It’s been a month since we last wrote to you, and Unjumble is now home to 1,509+ freelancers and 250+ businesses. Thanks to every one of you for jumping on board and backing what we’re building.
October was a big one. Businesses can now search for freelancers directly, anyone can check how visible their site is to AI search for free, and every stage now comes with a proper tax invoice. Underneath it all, we rebuilt the foundations so we can ship faster. Let’s get into it.
October in numbers
- 460+ freelancer sign-ups
- 110+ business sign-ups
- 40+ gigs posted
Find a freelancer is live
We said search was coming. It’s here. Businesses can now search for a local freelancer by what they need and where they are, and the best fits come up first, with a line on why each one suits.
Pick a suburb and we’ll show people nearby first, then widen out. Filter by skills, save anyone you like to your roster (with Undo, in case of a fat thumb), and hit Get a quote on a profile to open a chat with the Project space ready to go.
Freelancers, this is where your profile earns its keep. Search reads your headline, your description and your portfolio pieces, not just the skills you’ve ticked. A fuller profile gets found.
A free AI visibility audit, for anyone
Pop in any website and we’ll check up to 10 pages against a 25-point checklist in five groups: Visible (can Google, ChatGPT and other AI search tools actually read it), Clear, Trustworthy, Speedy and Local.
It also checks the local trust signals Aussie customers look for, which none of the global checkers do: your ABN, an address with state and postcode, and an Australian number people can tap to call.
You get a plain-English report card with what’s working and what to fix first. It’s free, for businesses and freelancers alike. Businesses, run it on your own site. Freelancers, run it on a prospect’s before you pitch, and walk in with a list.
Tax invoices, sorted
Freelancers, no more writing invoices. When a stage is released, we issue the tax invoice in your name, with GST worked out from your ABN, and email it to the business. Our own fee invoices come with it.
Every invoice lives in Settings › Billing, with a PDF of each and a CSV or zip export for any month, quarter or financial year. No more chasing invoices at tax time, on either side.
Something on our mind
It’s crazy how fast you can move now, so the real choice is what to focus on. For us, it’s taking the friction out of how businesses and freelancers work together.
First step was AI onboarding. Last Wednesday we put it up, and 24 hours later we pulled it down. We learnt a lot. People want a simple account creation, but they loved how it helped fill out portfolios and profiles. So that’s where it’s heading.
For businesses
- Post a gig and Find your freelancer cards on your home page
- Early release on retainers: pay a month as it starts, or for every month
- Get a quote on every profile adds the freelancer to your roster and opens the chat
- The gig board is open to everyone, so freelancers can read the full brief before signing up
Features and improvements
- Google and Apple sign-in
- Images in chat, shown in the thread and the Files panel, up to 500MB per stage
- New skills: cloud and DevOps, and data engineering
- Deleting an account withdraws its pending bids
- A faster app: chat, the bid form and payments load only when needed
- Passwords need 6 characters, nothing else
- A fresher look: the lime accent, new ABN and LinkedIn badges, and light and dark mode fixes across chat, forms and profiles
New foundations
On 31 October we moved all of Unjumble into one codebase, on new infrastructure. You won’t see it, and that’s the point. It means we can ship faster, with fewer bugs, and fix things the same day you tell us about them.
Fixes
- Gig cards no longer cut off the deadline, brief and price
- Sessions no longer sign you out when they renew in the background
- A wrong two-factor code now says it's wrong
- Links in chat show once
- New people in a chat show with their name
- Filters stay on screen while results load
- A saved name shows everywhere without a reload
- Phone verification works on the iPhone app
Sneak peek
A new onboarding is launching soon. Account creation stays simple and clean.
After that, Unjumble Assist comes in to help with the slow, boring bits: filling out your portfolio, writing a brief, finding the right freelancer. You stay in charge of every one of them, Assist just gets you there faster.
Cheers,
Zac & the Unjumble team