u/Federal_Cap_3539

Genuinely curious about this — when you're early stage and need a designer, content writer, or marketer, what do you actually do?

Do it yourself? Hire a freelancer from Fiverr and hope for the best? Pay an agency ₹80k/month you can't really afford? Leave it undone and just move on?

I'm doing research on this before building a platform to solve it — want to make sure I'm solving a real problem, not an imagined one.

Honest answers in the comments really appreciated. Or if you want to share more details fill out the survey

I keep hearing the same story from designers, writers, marketers, and video editors across India — skilled people, but stuck. Either doing underpaid gigs on Fiverr, sitting idle, or working without any real recognition.

I'm trying to understand if this is as widespread as I think it is, because I'm building something around it. But before I build anything, I genuinely want to hear from people who are living this problem.

If you're a creative in India — what's actually stopping you right now? Is it portfolio? Clients? Trust? Platforms not working? Something else entirely?

Drop your honest answer in the comments — or if you want to share more, I made a short 4-minute survey:

Either way works. Just want to understand the real picture before I assume I know it.