An open floor, a fair fee
We don't decide who gets to be a maker — the work and the reviews do. Here's how an open marketplace stays good, and why our fee only comes out at the end.
Most hiring platforms make one of two mistakes. Some gatekeep — a private list, an application you wait weeks to clear, a quiet 'we'll be in touch'. Others throw the doors open but turn every brief into a price auction, where the only way to stand out is to charge less than the person beside you. Both quietly punish the people doing the actual work.
We didn't want either. Woktra is open: anyone can sign up, build a profile, and start applying to briefs. What gets you hired isn't a gatekeeper's blessing or the lowest number on the page — it's your work, and the record you build by delivering it.
Open, but not anonymous
Open doesn't mean a free-for-all. Every account is Aadhaar-verified, so clients know they're talking to real, identifiable people. Your ratings, reviews, and repeat-rate sit on your profile in public, earned one finished project at a time. A maker who shows up, ships, and gets re-hired rises — no committee required.
The best filter isn't a gate at the door. It's a track record everyone can see.
A fee that waits for the work
The other half of fairness is the money. We charge a flat 10%, and only at delivery — about half what the big platforms quietly take. Posting a brief is free, talking to makers is free, and if you hire no one you pay nothing. When you do hire, the funds sit in escrow until you approve the work, then reach the maker over UPI in minutes, with no withdrawal fee.
- Open to join — no gate, no waitlist, no pay-to-apply.
- Verified identities and public reviews keep it honest.
- Flat 10%, charged only when work is delivered and approved.
An open floor only works if it's also a fair one. Keep both true at once and you get the thing we set out to build: a place where good work gets found on its merits, and the people who do it keep most of what they earn.