At the start of the year, the idea of creating a forum for professionals kept clawing at me, but I couldn't think of a good domain name that wasn't taken. I wanted a .com but I looked at the ones I owned and just went with it weknow.services. A month ago Upwork announced they'd start charging freelancers for "Connects" to send proposals to clients. I started ramping up the campaign as many were asking "Where else can I look" and quickly replied to someone saying I'd been working on this thing, however I was banned from /r/freelance for even citing it.
I'm not banking on the fact that it'll work, but I sincerely hope it does, for my sake and others. It's something that would help me as a freelancer, and I have future plans if things pan out and users find it useful. If anything it's made me realize how hard marketing is.
> Wanna see behind the scenes?
This sent me through a gamut of emotions. First, was some revulsion at how informal it was. Then I chastised myself because it doesn't matter. Then I figured people younger than me (maybe even just at heart...) probably don't mind. And now I just feel like an old curmudgeon. :/
Good job on the site and business though, and good luck.
Sounds like my story, where i teamed up with a baker who makes really good cookies. I did all the design and development on nights and weekends. Its only been running for a few months but we've processed almost 1,200 orders delivering cookies. https://cravecookie.co
I love to learn more about this stuff from other engineers. Really inspiring like you said.