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http://railyo.com http://railyo.com - I wanted to create an elance/odesk especially for Rails developers/freelancers! (you may know it from https://news.ycombin
by rk0567 13y ago
http://railyo.com http://railyo.com - I wanted to create an elance/odesk especially for Rails developers/freelancers! (you may know it from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5083426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5083426)
The developer base is growing, ~200 awesome rails developers have registered. Few companies have posted job offers, so it's also generating some revenue, but I'm loosing interest due to the less no of job offers - so basically I'm failing at marketing it to companies/startups.
- proexploit 13y agoIt's a good site and with the popularity of Ruby/Rails, I think it could be very popular. The biggest problem right now is that there's little incentive to actually pay you, so it's essentially a directory. You're already telling me these developers are pre-approved, so I can assume they're pretty good. As they have personal websites and Github profiles links on most users, what's to prevent me from just going through and finding some I like, then reaching out to them to discuss? If you want to make money, you may need to change the method a bit. Charge of access or make it hard to contact users on your own or have an explicit policy against this like Elance. $100 isn't much to people looking for Rails devs but there has to be at least $100 of perceived value in your service.
- rk0567 13y agoThanks for the suggestion :)