[elefantastisch]

Is this right? Experts in software like Jest and Storybook think an hour of specialized consulting in the software is worth only $116? There's definitely a market opportunity if this is true, but it seems too good.

I do think there's a challenge in that... as a developer, paying $58 for half an hour that may save me 8 hours is a no-brainer, but this feels like a difficult thing to ask "the boss" to pay for. It gives off Fiverr vibes, and usually there's much more ceremony around billing contractors/consultants.

But if you pitch this to big business needing big support (a context in which this feels like a stupidly good deal), it may also drive up the price by changing the expectation from the ringers as to what they are providing.

I'm rambling, I know... I wish you luck. I'm definitely watching this space. It seems like you've found a definite potential market, but I think it's going to be hard to capture it.

[mintone]

OK - this is something that I am going to work on. Traditionally marketplaces have been a race to the bottom, and I think (in fact know, through conversations) that many developers don't necessarily know the market rate for their skills. Some absolutely do (Shout out to KrauseFx https://www.ringerhq.com/i/fastlane/fastlane).

I do think there is a balance, especially when the request comes from an individual vs a business and we're actively looking into ways to solve this. I have partially realised that educating developers on value driven pricing is going to be part of my job now!

Thanks for the well wishes!

[verdverm]

While TopTal shot themselves in the foot, they did have a good model.

Basically, they curated both sides of the market and it worked really well and removed them from the bottom feeders race