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I built a SaaS for freelancers in my spare time — here's what I learned

DEV Community·Yash-Boldhane·6 months ago
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The Problem I Was Trying to Solve

I'm a freelancer. And like most freelancers, I was using:

WhatsApp to send files to clients

PayPal to collect payments (and lose 3-5% in fees)

Gmail for invoices (copy-pasting from a Word doc)

DocuSign for contracts ($25/month just for e-signatures)

Random Google Drive folders for file sharing

It looked unprofessional. Clients lost things. I chased

payments for weeks.

I couldn't find one tool that did everything at a price

that made sense for a solo freelancer.

So I built it.

What I Built

PortalFlow — a client portal for freelancers.

Each client gets a unique portal link.…

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