well done on launching,
If you've not launched anything before, be warned that your traffic is going to drop like a stone now. What are your plans to keep the traffic going?
I Launched My Startup Yesterday, This Is How The Hectic Day Went
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#32"12:30AM -
I go to have a celebration lunch for finally launching. And I get absolutely stuffed! Hmm… lunch special fajitas"
You time traveled!? I do the same after a lack of sleep. :)
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#33Here's some feedback, take with it what you will. I like that you're starting yet another freelancer site, simply because I hate the other ones. They're full of often sub-quality contractors spamming the boards hoping to hit one and take some money. The other bids are from nations where the exchange rate makes my yearly salary make me look like a king. I take what I do seriously, I like serious clients, and I've find…
To add to bdg's response.... I've experienced 12designer's project posting and they have been separating by category and putting a minimum project price on projects within specific categories. The price can be raise, but can't be lowered. A minimum price could help standardized the playing field. To quote bdg: "take with it what you will"
One thing comes to mind: if you eliminate lowball pricing, would that not get rid of the very reason most freelance sites exist? What I mean is if I'm willing to pay leading market rate for site design work, wouldn't it be likely that I can find a handful of leading designers that I could choose from?
Ditto for programming and so on. Once freelance sites solve the problem of "I can't find anybody", most devolve into a race to the bottom where it's unlikely that you'll find quality even if you're willing to pay leading market rates.
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#34Here's some feedback, take with it what you will. I like that you're starting yet another freelancer site, simply because I hate the other ones. They're full of often sub-quality contractors spamming the boards hoping to hit one and take some money. The other bids are from nations where the exchange rate makes my yearly salary make me look like a king. I take what I do seriously, I like serious clients, and I've find…
Wow. Thank you for the insights.. I've added your suggestion to this ever-growing list of to-do.. eventually, the app should get polished up well with these quirks.
The issue with quality of projects is quite a complicated problem. There were quite a few ways to tackle this problem, but in the end I decided to leave it open and follow the flow with a live app in the wild. Just off the top of my head, these came to mind:
- Pre-qualify all projects - Pre-quality all freelancers before signing up - Create a must-use middle man on all projects started with a project manager assigned to it
Even with the list of just those three, the cause and effect of implementing each pigeon holes the business model a lot. Although; doing any of those three or anything else is not out of the question either.
At the end of the day; I guess what I am trying to say is I decided to leave the system completely open and eventually find Freelancify's "calling" and path and follow that to transform into a service that fills the hole (the exact problem you described) that neither Elance, oDesk, etc. fills right now. I think by listening to users, it'll eventually get there. And by Freelancify being a startup and not huge like the others, it has the luxury to pivot and move.
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#35Here's some feedback, take with it what you will. I like that you're starting yet another freelancer site, simply because I hate the other ones. They're full of often sub-quality contractors spamming the boards hoping to hit one and take some money. The other bids are from nations where the exchange rate makes my yearly salary make me look like a king. I take what I do seriously, I like serious clients, and I've find…
To add to bdg's response.... I've experienced 12designer's project posting and they have been separating by category and putting a minimum project price on projects within specific categories. The price can be raise, but can't be lowered. A minimum price could help standardized the playing field. To quote bdg: "take with it what you will"
Thanks, mental note taken. I answered bdg's response above I think you may be able to relate to.
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#36well done on launching, If you've not launched anything before, be warned that your traffic is going to drop like a stone now. What are your plans to keep the traffic going?
work my ass. get creative. then repeat.
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#37I was James's Rails mentor and I can testify that he definitely did not know Ruby on Rails at the beginning of November, but he is sharp.
Although I can program already, I'm sure most people would agree that James's idea of putting a post on his learning experience of Ruby would be an interesting read.
That blog post will definitely be next!
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#38I was James's Rails mentor and I can testify that he definitely did not know Ruby on Rails at the beginning of November, but he is sharp.
thanks Josh!! it was the hardest/easiest thing I've ever learned to do..
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#39Are those considered good numbers? Feedback: - the search button isn't aligned properly - why everyone have 5 stars? and why are the stars gray? they look sad. - clicking on the category name should check its box - why can't I click on the top categories on the main page?
thanks for the list.. getting small quirks like this fixed is my goal for this week.
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#40"12:30AM - I go to have a celebration lunch for finally launching. And I get absolutely stuffed! Hmm… lunch special fajitas" You time traveled!? I do the same after a lack of sleep. :)
lmao.. fixed.