Worker-first gig infrastructure
The practical network for local gigs.
GigNetwork.org helps communities, campuses, events, and small businesses scope a fair local crew pilot, set pay floors, and build portable reputation before marketplace payments go live.
48 hr pilot scoping
12% fee model
1 portable passport
Launch model
Every gig starts with a fair floor.
The first product is a request-first crew pilot: estimate pay floors, define screening, confirm the buyer, and keep contracts, invoices, and payouts manual until the operating rules are reviewed.
Company thesis
Make flexible work feel local, accountable, and worth returning to.
Marketplace preview
Screened people for the work that keeps a city moving.
Marketplace gate
Open one market only when both sides are ready.
GigNetwork should launch like an operator, not a directory. Pick the bottleneck, prove it with one local crew lane, and invite only the workers or buyers needed for that repeatable first market.
Supply first
Recruit a small worker bench before public demand.
Best when a venue, district, or partner already has recurring roles but not enough reliable people.
- Gate metric
- 15 screened workers
- Proof artifact
- Roster, references, availability, lead badges
- Next invite
- One recurring venue buyer
Paid first step
$350 Crew Lane Readiness Brief.
Before recruiting workers or opening payment rails, map one local gig lane tightly enough to run by hand: who buys it, what the work is, what the floor should be, what proof is required, and what would make the pilot worth repeating.
Define the shift, tools, crew size, supervision, cancellation risk, and buyer handoff.
Use the planner output as a starting point, then flag urgency, credential, and travel pressure.
Name the checks, badges, proof photos, shift lead, dispute path, and reference expectations.
Keep contracts, invoices, worker payments, and payouts manual until terms and compliance are reviewed.
Trust passport
A reputation layer workers own.
Ratings, skills, completion proof, and client references stay attached to the worker instead of being trapped inside one marketplace. Buyers get confidence. Workers get compounding value.
Ari Rivera
Example event ops lead
- Profile
- Worker-owned
- References
- Portable
- Payment rails
- Manual first
Venue load-in
POS setup
Crowd flow
Lead badge
Identity
References
Skills proof
Operating system
Built for repeat local operations.
Screened supply
ID checks, reference imports, skills badges, and availability signals for local crews.
Fair-pay engine
Minimum pay floors by role, location, urgency, credential, and shift length.
Payment readiness
Clear scopes, buyer payment terms, check-in records, photo proof, dispute path, and payout requirements.
Community pilots
Launch templates for downtown districts, campuses, venues, workforce boards, and nonprofits.
Pricing
Simple enough to trust.
Readiness brief
$350
48-hour paid brief for one role lane, fair-pay floor, trust checks, manual invoice path, and go/no-go metric.
Start with briefWorker
$0
Apply for the pilot list, build a trust passport, and collect portable references.
Join pilot listGig buyer
Modeled 12%
Target service fee for scoped pilots. Contracts, invoices, and payouts stay manual until reviewed.
Estimate a gigCommunity
$2.5k
Monthly pilot package for local networks, workforce partners, and civic launch teams.
Start a networkPilot fit
Pick the first local crew market before building the whole network.
A valuable pilot starts with one repeatable buyer, one role family, and a trust standard workers can meet in real life.
Venue crew pilot
Staff recurring event load-in without rebuilding a helper list every week.
Start with setup, strike, registration, and runner roles for one venue or event producer.
- First buyer
- Venue or event team
- Trust check
- ID, references, shift lead, check-in proof
- Paid path
- $2.5k community pilot or manual buyer-fee test
Founding cities
Launch the first fair gig network in your area.
We are starting with dense local categories: event staffing, pop-up retail, field operations, hospitality support, and community outreach.
A pilot worth scoping names the buyer, the repeated shift, pay range, trust checks, cancellation risk, and the first metric that would prove the network should keep operating.