With EAA and ADA compliance requirements in place, many different types of entities around the world are in need of accessibility professionals. The traditional path for organizations has been to contrct with a digital accessibility company (including us), but now there’s a way to find accessibility help: Accessibility Base.
Accessibility Base is an open marketplace where anyone can hire a professional directly through their page.
Here’s how Accessibility Base works:
- Accessibility professional signs up for a subscription
- They create a page highlighting what they specialize in
- The page is instantly public and anyone can contact them without signing up
- Project discussions can begin
Only professionals and others who create a page are charged a flat subscription.
Otherwise, there are no project fees or commissions.
Compared to freelancing platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer.com, this is a huge cost savings for accessibility experts offering services.
Whereas Upwork and Fiverr fees can range from 15 – 30% and up (in addition to fees for buyers), Accessibility Base is a flat rate of $29.99 per month for most subscriptions (for early subscribers).
Also, let’s emphasize this fabulous feature:
Accessibility Base is free to browse, search, and find. Base isn’t a closed freelancing platform where you can mostly only find freelancers by signing up and searching. Base is open so creator pages can be found on Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI platforms.
In addition to page creation, subscribers also receive promotion on LinkedIn and the Blue Sky app (alternative to Twitter).
Benefits to Professionals:
- Professional page to share
- Get found on Google
- Get hired for jobs
- Get hired for projects
- Social promotion
- Content promotion
- Links to your website and LinkedIn
Also, keep 100% of your payments. No commissions, no fees. Just the subscription cost.
Benefits to Organizations:
- Contact professionals directly
- No sign up required
- Search by specialties
- No project fees
- See hourly rates on profiles
While Accessibility Base has freelancing functionality, there are so many more options in the marketplace. You can also sign up and create a page under the following categories:
- Partner – Are you a design, development, or marketing firm looking to add accessibility experts for auditing? Create a page and attract auditors and other professionals.
- Connector – Networkers, partners, and recruiters can also join. Job placement and connections to opportunities are on the table.
- Hiring – If your organization is directly looking for help, post what you’re looking for. Employment, project help, contract work.
- Products and Services – Showcase the accessibility of your project, service, or organization here. This is great for marketing.
On the last bullet point, there are so many organizations who want to market and showcase their commitment to accessibility. This can come by way of promoting VPATs/ACRs, investments, WCAG conformance, and more.
By creating a page, you can let everyone know that your product is WCAG conformant.
Summary
Accessibility Base is a live marketplace and we’re poised for a lot of activity as we make working with accessibility professionals much easier and more affordable than ever before.
Browse or create your page at AccessibilityBase.com.
