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Congrats! The site is beautiful and I hope it takes off. Two ideas to reduce the amount of spam and reduce the amount of low-value options (from both the gig
by jmduke 13y ago
Congrats! The site is beautiful and I hope it takes off.
Two ideas to reduce the amount of spam and reduce the amount of low-value options (from both the gig and freelancer perspective) while hopefully getting you a more scalable revenue stream:
1. Charge a flat fee to place a bid -- this will show that all of the jobs posted are serious, not "I need Facebook cloned in three days thanks." (There's a reason Craigslist does this.)
2. Charge a flat finder's fee when a bid is accepted from a freelancer. This removes a barrier to entry for freelancers while also will cut down on undercutters offering PHP work for $5/hour.