Job Title: [For Hire] I'll build your website or app first - pay only if you actually want it.
Price: 2–3 "buckets of beer" (negotiable based on project scope) Source: reddit-r-forhire
The Offer
On weekends, I take freelance builds under a model most people find suspicious at first: I build it first, then show you a working demo.
- If you like it and need it: You pay me.
- If you don't: We walk away, no hard feelings.
There is no downpayment, no upfront contract, and no chasing.
Why this model?
I have a day job, and weekends are for building things I enjoy. The "beer money" is just a bonus; I would rather ship real projects than let a weekend go to waste. Because I am a solo developer with a heavily AI-assisted workflow, a build takes only hours—a rejected project costs me nothing. That is the whole reason this works.
What I Can Build
- Website + CMS: Allows you or your non-technical staff to edit content yourselves without needing a developer for simple updates like changing prices or adding photos.
- Web Apps and Mobile Apps: For mobile, I handle everything except store deployment.
- Business Systems: Booking, inventory, rentals, and similar functional systems.
Sample System: Rentahan System
Terms and Privacy
- Full source code is yours: Once you pay, everything is turned over to you. There is no vendor lock-in and no "hosted only on my server" hostage situation.
- Fully anonymous: I will not ask for a testimonial, I will not post your project on my site, and I will not name-drop you anywhere. Your build is your business.
About Me
- Portfolio: newmachine.ph
- Community: devup.ph (An advocacy group for online workers)
If the "build first, pay if happy" model sounds too good to be true, that is fair—freelancing has burned people on both sides. That is exactly why I absorb all the risk instead of asking you to.
What are you thinking of building?