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by invig 917 days ago
To go deeper on the idea:

Seller wants Y, and wants to do work X to pay for Y.

Buyer has to want work X.

Unless buyer and seller know each other really well, Y doesn't matter to buyer.

So by focusing heavily on Y your growth is limited to the subset of the network that seller already has and can promote to, that also wants X from them.

If you can't bring new buyers it's going to be very hard to entice sellers to join.

Given that you'd need a lot more buyers than sellers to make this one work, it's hard to see the focal point of Y working out.

Market places are very hard. Good luck with your next product! Keep building.