So, I started Moonlight, where we match you based on skills. People are hiring for things right now ranging from machine learning to Elm web development to PCB design. The average hourly rate is over $100US/hr.
We are still in our early days and small (as a team of 2), but I'm making it my full-time job to help you get quality freelance projects! I want to keep jobs specialized and at a high hourly rate as we grow, and not sacrifice quality.
Feel free to reach out to me with any questions! (philip@).
Only issue for me is that you only support stripe for payments and is not available in my country, Uruguay.
Why is that? Why not leave the payment chanel free? Or use paypal or something else?
At this point, it's a question of time to build in additional systems. Stripe Connect let me (the solo engineer) build a marketplace quickly. However, it doesn't have great international support.
We are looking at other options, such as Payoneer. The main priority right now is on growing the client side of the market. However, after that, we will likely return to the contractor side to work on some projects such as expanding payment options.
I understand, thanks for the answer
Maybe you're the best thing since sliced bread, maybe not (there are a lot who aren't) and I would like a better opportunity to see what you offer.
I'm also confused about what exactly you offer. Are you more like an online recruiter, or more like upwork, or a job board?
How do you make your money? Do you charge people to post positions, or do you tack something onto the hourly rate, or?
I don't want to sign up for something unless I know what I'm getting into and out of it.
Valid feedback. We have been concentrating on improving the client signup experience for the past couple weeks, and it has made a huge difference. We will focus product efforts on improving the contractor signup experience soon.
> I'm also confused about what exactly you offer. Are you more like an online recruiter, or more like upwork, or a job board? > How do you make your money? Do you charge people to post positions, or do you tack something onto the hourly rate, or?
It's more like upwork. Clients can post jobs, or directly hire you through your profile. Moonlight has some product management capabilities, and we manage weekly invoices. We add a 15% processing fee on payments. You get your full hourly rate.
> I don't want to sign up for something unless I know what I'm getting into and out of it.
Email me and I can setup a video call to show you the product!
(I also messaged you guys about skipping the stripe process)
We very seriously investigated cryptocurrencies. We found that companies would have to pay with crypto to make it legal under us law, and companies were not ready to do that yet. Details here: https://www.moonlightwork.com/blog/cryptocurrency-and-compan...