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How 202 Collective works

A freelance platform and a professional community in one place: public profiles, real projects, client management, and no commission on your work.

If you are hiring

Client accounts are free and open — no invitation needed. Post a project describing what you need, and freelancers whose skills match are notified. You can also browse the public directory and approach people directly.

Once you have chosen someone, the project workspace gives you milestones, tasks, approvals, quotes and invoices. You can use as much or as little of it as you want.

  • Free to post — No listing fee, no commission on the work.
  • Real profiles — Portfolios, skills, ratings from completed projects and links to external platforms.
  • Structured projects — Milestones and approvals so problems surface early.

If you are freelancing

Freelancers join by invitation. Once in, you build a public profile, apply to open projects, and manage your own clients — including clients you brought with you, who never touch a marketplace at all.

You keep 100% of what you charge. The only platform charge is a flat $5 on invoices processed through the platform, waived on Premium.

  • A profile with its own URL — Built for sending to prospects, not just for internal search.
  • Your own client list — Invite existing clients in and manage them here, or keep working as you always have.
  • No exclusivity — Link out to Fiverr, Upwork, GitHub, LinkedIn or your own site.

Teams and the community

Members can form teams, which handle their own membership and vouch for new people joining the platform. Teams are how invitations get issued and how the directory stays worth reading.

The community feed sits alongside all of this. It is members-only unless an author chooses to share a specific post publicly.

Payments are optional

Stripe Connect is available if you want clients to pay invoices through the platform, with milestones and receipts handled for you. Connecting it is a choice, not a requirement — the platform works fully without it.

If you and your client would rather handle money directly, that is free and always supported. The platform is not trying to sit between you and your bank account.

Frequently asked questions

Who can create an account? Clients can sign up freely. Freelancers join by invitation from an existing member or team, and can request one through the join page.

What does the platform charge? 0% commission. A flat $5 on invoices processed through the platform, waived on Agent Premium. Optional paid extras are listed on the pricing page.

Is my information public? Only what belongs on a public profile. Freelancers are public by codename rather than legal name, and email addresses, messages, billing and client details are never shown publicly.

Is this only for developers? It started with developers and that is still the largest group, but the skill list covers design, infrastructure, testing, writing and marketing as well.

Two ways in

Hiring and freelancing start in different places. Pick the one that describes you.