Brilliant Directories

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JoeyMobbinJoeyMobbin
JoeyMobbin
Jul 1, 2022

Q: Can you please confirm if the below is possible with Brilliant Directories My idea for a use case is ...

something like a freelance job listing platform
Customers connect with service providers
Customer and service provider can both list a job in a specific geographical location (suburb)
One user can submit a job offer with price to the other users job listing post
Once job is assigned, then the agreed price is held in escrow
Once job is marked as done by both parties, payment is released
Is this workflow possible with you platform?

The workflow requires
The ability for offers to be made on job listings
The ability for job poster to assign a user making job offer, so they can work together
Escrow features, an agreed payment to be taken from payor, held and released to payee until job is marked as done by both parties

Thank you, look forward to hearing your feedback.

Founder Team
Jason_BrilliantDirectories

Jason_BrilliantDirectories

Jun 27, 2024

A: Thanks for your question and sharing your concept.

BD works as a great Jobs Board site and can do the following:

- Users can join
- Post a job
- Respond to a job
- Sell a job inquiry lead to the employer
- Connect job seekers with job openings

If you're looking to recreate Upwork or Freelancer, I would have to be honest and say that features such as holding funds in escrow etc, would not be a part of the BD platform and would probably not be worth trying to customize.

Taking it a bit further, there is also a difference between a site that's just a Jobs Board (which you CAN DO with Brilliant Directories) ... and one that facilitates everything from A-Z while the job/project is ongoing, including managing fraud, scams and other things we wished didn't exist.

A quick Google search did find some options to create Job Marketplace sites such as Upwork:

-- https://www.appdupe.com/upwork-clone
-- https://www.ncrypted.net/upwork-clone

I'm not familiar with those solutions. But maybe this can provide you with some more direction to find the best type of solution to get your idea off the ground more easily.

Please let us know if you have any more questions - always happy to help!

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Can installing a payment gateway that does escrow into BD be the solution to this use case?