Thanks for your patience with this belated update. We’ve been busy preparing for an exciting October that will see our freelancing platform CanWork move closer toward a minimum marketable product.

What’s happened since the last update?

The development team was focused heavily on back-end infrastructure, high value integrations and some visible feature improvements.

Specifically, we:

Completed back-end transaction management services and monitoring solutions.

services and solutions. Improved stability and security for payments.

and for payments. Deployed back-end automation.

Developed a strategy for Dock.io integration

Worked on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

On the visible side of things we:

Randomised the order of the search results in response to strong feedback about the static provider display. In the future we aim to give users the option to load more than the current 20 profiles.

in response to strong feedback about the static provider display. In the future we aim to give users the option to load more than the current 20 profiles. Revamped the front-end landing page (to be deployed, keep an eye out!)

(to be deployed, keep an eye out!) Implemented ratings and reviews (to be deployed). A necessary feature, this will give Clients the ability to rate Providers on their work.

CanExchange delayed

In the last update we promised to integrate CanExchange — a smoother payment process with multiple currencies.

Unfortunately, some tests failed during the last sprint so we are taking time out to ensure it works bug free. This is highly important for a minimum marketable product (MMP) and to allow for scale.

CanExchange is integral to a fast and easy user experience. Currently, we send users outside of the platform to buy CAN which is sub-optimal and breaks the flow. For these reasons we can’t compromise on quality.

You can expect to see CanExchange integration by the end of October.

What’s planned for the next sprint?

Over the next two weeks we will:

Continue working on CanExchange integration.

integration. Introduce profile image changes. This commonly requested feature again gave way to other priorities.

changes. This commonly requested feature again gave way to other priorities. Integrate Dock.io as a new login/authorisation method.

as a new login/authorisation method. Commence work for the “Post Job / Bid on Job” feature. This is a major effort but is a key feature toward a MMP. Get excited about this!

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