[mattbrewsbytes]

Is this a sly marketing post disguised as a Ask HN? Maybe a Show HN would be better? I'm not offended, just this doesn't seem like a true asking for opinions type of Ask HN post.

Setting that aside, this is totally a valid business model - design joy (https://www.designjoy.co/) has been doing this for years now.

We're in a risk free subscription based economy.

[solardev]

For $5000 a month or more, why shouldn't a company just hire the designer directly?

[mattbrewsbytes]

I would imagine $5k/month is much cheaper than hiring a designer. I don't hire designers but that is a $60k/year salary which seems rather low and then add +40% on top of whatever salary for benefits.

[pentaclay]

I'm working remotely from my home country and I'm getting paid almost $5000 a month working from home.

Imagine if you want to hire someone from the USA, UK, or other top-tier economic countries how much do you need to pay an 11+ years experienced designer?

At Pentaclay I started with $2500 a month which is almost half of what I'm getting paid as remote designer, so same quality with lesser price with no month-to-month commitment from the client side.

I hope you get the point.

[pentaclay]

Hey @matt_s, thanks for your suggestion. I'm new at HN, hopefully, I will understand the platform better within a few days.

Yes I was inspired by design joy, hopefully I can make this subscription model work. Thankd buddy.