Title: Hello HN.  Would love to hear your thoughts.<p>Yesterday we launched a very light version of pick.im.  It is a marketplace for freelancers.  For clients it is a way to search for freelancers in their area, at their pricepoint. For freelancers it is portfolio management, lead generation and (eventually) contracting and payment services.<p>We are focusing the search to be local (Designers in Portland) and not on specific cost (a 'competitive' search yields the ~65% of the market) This is much different than many other sites that really focus on bidding to the lowest cost in the world.  We are not that.<p>Our broad statement is: professional tools for freelancers.  Our shorter motto is: celebrate freelance.<p>We are working to build a site that allows search on:
Type of Freelance
Availability
Cost
Recommendations / Connections (linkedin connection)<p>In the next few weeks we are adding a simple contracting and payment option, essentially adding a 'buy it now' button to a freelance portfolio.<p>If you freelance and want to sign up put 'HN' in the invite code: http://pick.im/request/invite
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