The big internet gathers an audience, makes itself indispensable, then charges for what used to be free. We are building the opposite: free at the core, never holding the user hostage. Read the manifesto, where it is all described in detail.
Cory Doctorow named it enshittification, word of the year in 2023. Here is what it looks like on the invoice.
Free posting turned into a paywall, one category at a time. Pull a listing for a rule break and the spent credit is gone.
To answer a request a tradesperson spends credits. Won the job or not, the lead was already paid for.
Set up Business Manager and get banned by a bot: no human, no reason, no real appeal.
One philosophy, three points of entry, built in sequence. The first two are live today; the flagship comes last, on purpose.
A platform where one-off services, full-time jobs, and recruiting live together: tradespeople, clients, job seekers, and recruiters, all in one place.
A service that runs Facebook and Instagram ads under a company's name, pointing to any page the user needs: a Skilcrew profile, a Shopify store, a landing page, or any site.
A democratic classifieds marketplace that moves onto the turf of OLX and Otodom: listings without a charge at every step, built on our own Skrew Engine.
Not a random set. The first two build trust and audience, clearing the way for the flagship.
Advertises its own tradespeople through Trustmeta.
Brings ad reach to Skilcrew users and direct clients alike.
Inherits the trust and audience, then strikes at the classifieds giants.
The capital the flagship needs is inversely proportional to the trust the first two platforms build. Every euro spent on trust now removes a far larger cost of storming the classifieds market later: the lowest valuation before traction, the maximum leverage across the roadmap.
Democratic SaaS is not a slogan, it is the next step. Try the platforms that are already live, or talk to us about what comes next.