Yoursellf

The freelancer’s operating system.

Minimalist websites for people who sell their time: developers, designers, marketers, writers, or any hired gun who gets paid to solve problems quickly.

How it works Start for free

How it works.

Four steps, in the order you do them. You do not need a designer, a contract, or an invoice.

  1. 1

    Launch your site.

    Your name becomes your web address. Write what you do on one page, in plain words. It is live in minutes.

  2. 2

    Set up your offers.

    An offer is a block of your time. Give it a name, say how many hours it holds, and pick a price. Connect Stripe once, and the money goes straight to your own account.

  3. 3

    Share the link.

    Send your address to anyone who needs a hand. They pick a block and pay for it. The hours are theirs, and you never write an invoice.

  4. 4

    Do the work.

    Start the clock when you begin. Keep a list of what each client needs. Every hour you log comes off the hours they bought, so you both know what is left.

Start small

Stop fishing for whales.

Most freelancers set themselves up to land one big client. A portfolio, a proposal template, weeks spent making a site look good. Plenty of businesses just want to try someone out on a small problem before they commit to anything bigger.

Sound familiar? They had a small problem and money to spend over time. You gave them one big number. They flinched, and you never heard back.

What they are choosing between

Rebuild the whole thing $24,000
Fix the checkout 5 hours · $750

One of these needs three approvals. The other needs a card.

Proposals and contracts are more work for both sides, but a time block is an easy decision that snowballs into larger stuff once they know you are the pick.

One quarter, one client

Fix the checkout5 hours
Speed up the product pages10 hours
Sit in on the replatform20 hours

Nobody signed a retainer. It just kept going.

You can make your own job by stitching together several engagements instead of counting on there being one for you.

Get paid before you start.

The order things happen in

  1. They buy a block
  2. The money lands
  3. You start

No invoice. No net 30. No second email.

Get paid before you start, so you never have to write another "just checking in on my invoice" email.

Who is left after the price

“Can you send a quote?”Gone
“What would you charge roughly?”Gone
“Bought five hours. Here is the repo.”$750
A small amount of money that covers your time lets you filter out the people who are not serious.

Undesigned on purpose

Your site has one job.

Freelance sites are usually built to impress the wrong person. Most clients aren't there to admire it. They have a problem, and they want to find out fast if you're the one to fix it.

Sound familiar? You either don't have a site, or you have an old one that's a pain to update and isn't bringing in any work.

The whole page

Sam Okafor

I fix things by the hour.

Five hours$750
Buy
The site's job is to land with people who need you, not with people who need to be convinced by your decorum.

What you never pick

  • A theme
  • A font pairing
  • A colour palette
  • A layout for the about page
  • A plugin to make the layout work

What you write instead: what you do, and what it costs.

The minimalist design makes it easier for you and easier for them. No aesthetic decisions for you, and it forces you to get to the point, which busy clients appreciate.

You can cancel those subscriptions now.

Most freelancers run their business on four or five subscriptions duct-taped together, none of which talk to each other.

The stack

A site Squarespace
Invoices FreshBooks
Time tracking Harvest
Client to-dos Basecamp
Squarespace, FreshBooks, Harvest, Basecamp. None of them talk to each other. That is your job.

One client, one place

Northgate Coffee

Bought five hours$750
Fix the checkout1h 20m · 3.7 left
Next: the speed auditTo do
The purchase, the client, their hours and their to-do list are all in a single interface. Every client sits in one place with their hours and what is next.

How it works

They buy a block, you do the work, the hours come off it, and they buy another.

Why this exists

The way companies hire hasn't caught up.

Remote work made every job a global competition. AI made a lot of routine work cheap. And the way companies hire hasn't caught up.

Yoursellf is built for a market where work often comes in pieces and you can earn your reputation one gig at a time.

Looking for a job?

This works if you're job hunting too. A few small engagements say more than a resume: real case studies, real testimonials, real proof, not just where you worked and went to school. When a full-time role opens up, they already know you.

Pricing

One price for the whole thing.

From $15 a month

Cancel whenever. Your site stays up to the end of what you paid for.

Launch your site
  • No cut of what you earn.
  • No client limit.
  • Paid into your own Stripe account.
  • Your own domain.
  • As many pages and posts as you need.
  • One login for you. Your clients need none.

There is a cheaper tier for the site on its own, with nothing for sale and no work side. See both prices

Questions

Can anyone just buy my time?
No. The site holds the offer, but you choose who you work with. If someone buys and you'd rather not, refund them from Stripe in a click.
My clients expect a proposal and a contract.
The block is the scope, the price, and the commitment in one. If they need paperwork, send it after they've said yes.
How fast do I get paid?
Straight into your own Stripe account, the moment they pay. Stripe pays out to your bank on its usual schedule.
I already have a full pipeline. Is this for me?
Yes, for consults and mentoring by the hour, on top of what you've already built.
Can I leave and take my stuff?
Your clients and their payments are in your Stripe account, not ours. Your writing is plain HTML on a site you own. Cancel from your account whenever you like.
What can't I do here?
There are no themes, plugins, or layout options. Anything we add has to earn its place.

Make it easy to hire you.

Your name becomes your address. From $15 a month.

Launch your site