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Freelance job leads, $3.5K a month, self-reported in 2024, without client-fee cuts

SolidGigs delivers tailored freelance job leads through custom filters, gig hunters, and AI matching tools. Its $3.5K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of May 2024.

What it actually sells

SolidGigs is a lead generation tool that plugs into an existing freelance business and delivers tailored freelance job leads. The site says it was made by freelancers for freelancers and lists freelancers seeking clients and freelance job opportunities as its audience.

How it charges

The yearly plan is $29/mo, billed annually at $350, with a 14-day free trial. The monthly plan is $35/mo, with a 14-day free trial and zero commitment. Both plans allow cancellation anytime, and SolidGigs charges no percentage of client fees.

Where customers come from

The site shows a freelance jobs blog, an affiliate program, and job alerts delivered by email. It also displays 28,000+ freelancers served. Matching gigs appear in the dashboard and arrive by email.

What stands out

Users can set custom search filters for location, budget, keywords, and job preferences. Gig hunters and AI matching tools search dozens of freelance job sources, while the send-a-pitch button takes users to the original job source.

From the official site

Tell us exactly what kinds of freelance jobs you want to receive. Adjust location, budget, keywords, and much more for a custom-tailored experience.
Click the "send a pitch" button and you'll automatically be sent to the original source.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

SolidGigs's $3.5K a month is higher than 55% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

The difficult parts would include maintaining job-source connections, matching results to user preferences, handling email delivery, and supporting users when leads are stale or unsuitable. A new entrant would also face competition in freelance job discovery, alongside trust, data-quality, regulatory, and support-load challenges.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

The clearest lesson is to define the buyer and the job clearly: freelancers searching for relevant opportunities. The product pairs tailored search filters with a dashboard, email alerts, and direct access to original job sources.

Sources

  1. SolidGigs official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. SolidGigs pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
  3. Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of May 2024

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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