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👋 Hey Product Hunt!
I’m Sagar, the maker of Viahourly.
I built Viahourly because I got tired of one thing that seems to come with every freelance project: spending more time discussing the work than actually doing it.
As a freelancer/agency owner, the usual process looked something like this:
“Can you build a website?”
→ Scope the project
→ Write a proposal
→ Estimate hours
→ Negotiate the price
→ Start working
→ Scope changes
→ More discussions
→ Somehow the “2-week project” is still going a month later 😅
And on the other side, clients often had a different problem: “Do I really need to pay a fixed project fee when I only need a few hours of help?”
So we asked: what if professional work worked like booking time?
With Viahourly, clients can book professionals by the hour for the exact help they need.
Need a designer for 3 hours?
Need a developer for 10?
Need a marketing expert to jump in and solve a specific problem?
Book the time. Get the work done. Pay for the time you actually need.
But while building Viahourly, we discovered something important.
The real problem wasn't just scheduling.
It was trust.
Clients wanted confidence that their hours would actually produce something valuable. Professionals wanted protection from endless revisions and “just one more small thing” requests.
So we built Viahourly around three things:
🎯 Clear deliverables
Know what you're getting before the clock starts.
⏱️ Hour tracking
Keep the work and time transparent for everyone.
🤝 Mutual accountability
Clients know what they're paying for, and professionals know what they're responsible for delivering.
We're still early, and that's exactly why I'm excited to be here.
I'd genuinely love to hear from freelancers, agencies, consultants, founders, and business owners:
Would you book professional services by the hour?
And if you've hired freelancers before:
What would make you trust an hourly professional instead of choosing a fixed-price project?
I'm Sagar, the maker behind Viahourly, and I'll be here today answering questions, sharing what we're building, and hopefully learning a lot from the Product Hunt community.
Thanks for checking out Viahourly. ❤️
Book expertise. Pay for the time you need.