What does it actually cost to hand this over?
Freelance marketplaces show you a thousand sellers sorted by their own algorithm. We do the opposite: for each kind of work we publish the real price band, the questions worth settling before you order, and a short list of the specific sellers we would order from — with the reasoning. Outbound links are affiliate links; placement is not for sale.
What it costs to hand it over
Ordered by how much search demand sits behind each one, measured from the marketplace's own category traffic rather than our opinion of what matters. The ones marked with a count already have a shortlist of specific sellers.
WordPress
Speed and plugin bloat are what you inherit after handoff.
What it costs →Logo design
The one category where DIY tools genuinely compete for the same buyer.
What it costs →Business plans
Bank-ready formatting versus actual financial modelling.
What it costs →Social management
The only category here billed monthly rather than per deliverable.
What it costs →Dashboards
One messy CSV into a dashboard. Maintainability is the thing to ask about.
What it costs →Translation
Machine output with a human pass, versus the real thing.
What it costs →Podcast editing
What it costs to hand a messy two-host episode to someone else.
What it costs →Explainer video
Sixty seconds of explainer, and what each budget tier changes.
What it costs →Voice over
What a 400-word script costs to have read, and where AI voice sits.
What it costs →Demand picks the category
Search data decides which kinds of work get a page at all — never a seller, and never a commission rate.
The price band comes before the picks
Every page states what the marketplace actually charges, and what to settle before ordering. That part is useful even if you ignore who we picked.
Nothing gets a score it didn't earn
We have not commissioned any of this work, so no seller carries a score. What we publish is a shortlist and the reasoning behind it. Empty shelves stay empty until they aren't.