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Show HN: A tool that finds high quality freelance gigs, using robots and humans

4 points by amosuro 7y ago

https://breefleads.com Hi everyone, I wanted to share with you a new iteration of a tool I built that helps freelancers find more work. Breef Leads searches platforms such as Freelancer.com, LinkedIn, PeoplePerHour, Facebook and Upwork.com to find relevant, high quality projects for freelancers. There are two approaches to the way we find opportunities: 1. Third-party Leads. These are leads our machine-learning based service has found across the web, automatically filtered out the junk, leaving you with higher quality leads, and saving you the hassle of scouring through a dozen platforms manually. We share these opportunities for free via our weekly newsletter and freelancer platform. 2. Direct Leads. Unlike other platforms, we believe in creating a light barrier between a potential client and the freelancer, so for our Direct Leads we simply give you the option to see their requirements and (for a small one-off fee) reveal their contact details to get in touch with them directly (via email, contact number or social media profile) I'd love to hear any feedback or questions you might have! https://breefleads.com

newsbinator 7y ago
I got a CORS error when signing up as a Freelancer: Chrome: > Access to fetch at 'https://www.leads.breef.io/' https://www.leads.breef.io/' (redirected from 'https://www.breefleads.com/api/freelancers/signup' https://www.breefleads.com/api/freelancers/signup') from origin 'https://www.breefleads.com' https://www.breefleads.com' has been blocked by CORS policy
- simon1573 7y ago
  Same in Firefox: Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://www.leads.breef.io/ https://www.leads.breef.io/. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing).
- amosuro 7y ago
  Thanks for the heads ups guys! Currently fixing issues with the breefleads.com domain but in the meantime you can visit and sign up at www.leads.breef.io
  - newsbinator 7y ago
    After signing up, I received a password via email in plain text.
stephenr 7y ago
I had a look, and didn't sign up (yet) because: The only breakdown for software is: games; mobile; web design; web dev. My work is usually about improving ops/infra processes, developer tooling, system architecture, etc. Yes that usually relates to a "web app" but based on current trends, subscribing under "web development" would likely result in a bunch of react/angular/$flavour-of-the-month-JS leads. Having said all that, I just noticed that you source leads from places that I deliberately avoid, because I'm not interested in a race to the bottom using a "platform" that exists purely to skim a percentage from every invoice.
- amosuro 7y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! It sounds like you'd be looking for platform engineering leads. I completely agree on the categorisation and will be looking to add more specific professions soon. With the platforms, again I agree with you that the way some of them are designed makes it difficult for freelancers to be valued for the work they create. That's why we not only find leads from these platforms but also seek to find leads from sources such as LinkedIn/Facebook where you can have a much more direct relationship with the individual looking for your skillset.
aliirz 7y ago
it's not opening for me :/

4 points by amosuro 7y ago

newsbinator 7y ago

I got a CORS error when signing up as a Freelancer: Chrome: > Access to fetch at 'https://www.leads.breef.io/' https://www.leads.breef.io/' (redirected from 'https://www.breefleads.com/api/freelancers/signup' https://www.breefleads.com/api/freelancers/signup') from origin 'https://www.breefleads.com' https://www.breefleads.com' has been blocked by CORS policy

simon1573 7y ago
Same in Firefox: Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://www.leads.breef.io/ https://www.leads.breef.io/. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing).
amosuro 7y ago
Thanks for the heads ups guys! Currently fixing issues with the breefleads.com domain but in the meantime you can visit and sign up at www.leads.breef.io
- newsbinator 7y ago
  After signing up, I received a password via email in plain text.

stephenr 7y ago

I had a look, and didn't sign up (yet) because: The only breakdown for software is: games; mobile; web design; web dev. My work is usually about improving ops/infra processes, developer tooling, system architecture, etc. Yes that usually relates to a "web app" but based on current trends, subscribing under "web development" would likely result in a bunch of react/angular/$flavour-of-the-month-JS leads. Having said all that, I just noticed that you source leads from places that I deliberately avoid, because I'm not interested in a race to the bottom using a "platform" that exists purely to skim a percentage from every invoice.

amosuro 7y ago
Thanks for the feedback! It sounds like you'd be looking for platform engineering leads. I completely agree on the categorisation and will be looking to add more specific professions soon. With the platforms, again I agree with you that the way some of them are designed makes it difficult for freelancers to be valued for the work they create. That's why we not only find leads from these platforms but also seek to find leads from sources such as LinkedIn/Facebook where you can have a much more direct relationship with the individual looking for your skillset.

aliirz 7y ago

it's not opening for me :/