Built a freelancing app to hire in under 60 seconds — looking for feedback on growth

This is impressive traction for zero marketing spend. 10k downloads + 4.8 rating as a solo founder is not small.

Your problem now is not growth. It is marketplace balance.

Right now you have supply (freelancers).

You need demand (clients).

For two-sided marketplaces, I’d focus on:

Narrowing the ICP on the client side.
“Anyone hiring freelancers” is too broad. Pick one segment first — startups, e-commerce sellers, founders building MVPs, etc.

Create urgency-based positioning.
The “hire in 60 seconds” angle is strong, but who urgently needs that? Probably early-stage founders who hate Upwork proposals.

Solve one high-frequency use case.
Instead of general freelancing, maybe dominate something like:
• Quick landing page builds
• Short-form video editors
• UI fixes
• Ad creatives

Own one category first.

Build client acquisition loops.
Freelancers invite clients → clients post jobs → freelancers share success stories → loop compounds.

Also, consider publishing “time to hire” case studies. If you can prove someone hired in 60 seconds and shipped work in 24 hours, that’s powerful.

If you want to go deeper into positioning + demand strategy, happy to chat. This is an interesting build.