[Pavlyshyna]

Hi! Thank you for pointing out our pricing. I totally agree it's not final and we might want to reconsider it to keep the high standards. Now all of the designers are based in Europe and we can be more cost-effective.

Regarding the promo $7 trial — this price is not because the work is worthless. We pay for you trying Awesomic :) After testing some boring targeting, we decided to pay our designers instead of paying Facebook Ads. It seems promising as designers' work "sells" itself and clients can test everything live — like turnaround, quality and communication.

[adampk]

Very great response to maybe not the most polite version of a good question, love the energy!

[egypturnash]

I'm an artist; I'm gonna reflexively resist anything that looks like uberization of my craft. :)

[adampk]

Totally get it! :)

[Pavlyshyna]

thank you for the support!

[egypturnash]

"Paying designers instead of paying Facebook Ads" sounds good! What kind of rates are you paying the people who're actually doing the work, though? And what's your plan for when the funding runs out - are you gonna follow Uber's path and start shaving more and more out of what the designers get?

Aaand... if a client and designer who you matched up decide they would like to pursue a working relationship outside of your app, without paying you your cut for future work, do you consider this a success, or a failure?

[romasevastyanov]

> What kind of rates are you paying the people who're actually doing the work, though?

We pay middle and middle+ rates in locations where we hire designers. So, Awesomic designers get the same or even more than other designers in the same location. Also, we have paid days off, and we are working on free health care program for our designers. So, does Upwork has paid day-offs or free health care program?

> And what's your plan for when the funding runs out - are you gonna follow Uber's path and start shaving more and more out of what the designers get?

We've been profitable for two years before we joined YC. Even now, we are profitable and haven't used YC's $125k. Still, we are raising money to hire more developers to build a better product – platform. Create an excellent product with AI – is super hard and expensive.

> if a client and designer who you matched up decide they would like to pursue a working relationship outside of your app without paying you your cut for future work, do you consider this a success, or a failure?

In two years working on this concept – we haven't had any cases like that. Designers like to work with Awesomic because they can grow and develop new skills on different projects. I am always happy when we deliver a great project after long cooperation.

Here is an example of how Norvegian startup worked with our designers for 18+ months in a row – https://www.awesomic.io/case-study/entirebody