How to Hire a Freelancer in 4 Steps

Hiring a freelancer on SuperGig takes four steps: write a 10-minute brief, get a hand-picked shortlist of 3 vetted matches in 48 hours, fund your first milestone in escrow, then approve the work to release payment.

No job ads to write, no bids to sort, no sales call. And the freelance marketplace fees stay simple: pay per project with a 10% fee, nothing monthly.

See the week, day by day

Your route, brief to payout

4 steps

01Write your brief Day 0 · 10 min

02Shortlist of 3 arrives Day 2 · 48h

03Fund milestone 1 in escrow Day 3 to 7

04Approve, escrow releases You decide

Most projects start within a week

The brief takes

10 min

A talent advisor tightens it with you

Shortlist in

48h

Industry average time-to-hire: 5 weeks

If a match is not right

Rematch

New shortlist within 48 hours, no cost

The four steps

From brief to released payment

01

Write a 10-minute brief

Describe what you need, a budget band and a start date. That is it: no job ad, no scope document. A talent advisor reads every brief the same day and tightens it with you, so vague briefs never produce vague matches.

Day 0 · 10 minutes · advisor-reviewed

02

Get 3 hand-picked matches in 48 hours

Your advisor hand-matches 3 vetted freelancers to your stack, industry and budget, with rates and ratings up front. You never sort bids: every profile arrives already screened. Interview them, or go straight to picking one.

Day 2 · 3 profiles · 0 bids

Maya K.

Senior Full-Stack Developer

96% match

$120/hr ★★★★★4.9

03

Fund your first milestone in escrow

Pick your freelancer and agree milestones together: scope, deliverable, amount. You fund milestone 1 and the money sits in escrow, not in anyone's pocket. Work starts only after funding, so the freelancer knows the budget is real and you know nothing is spent before you approve it.

Day 3 to 7 · kickoff · $0 released before you approve

04

Approve and release

Review the delivered work. Approve it and escrow releases the same day. Not quite there? Request changes. Not the right person? A free rematch shortlist arrives within 48 hours, and any dispute is resolved by a human within 3 business days.

Released on approval ✓

What happens when

Your first week on SuperGig

Day 0

Brief in

You submit the brief. A talent advisor reviews it the same day, asks about anything unclear and starts matching against the vetted roster.

Your time: 10 minutes

Day 2

Shortlist arrives

Three hand-picked profiles land in your inbox with rates, ratings and relevant work. Interview any of them, or pick straight away.

48h standard · 24h on Business

Day 3 to 7

Kickoff

You choose your freelancer, agree milestones and fund the first one in escrow. Work starts, and most projects are underway within the week.

vs 5-week industry average

Day 0 can be today.

Escrow

The money waits until you approve

Every project runs through milestone escrow. You fund a milestone before work starts, and the funds are held until you sign off on the deliverable. It is the reason hiring here carries no payment risk: read how escrow for freelancers works end to end.

Funded before work starts, so scope and budget are locked together.
Released only on your approval, never on a timer.
Disputes resolved by a human within 3 business days.

Escrow receipt

Milestone 1 · App redesign $4,800

Funded by Your company

Released on approval ✓

The rematch guarantee

“What if the match is not right?”

Then it costs you nothing. Tell your talent advisor what missed, and a new shortlist of 3 arrives within 48 hours under the rematch guarantee. Any milestone you have not approved stays safely in escrow the whole time, so a wrong match costs you days, not dollars.

New shortlist within

48h

Rematch at no cost, as many times as it takes

Disputes resolved in

3 days

By a human, within 3 business days

Five disciplines

Who you can brief today

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