A method for matching consumers with service providers, including the initial step of receiving service provider profile data from one or more service providers. Additional steps include: receiving service request data from a consumer; comparing, based on a matching criteria, the service request data with the service provider profile data to obtain a primary set of service providers; presenting, to the consumer, at least a portion of the service provider profile data of each of the service providers included in the primary set; receiving a selection by the consumer to transact with a first service provide; presenting information a request to the first service provider to either accept or reject to transact with the consumer; and obtaining a secondary set of service providers from the one or more service providers and presenting the secondary set of service providers to the consumer.