About LekkerGig
Why we built this, and why it's free for now.
Small gigs. Serious talent.
Most job boards are built for permanent hires. Even the contract-focused ones think in months. But a lot of real work doesn't fit that shape: add a payment provider, fix a leaking tap, update a page, mount a shelf that's been leaning against the wall for months. Gigs that take a competent Doer a day or a week, not a quarter — whether that Doer's tool of choice is a keyboard or a spanner. Nobody was building for that gap in South Africa, so we did.
Free to post, free to apply — for now
While LekkerGig is in early access, posting a gig doesn't cost a Poster anything, and applying has never cost a Doer anything. We'd rather spend this stretch learning whether the match itself actually works for South African Posters and Doers than spend it on billing.
That could change later — a small posting fee is the most likely shape if it does, similar to how we described it here before. If and when that happens, we'll say so clearly, update this page, and it'll never apply retroactively to a gig you've already posted.
We're an introduction, not a payment processor
Once a Poster and a Doer connect through LekkerGig, what they charge each other, how they invoice, and how they get paid is between them — we don't sit in the middle of that transaction, hold funds in escrow, or take a percentage of the project. That's true regardless of whether posting itself is free, and keeps us out of a business (payments, disputes, tax handling) we're not trying to be in.
Every post still goes through a real review
Free doesn't mean unmoderated. Every new post still goes through a quick admin review before it goes live, to keep the board free of spam, duplicates, and postings that aren't real gigs. That review exists to keep the board worth a Doer's time, not to gate payment.
South Africa only, on purpose
Every gig and every Doer profile on LekkerGig is South African. That's not a limitation we're planning to grow out of — it's the point. Competing against global marketplace pricing helps no one here; matching local Posters with local Doers, at local rates, is the whole idea.