This is awesome! When Scoutzie first launched, I thought "Why does this have to be limited to mobile designers?" - so it's really great to see that it has now expanded into more areas.
Right now, there is not one "marketplace" where a business owner can go to find the best designers, especially for websites. Without knowing their options, I've seen many businesses settle for a) a crappy site by their local yellow pages outfit b) the first result for "[my city] web designer" c) one of those do-it-yourself site builders or d) no website at all. A centralized directory of vetted designers makes a lot of sense for easier discovery.
One other thing that would make sense is an Airbnb-style rating system, so designers can start earning a verifiable reputation based on prior work that originated through Scoutzie.
Thanks Vlad, glad you're sharing our view. Indeed, why wasn't a centralized verified repository available before ? :) As per the reputation system, we've began with the most critical features to verify identify and build trust where clients also need to uphold their reputation - stay tuned for more!
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This is awesome! When Scoutzie first launched, I thought "Why does this have to be limited to mobile designers?" - so it's really great to see that it has now expanded into more areas.
Right now, there is not one "marketplace" where a business owner can go to find the best designers, especially for websites. Without knowing their options, I've seen many businesses settle for a) a crappy site by their local yellow pages outfit b) the first result for "[my city] web designer" c) one of those do-it-yourself site builders or d) no website at all. A centralized directory of vetted designers makes a lot of sense for easier discovery.
One other thing that would make sense is an Airbnb-style rating system, so designers can start earning a verifiable reputation based on prior work that originated through Scoutzie.
Thanks Vlad, glad you're sharing our view. Indeed, why wasn't a centralized verified repository available before ? :) As per the reputation system, we've began with the most critical features to verify identify and build trust where clients also need to uphold their reputation - stay tuned for more!
Isn't that what Dribbble and Zerply do?
Yes. Yes it is.
And 99designs?