads/year, 500+ cities.

The number that matters: in one widely reported case, a customer’s $1.53/lb order left the pro with $1.16/lb. The 37-cent gap on every pound is the platform’s toll — on 500 lbs/month, that’s $185/month going to the app, not to you.

Hampr

Customer pricing: ~$1.85/lb with a 15 lb minimum.
Pro pay: a portion of the order total (Hampr doesn’t publish a fixed per-pound pro rate as transparently as Poplin); pros report per-order pay that works out below the customer price.
Model: app-dispatched orders, 24-hour turnaround standard, pro handles pickup and delivery.

Laundry Care

Pro pay: ~$20 per bag; company reports average providers earn $120–$300/week, top earners $500–$700/week.
Startup: ~$45 starter kit (branded bags, tags, scale).
Model: recurring customer assignments in defined service areas.

What pros actually say

Public pro reviews tell the rest of the story. Common themes from laundry pros on the platforms:

“The pay per pound could be higher” — the most frequent complaint, specifically about the $0.75/lb standard rate.
Driving eats the margin — “sometimes it’s tough having to drive 30+ minutes for $20 or so.” Long pickups on small orders are the margin killer.
Slow starts — new pros report waiting for order volume to materialize in their area.
No customer ownership — the customers are the platform’s. Leave the app, leave your book of business.

The math they don’t put in the ads

Compare the same 200 lbs/month two ways:

On a 75%-keep platform at $0.75/lb pro pay: 200 × $0.75 = $150 (plus tips).
Independent at $1.75/lb, keeping 100%: 200 × $1.75 = $350 revenue, minus ~$70 in supplies/utilities = ~$280 before drive costs.

Same 200 pounds. Same washer. Same folding. Roughly double kept — because the platform’s 25% cut is calculated on every pound, forever. Platforms are convenient for finding your first orders; they’re expensive as a permanent business model. (The full independent math: how much money doing laundry.)

When platforms make sense (honestly)

They’re not useless. Platforms make sense when you want zero marketing effort and you’re testing whether you even like doing laundry for others. Treat them as paid training: learn the workflow, learn what customers complain about, build your folding speed — then graduate. What doesn’t make sense is building a career on 75% of every order when the alternative is a monthly plan (Plus $8/month or Unlimited $20/month, charged only when you activate).

The alternative: own your bookings

The structural difference: platforms monetize by taxing your labor per pound. Pro-SaaS monetizes with a flat subscription — which means every price increase, every new customer, and every efficient route flows to you.

LaundryCareer is the independent path: your own branded booking page with online booking, card payments, and pickup-and-delivery scheduling. $8 or $20 a month, charged only when you activate, and you get paid on every order — you pick Plus ($8/month plus 4% when you get paid) or Unlimited ($20/month with 0%) when you activate — 4% when you get paid on Plus, 0% on Unlimited (Stripe’s standard card fee still applies). Joining is free; nothing is charged at signup — your plan starts only when you activate it. At the 37-cent-per-pound platform toll from the example above, the subscription pays for itself at about 81 pounds a month — everything beyond that is money the app would have kept. Get paid on every order starting today.

Ready when you are: see the plan pricing or create your pro account and launch your booking page.