The best Fiverr and Upwork alternatives for development — find clients directly with LinkedIn outreach and a discovery call.

Hi {name}, saw {company}’s site — love what you do. Quick observation: your homepage takes Xs to load and the contact flow is Y clicks, which usually costs leads. I rebuild sites for speed and conversion. Want me to send a 60-second loom showing 3 quick wins? No pitch.

I help service businesses turn their website into a lead machine

Web developer | Pages that load in under 1 second | Core Web Vitals

I help ecommerce stores stop losing sales to slow pages

I build high-converting landing pages for funded startups

Full-stack dev helping agencies ship client sites 2x faster

I help local businesses get found and chosen on Google

Hi {name}, enjoyed your post on [topic]. I’m a frontend dev focused on the parts users feel — performance, accessibility, and shipping features that get adopted. Last role I cut load time X% and lifted feature adoption. If {company} is growing the frontend team, I’d love a 15-min chat.

Frontend dev helping product teams ship features users actually adopt

I build accessible interfaces that pass audit and expand reach

Frontend engineer | Cut Largest Contentful Paint from 4s to 1s

I help fintech teams build UIs that don’t break under compliance

React/TS dev turning design debt into a clean component system

Frontend developer who makes slow apps feel instant

Hi {name}, your post on [system/topic] was great — the part about [detail] resonated. I’m a backend engineer focused on reliability and scale; last role I cut p99 latency 60%. If {company} is growing the team, I’d love 15 minutes to hear what you’re building and share how I’d help.

I help fintech teams ship reliable APIs that don’t break at scale

Software engineer | Cut p99 latency 60% | ex-Stripe

I help startups turn fragile prototypes into systems that scale

Backend engineer who makes 2am pages stop happening

I help teams ship faster without breaking production

Distributed systems engineer | 99.99% uptime | Go/Python

Hi {name}, your post on [reliability/topic] was on point. I’m DevOps focused on uptime and fast, safe deploys — last role I cut MTTR from hours to minutes and held 99.99% uptime. If {company} is hardening its platform, I’d love 15 minutes to share where I’d start.

I help teams ship multiple times a day without breaking production

DevOps engineer | 99.99% uptime, MTTR cut from hours to minutes

I help startups build infrastructure that scales without a team

Platform engineer | Self-serve dev environments | ex-Netflix

I turn fragile deploys into boring, reliable releases

Hi {name}, {company}’s site is on WordPress — quick flag: it’s running Xs load time and a few risky plugins, which usually means lost leads and a security risk. I build fast, secure WP sites. Want a free 60-second loom with 3 quick wins?

I help businesses turn their WordPress site into a lead generator

WordPress developer | Sites that load in under 1s and rank

I make slow, hackable WP sites fast and secure

I help ecommerce stores sell more with fast WooCommerce builds

WP specialist | Core Web Vitals green, zero breaches

I rescue WordPress sites from plugin bloat and hacks

Hi {name}, {company}’s store is strong but the theme is capping your conversion and AOV — usually a custom checkout and a couple of upsell flows fix that fast. I build high-converting Shopify stores. Want a free teardown with 3 revenue moves?

I help DTC brands lift conversion with custom Shopify builds

Shopify developer | Custom checkout that lifts AOV | Liquid

I turn slow Shopify themes into fast, high-converting stores

I help stores scale past their theme’s limits

Shopify expert | 2x speed, +18% conversion | ex-Allbirds

I build the upsells and flows that grow revenue per visitor

Hi {name}, scaling companies like {company} usually have a spreadsheet or manual process eating 20+ hours/week — I build no-code tools that kill that busywork fast (no eng queue needed). Want me to sketch the tool that’d save your team the most time? Free.

I help startups ship MVPs in weeks, not months

No-code developer | Internal tools that save 20+ hours/week

I replace spreadsheets and busywork with automated systems

I help agencies productize services with custom portals

No-code builder | Bubble + Make + Airtable | ex-Stripe ops

I build the internal tools engineers don’t have time for

Hi {name}, your post on [mobile topic] was sharp. I’m a mobile dev focused on retention — last role I cut crash rate and lifted DAU. If {company} is growing the mobile team, I’d love 15 minutes to hear what you’re building and share how I’d help.

I help apps keep users by cutting crashes and boosting speed

Mobile developer | 99.9% crash-free sessions | ex-Spotify

I help fintech apps feel safe enough to trust with money

iOS engineer who makes slow apps feel instant

I help startups ship apps users open every day

React Native dev | One codebase, native-grade performance

Hi {name}, your post on [quality/topic] resonated. I’m in QA focused on release stability — last role I automated 70% of tests and held 99% release stability. If {company} is hardening quality, I’d love 15 minutes to share where I’d start.

I help teams ship with confidence by catching bugs before users do

QA engineer | 70% of tests automated, 99% release stability

I help startups avoid the bug that loses customers

QA automation | Cut regression time from days to hours

I protect your reputation by catching what slips through

Hi {name}, your post on [systems/topic] was sharp. I’m a backend dev focused on uptime and latency — last role I held 99.99% uptime and cut p99 under 100ms. If {company} is growing the backend team, I’d love 15 minutes to share where I’d start.

I help teams build APIs that stay up when traffic spikes

Backend engineer | 99.99% uptime, p99 under 100ms

I help startups turn fragile backends into systems that scale

I make slow APIs fast enough that users don’t leave

I help fintech move money safely without the 2am pages

Backend dev | Payment systems that never lose a transaction

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