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trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Thank you! We'll get these bugs fixed asap. The board is mainly for subcontracting/delegating tasks to other devs so it asks for a separate funding source. I see where this is confusing and we will iterate accordingly. I really appreciate the feedback here.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Great point. You would actually use your standard contract with clients as you do now so your clause would still be active. We have a dispute process in place now if a client steals code without paying for it, it ultimately triggers an investigation and can impact client's reputation within our system.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Hi Maiku - we genuinely apologize for sending a negative first impression to you. Our goal was to receive feedback from as many developers as possible. While we didn't harvest emails from GitHub or StackOverflow, these emails were cold and we now understand this is not the best way to ask for feedback.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Thanks for your feedback! The payout is only triggered when a client approves a pull request.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Thanks for the feedback and great question here.

PRs are still attached to an hourly or flat rate that you and the client have agreed upon. This means you will not make more money for submitting more PRs. You just receive your payments sooner.

The client also approves your pull request to trigger the payout. The minute your code is accepted into their codebase you receive payment.

I'd love to hear more thoughts on your concern here and if this solves it, really great insight.

trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
We're actually adding international support this week. I will respond back here as soon as it's live.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Great question. So far we've seen users receive a partial payment upfront with the remaining balance paid out automatically at code delivery.
trapfitech··on Launch HN: TrapFi (YC W18) pays freelance developers by the pull request
Awesome! Yes, we take care of the paper trail as well.