I like the idea. I don’t think your question is wrong. However, you might consider stating your question more precisely. That way HN can give you more precise a

I like the idea. I don’t think your question is wrong. However, you might consider stating your question more precisely. That way HN can give you more precise answers. Do you have a technical related issue? Or do you want HN to comment on the usability etc…? What comes to mind immediately is that might consider to not open the site to all users for a simple reason: quality content. If you cannot provide sufficient people who offer jobs or hire, people might quickly get frustrated with your service. As you already planned: start with one area you can learn in and master that, Maybe you manage to create buzz in the region. You probably know Taskrabbit already. They do it right: one region after the other: http://www.taskrabbit.com http://www.taskrabbit.com.