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South Africa's freelance marketplace where the money is already in escrow before you start. Real budgets in rand, clients rated as openly as you are, and payment released the day your work is approved.

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12
Open gigs
R392,3k
Value in escrow
7
SmartPay gigs

Getting paid should not be the hard part

Most freelance disputes in South Africa are not about quality. They are about a client who disappears after delivery. FairGig removes that risk by moving the money first.

  1. Step 1

    Find work worth your time

    Filter by budget, duration and province. Every listing shows the real budget in rand up front — no "competitive rates" and no bidding wars to the bottom.

  2. Step 2

    Money moves into escrow first

    When your proposal is accepted, the full contract value is transferred into a ring-fenced account before you write a line of code. The client cannot withdraw it.

  3. Step 3

    Deliver, approve, get paid

    Submit your work through the platform. On approval, funds release to your account within one business day. If the client goes quiet, funds release automatically.

Read the full process, including disputes

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  • SmartPayFeaturedMobile Development

    React Native driver app for a logistics startup

    Offline-first delivery app with proof-of-delivery capture, route handover and low-data mode for drivers on prepaid bundles.

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • TypeScript
    • SQLite
    • +1 more
    R72k
    Fixed price
    Remote · Gauteng 10 weeks 14 applicants 534 Posted yesterday Thandi M. Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 21 reviews
  • SmartPayUrgentWeb Development

    Migrate a WordPress site to headless with a Next.js frontend

    Keep WordPress as the editorial CMS, rebuild the frontend in Next.js for speed, and preserve every existing URL.

    • Next.js
    • WordPress
    • GraphQL
    • SEO Migration
    • +1 more
    R55k
    Fixed price
    Remote · Gauteng 8 weeks 12 applicants 476 Posted yesterday Thandi M. Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 21 reviews
  • SmartPayFeaturedWeb Development

    Build a Shopify storefront for a specialty coffee brand

    Custom Shopify theme, subscription checkout and a Payfast integration for a Cape Town roastery scaling to nationwide delivery.

    • Shopify
    • Liquid
    • JavaScript
    • Payfast
    • +1 more
    R48k
    Fixed price
    Remote · Western Cape 6 weeks 9 applicants 412 Posted 2 days ago Riaan v. Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews

Our response time promise

We reply to every support message within 4 business hours, and clients commit to answering gig applications within 48 hours.

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  • Rated 5.0 out of 5Demo data

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    Sample Reviewer AFreelance developer, Gauteng

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    Seeded placeholder text demonstrating a four-star review with a mild criticism, so the layout is tested against something other than uniform praise. Not a real customer.

    Sample Reviewer BClient, Western Cape

  • Rated 5.0 out of 5Demo data

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    Sample Reviewer CFreelance designer, KwaZulu-Natal

FairGig+ Optional upgrade

FairGig is free. FairGig+ is for when it becomes your job.

Everything that makes the platform work — escrow, ratings, your profile, ten proposals a month — stays on the free plan forever. FairGig+ is what you add when freelancing stops being a side thing.

  • Service fee cut from 10% to 5%
  • Unlimited proposals
  • Six-hour head start on new gigs
  • Featured placement in search results
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