Service Signals
Service listings with scope, delivery terms and commercial fit made explicit — moderated, with the last approved version staying live.
A market signals tool. This is how you get found. The other families are connect & procure — what somebody does about a signal once they have seen one — and market presence.
A service signal is what a product signal is for goods: a listing structured well enough that a buyer can judge fit before making contact. Services need different fields, because what a buyer is assessing is scope and delivery rather than specification and variant.
What a signal carries
| Group | Contains |
|---|---|
| Scope and deliverables | What is included, what is explicitly not, what "done" means |
| Delivery and coverage | How it is delivered, where, over what timeline |
| Commercial fit | Engagement model, pricing basis, SAC code |
At a glance
| Who publishes | A verified business (business seat) |
| Who discovers | Any verified participant |
| Moderation | Every publish and edit reviewed; last approved version stays live |
| Contact | Through an enquiry |
| Sales agents | Can participate where the enquiry or tender flow allows their context |
Publishing is free; costs arise on the enquiry — see Costs.
Scope is the whole job
The commonest failure in service procurement is not price, it is two parties who agreed on a deliverable and disagreed on its boundary. A signal that states what is excluded as clearly as what is included prevents more disputes than any contract clause added later.
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What a signal carries
Scope, exclusions, deliverables and dependencies — what a buyer needs to judge fit.
Pricing a service
Publishing a number when every job is different, and what "on request" costs you.
Getting found
Categories, tags and reach — identical for services.
Publishing and moderation
How it goes live, and why editing never takes your listing down.
How this compares
Freelance marketplaces solve a different problem: open bidding on posted jobs, with the platform taking a fee on the work. Here the provider publishes a standing description of what they do, buyers raise deliberate enquiries against it, and no commission is taken on whatever is agreed. See Bidancer vs Upwork.
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- Quick start · Costs · FAQ
- How to write an RFQ for the buyer's side