Freelance platforms have three parties: a client, usually a business owner who wants some task done, a freelancer who does the task, and a middleman in the form of the platform itself. The platform handles the hiring processing and payments, at least. As for the code quality, the platforms provide additional tools such as freelancer's rating and their portfolio, which only sometimes prove that freelancers will do an honest job.
In Ara, you also have three parties: a client, usually a business owner who wants some task done, a freelancer who does the task, and a middleman in the form of the project owner. It's not Ara's platform that takes the responsibility, but a client hires two people: the first is the one who does the job, and the second one ensures the code quality.
The downside of Ara's model is the price, as the client pays for two people. The advantage of Ara's business model is much more:
- You can collaborate on the project by hiring multiple freelancers and orchestrate the workflow between them with the help of Maintainers.
- You have someone who takes responsibility for the code against its poor quality and backdrops in their work. Would you pay extra to ensure that your code is correct?
- You can work on the project without funding. For example, let's say you have a new idea and are making an MVP; therefore, you need more money to pay for the maintainer. You can agree to share the ownership by splitting the responsibility and ownership with them. Ara helps you to run your startups by gathering talented and ambitious people. Which other people don't.