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Website

A polished marketing/landing site live on a custom domain, without hand-coding.

DIY $0–$50/moHire $100–$350
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Web app

A working product — accounts, a database, real logic — not a static page.

DIY $25–$80/moHire $500–$3000
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Logo

One finished, usable logo (transparent PNG + scalable vector) without hiring a designer.

DIY $0–$65Hire $40–$300
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Brand identity

A complete starter brand system — logo + palette + fonts + assets/guidelines.

DIY $15–$130Hire $150–$1500
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Content

An SEO-optimized post/page that ranks and reads human, without hiring a writer.

DIY $0–$20/moHire $35–$200
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Product images

Studio-quality product shots or marketing images without a photographer.

DIY $0–$40Hire $30–$150
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Video

A short (15–60s) promo/social/explainer video without filming or an editor.

DIY $20–$120Hire $50–$500
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Chatbot

An AI assistant on your site that answers from your own content 24/7.

DIY $0–$150/moHire $45–$520
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Voiceover

Natural narration for an explainer, ad, or video without a voice actor.

DIY $0–$22Hire $30–$200
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Slides

A clean, on-brand deck (pitch/sales/report) fast, instead of fighting PowerPoint.

DIY $0–$20/moHire $30–$250
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Photo editing

Retouch, clean up, remove backgrounds/objects, or upscale photos without manual Photoshop skill.

DIY $0–$20/moHire $10–$100
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Social media

A steady stream of on-brand posts (captions + graphics/short video) across platforms.

DIY $15–$50/moHire $30–$200
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Roblox game

A working Roblox experience — scripts, UI, a core game loop — without hiring a Roblox developer.

DIY $0–$20/moHire $100–$2000
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Discord bot

A custom bot — moderation, economy, tickets, or fun commands — running 24/7 on your server.

DIY $0–$20/moHire $80–$700
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NFT collection

A small generative collection — layered art, defined traits, mint-ready metadata — without hiring an NFT designer.

DIY $10–$60Hire $200–$1000
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Smart contract

A working, tested smart contract — a token, NFT, or basic staking system — without hiring a Solidity developer.

DIY $0–$20/mo + gas feesHire $150–$2500

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