Launching today
Contribe
creator guild where builders collaborate & earn dividends
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creator guild where builders collaborate & earn dividends
2 followers
Contribe is a cooperative platform for African builders, designers, and engineers to form project squads ("Tribes"), tackle paid bounties, and build equity. Unlike traditional freelance platforms that take 20% fees with zero ownership, Contribe channels 30% of platform subscription revenue back into an annual member dividend vault.
Hey Product Hunt!
Contribe is a Creator Guild Cooperative where 30% of our subscription revenue goes back to the members who build it.
As an African builder, I watched top-tier engineers, designers, and creators get squeezed by freelance marketplaces: 20% platform cuts, opaque algorithmic bans, and zero long-term upside in platforms they helped grow.
What if the platform worked for builders instead of extracting from them? Instead of race-to-the-bottom bidding wars, Contribe lets you:
- Join a Tribe: band together to take on larger client briefs solo freelancers can't, e.g. [example: 4 devs + 1 designer on a $30k fintech build].
- Earn as you contribute: micro-bounties and Guild Stake Units (GSUs, [your share of the annual dividend]) for completing tasks, reviewing peer code, and shipping MVPs.
- Co-own the platform: 30% of subscription revenue goes into an annual Community Dividend Vault, paid straight to members' bank accounts.
ONE QUESTION FOR YOU
What would make squad-based contracting smoother for you or your team?
I'm here in the comments all day. Ask me anything, including how the dividend is funded and governed.
Thank you for your support!