Stop reading 100 freelancer posts. Get 3–5 people we've already checked.
You post a job, dozens of strangers reply, and you spend the afternoon sorting them. We do that part for you: we check rates, confirm availability, and hand you a shortlist you can hire from right away.
Get a shortlist — $49 How it works
Hiring someone?
Developers, designers, virtual assistants, community managers, video editors, SEO help — one flat $49. You get 3–5 people with confirmed rates and availability, plus a note on why each one fits your brief. You hire and pay them directly. We take no cut of their pay.
Need a finished piece?
A logo, a social graphic, a short video edit — done for you, one fixed price per piece, $30–$60. You approve the brief, we deliver the finished file. One revision round included.
What you actually get
- Checked, not collected. Before anyone reaches your list, we message them and confirm they are still taking work and that their rate still stands.
- 48 hours. Your shortlist arrives within 48 hours of us receiving your brief. If we can't confirm at least 3 people, you get a full refund — no questions, no forms.
- Direct contact. The list includes each person's contact and portfolio. You talk to them yourself and pay them yourself.
What we don't do
- We are not your employer and not an agency. We don't hire people on your behalf and we don't guarantee a hire.
- We don't sell you a list of links scraped from a public board. If we haven't confirmed someone, they don't go on your list.
- We don't take a cut of a freelancer's pay for hiring introductions. The $49 is the whole fee.
Shortlist is a small, human-run service operated by the team behind VibeCodePicks. Every shortlist is put together by a person, not generated in bulk.