Re:Show HN: A fair, simple and free alternative to freelanci...
by jerriep on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:35PM
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I think the explanation you have above ("...for people who haven’t met on a platform and need a framework to engage in a standard deal") does not come across in your website copy. My impression from your website was that it was just an alternative to Upwork, etc.
Perhaps consider making it more clear what it is you do - something like "Contract and escrow service for freelancers" or something along that line, rather than the current "A fair, simple and free alternative...".
Also, the flow diagram under "How it works" is helpful, but please don't repeat the animation. I was still busy reading the part under what happens when the client rejects when the diagram was cleared and the animation started again. Even better would be if you don't animate it at all as I think it goes too fast for non-native English readers such as myself.
Best of luck with the platform!
Freelancer Protocol is for people who haven’t met on a platform and need a framework to engage in a standard deal. Deal finalisation (deliverable against money) is conditioned to the client accepting a demo (link or video) of the working code. The framework has basic features, like paperwork generation (invoice & contract) and communication (chat and file share).
I just integrate with Stripe for payment & invoice. After checking out a couple of APIs, decided to go with https://esignatures.io/ for online contracts/signatures. They charge per contract and have the features I need (Templates mgmt + Zapier integration).
Please let me know if you know a better way for me to integrate chat (right now I use the firebase db and messages load with a little lag, it’s not a meant for this use case). Feel free to reach out to [email protected] or in the comments.