I am a web developer from APAC region and have worked for clients in LATAM/US regions in past.

But I want to scale it now and have at least 3-4 clients on $3k/month retainer where I and some people I hire from my local community would work on building their MVPs, maintaining their codebase and scaling their product.

I would oversee the quality of work and work alongside the people I hire so that I can provide the best possible quality work to my clients.

The only struggle I have right now is to find those clients and close deals with them.

Not many people trust developers from 3rd tier countries, but fortunately I have past experience and portfolio of work to show them so that might help.

But where should I be looking for these potential clients and what should be the optimal way to approach them?

  • Brettcreates@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I run a UK based design agency and I can say, without doubt, that the hardest type of developer to find is one who can do tasteful, pixel perfect replication of our designs, using Xd or Figma. No layout, colour, functionality or typographic errors. I pay on average £20-25k p/site to a freelancer who can do this, sometimes stretching into £50k p/site. Sites take roughly 1-2 months to make so that hits your target. No.1 thing to do to be swamped with work, is show good designer teams you can pay attention to all the small details and you’ll earn £100-200k p/year.

    • ifeelanime@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I see. But where do you look for these developers? I mean, where should I be hanging in order to be hunted by the likes of you?

      Also, do you feel comfortable working with different timezone devs, I mean in APAC region? Any changes you make in budget if you’re hiring devs from APAC type regions?

      • Brettcreates@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        We work with people all over the world, and we find them through the work they do. Designers don’t just want someone who can code, they want someone who can build what they’ve designed, exactly as it should be. If a site looks great and there’s a made by XYZ tag at the bottom you can trace back who designed/developed it. We let the devs quote the cost and then see how that works within our budget or speak to the clients seek more budget. Some devs are cheaper than others but they are all people with solid portfolios for startups and big brands.

        • ifeelanime@alien.topOPBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Got it, thanks! yea I guess I am not at that level right now where I can impress people like with my portfolio but I think I am in the process of that right now.

          But these are really good insights and I appreciate a lot for giving it away to me.

          My future plans are to improve my quality of work and also reach out to accelerators and VCs who can refer me to companies they invest in. I don’t know much about how that relation works, but I really want to know about how to build that kind of relationship with Accelerators and VCs