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Even after using Contra for some time I am not finding this useful platform for beginners.
I don't know why people keep making platforms and make big promises while they give the benefit to only those who take the paid memberships.
Every new platform founder should learn the lesson from the Ian Ippolito of the vworker platform, originally known as RentACoder.com
The way he managed that platform and his team, I found that absolutely awesome yet not even a single platform on planet Earth is equal to vworker so far based on my experiences.
Most of the time I see people keep giving packages locking down their statistics etc just for the sake of money without giving any real benefit to those who are beginners or new to the platform for their income.
You focus on making your own money first instead of giving benefit to freelancers to make their money and from their income you could take your money as commission that is not a problem.
The problem is that you make money while freelancers are still struggling for the money.
I am new to this platform, I did some experiments. I found this absolutely nonsense and while as a vworker top 1% freelancer I know very well how a freelancing platform should work and obviously this is not up to that standard at all.
Those who are making money sharing their winnings incomes etc showing off their potential obviously they are paid members and they are getting advantages and so on but I cannot recommend this platform to beginners and new comers, not at all.
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50 hires.
5.0★ rating.
262 pts.
Top 1% on Contra.
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The Brief Case
Every creative freelancer knows the spiral: How do I price this? Am I charging enough? What even is a profit margin? Pricing is one of the biggest bottlenecks in a freelancer's business — and it shouldn't be.
The Brief Case is a 3-step tool built entirely in Figma Make that takes a designer from zero to a client-ready proposal in under 5 minutes.
Step 1 — Know your number
An hourly rate calculator built on your real financial data: personal expenses, business costs, desired salary, and billable hours. No more guessing.
Step 2 — Build your project
A brief generator that structures your scope: deliverables, revision rounds, rush fees, contractor costs, installments, and timeline — all feeding into your pricing automatically.
Step 3 — Send with confidence
A clean, personalized, client-facing proposal with an interactive timeline and payment schedule built in. Profit margin stays private. Only the right numbers reach the client.
Workflow:
Built using Figma Make with iterative prompting, design system styles pulled from an existing Figma file, and a multi-step UI flow connecting all three stages.
Link to prototype: https://www.figma.com/make/jtTrwFYRlBkXln1IUzdMHo/Proposal-Generator?fullscreen=1&t=tIiRVlNWHjwjHJER-1&code-node-id=0-9
Pricing should be empowering. Not vomit-inducing.
Briliant idea @natalia! I wont this product already. We need this!
That's ironic, I deleted all my work last night to do this and re-optimize.
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