The Micro Jobs Playbook
How to plan, build and grow a micro jobs marketplace where people buy small services, and you earn on every order.
- Choosing a niche of small, fixed-price jobs people buy again and again
- Local tasks or online services, and checking demand before you build
- Setting your commission and buyer fee, with example numbers
- Gigs that sell, and the order room from brief to delivery
- The empty marketplace: your first sellers and gigs, then your first buyers
- Refunds, scams, paying sellers on time, and a 90-day plan
34 pages
Nine parts, from the first idea to the first 90 days.
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Nine parts, in the order you'll need them
From the first idea to the first 90 days, with worked examples, charts and checklists on almost every page.
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Part 1The idea
Choosing a niche, demand checks, local or online, and a scorecard.
Starts on page 4
Part 2Plan the money
Commission, the buyer fee, and the other income routes.
Starts on page 9
Part 3Name, domain and hosting
Naming, domains, GoDaddy Auctions, hosting and setting up the business.
Starts on page 12
Part 4Build the site
Design, gigs that sell, the order room, and testing it all.
Starts on page 19
Part 5The empty marketplace problem
The first sellers and gigs, then the first buyers.
Starts on page 23
Part 6Trust and safety
Approvals, feedback, refunds, and the scams to watch for.
Starts on page 25
Part 7Get found
Category pages, content that ranks, and your first visitors.
Starts on page 27
Part 8Grow the revenue
The numbers that matter, and keeping sellers and buyers.
Starts on page 29
Part 9Launch
The checklist, the first 90 days, and the mistakes to avoid.
Starts on page 31
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