Upwork and Fiverr charge very high fees for freelancers, anywhere from 10-20%. This eats at freelancers’ profit margins, as they also have to pay taxes and other expenses.
BitLance is an open source platform for job posters and freelancers to conduct business and dodge the high fees of popular freelance platforms. Our platform boasts no centralized fee (possibly 1 or 2% to have slight monetization), other than the gas fees themselves. BitLance will leverage smart contracts to ensure that each job is done right and that the freelancer is paid. All payments will be made in cryptocurrency, mainly ethereum.
BitLance is being built on the ethereum blockchain (using Mode network) to give job posters and freelancers a way to do business without paying egregious amounts in fees to big corporations. This will also provide ratings for each poster/freelancer, so you’ll know if someone isn’t trustworthy or not.
Our tech stack for BitLance (subject to change; if something else better suits our needs we’ll use it)
Frontend:
Web app hosted on Vercel
- Next.js (Typescript)
- Tailwind CSS
- Shadcn (Custom Component Library)
Smart Contracts:
Smart Contracts to handle agreements and transactions between parties
- Solidity
- Mode Network
Backend:
Database and logic to handle users and actions (can also be combined with Next.js app)
- Supabase (PostgreSQL)
- Typescript and Node for backend
- Next Auth for authentication
