Turn searches into freelancers, clients & booked gigs.

Most freelance and gig platforms invest a few thousand dollars a month across website, paid acquisition, SEO, and lifecycle email, plus their own ad spend — the right number depends on your category and how far you are from liquidity. Google Ads management is 10% of your ad budget with a $600/month minimum, with no markup on the ad spend itself — your budget goes to Google in full. SEO starts at $50 per page with a 10-page minimum. Custom websites come in eight one-time packages from $1,500 to $20,000+, so you can start where your marketplace is today (details at /websites). Setup is $0, and we'll send exact numbers in a free proposal within one business day.

If you're still solving chicken-and-egg, CAC keeps climbing on one or both sides, or freelancers and clients book once and never come back, an agency built for two-sided platforms pays for itself. We handle the site, paid acquisition, SEO, and lifecycle email so your team can stay focused on product and trust and safety. Already growing fast on your own? You may not need us yet.

It grows both sides of your platform at once, not just top-of-funnel traffic. SearchPod builds your website and conversion paths for freelancers and clients, runs paid acquisition aimed at whichever side is thinnest, wins the category and comparison searches people use to find a marketplace like yours, and automates onboarding and repeat-hire email — one team, one pipeline for supply and demand.

We look at where your marketplace is actually thin. If freelancer profiles are sparse or slow to respond, campaigns and content lean toward recruiting freelancers first — a marketplace with no supply can't hold demand. If supply is healthy but bookings are slow, we shift budget toward clients. Either way, we track signups and activation separately by side, so the decision is based on your real liquidity, not a guess.

Look for one that treats your marketplace as two funnels, not one — with campaigns, pages, and tracking built separately for freelancers and clients. Ask how they'd solve your chicken-and-egg problem specifically, and whether they can show CAC and LTV by side. Then check ownership: your site, ad accounts, and data should stay in your name.

Paid campaigns can put new signups and booked gigs in front of you within a few weeks. Category and comparison rankings take 3–6 months to build, then keep compounding as your own freelancer profiles become searchable content. Lifecycle email starts lifting first-gig and repeat-hire rates from week one, so growth builds while organic catches up.

We run the whole funnel — site, paid acquisition, SEO, AI search, and lifecycle email — with freelancer supply and client demand tracked as two separate funnels feeding one marketplace, not one blended number that hides which side is actually stalling. Pricing is public, contracts are month-to-month with a 30-day guarantee, and your site, ad accounts, analytics, and user data stay yours from day one.

Yes — for an early platform, freelancer supply usually matters more. We build campaigns, landing pages, and onboarding email aimed specifically at freelancers, and set clear goals around completed profiles and application rate, not just signups, so real, bookable talent exists before we push client demand hard.

We can't control what two people do after they meet, but we can make staying on-platform the easier, safer choice — clear framing of what the fee actually buys (secure payment, dispute protection, discoverability for the next job), review and rating incentives tied to completed-on-platform work, and lifecycle email that nudges a repeat booking before either side thinks to go around you.

Yes. Every signup is tagged to its side from day one, so you see true cost to acquire a freelancer versus a client, and the lifetime value each one brings once they're active. That split is what tells you where the next marketing dollar actually belongs.

Yes. Everything lives in accounts your company owns — website, brand assets, ad accounts, analytics, and freelancer and client data. We're month-to-month, and if you ever leave, it all simply stays where it is.

Yes. We work inside the stack you've already built — Stripe Connect or your payment processor, your CRM, and your product analytics — so signups, applications, and bookings flow into your existing systems and attribution stays clean from first click to completed gig.

Most freelance and gig marketplace sites and landing pages go live in about 2–4 weeks. The pace mostly depends on how fast we get your categories, sample profiles, and feedback — you'll have a clear timeline before we start.