Growing Your Business: How to Build an Agency on goLance
When you are ready to scale your freelance business, making the move from a solo freelancer to an agency is a great option. This business structure enables you to collaborate with a team, take on larger projects, and streamline your workflow.
What is an Agency?
On goLance, an agency is a business entity consisting of multiple team members who collaborate on client contracts. Rather than the client contracting with each individual freelancer, the client contracts directly with the agency. The agency owner and their managerial team then oversee the client relationships, contracts, and internal work distribution.
How to Create Your Agency
You can easily set up your agency on goLance by following these straightforward steps:
Create a Freelancer Account: Start by registering a standard freelancer profile on goLance.
Establish Your Company: Within your account, create a new company profile. This profile will serve as your official agency.
Enhance Your Profile: Add promotional details, such as a company description and a link to your external website, to help attract clients.
Onboard Your Team: Ensure the freelancers who will be working for your agency also create standard goLance accounts.
Invite Members and Configure Roles: When sending invitations to freelancers to join your company, you will assign their specific roles, permissions, and exclusivity status right away. To ensure any offer they receive from a client is captured as part of the agency, set their status to Exclusive (please note that exclusive members cannot receive or accept offers independently on the platform).
Understanding Agency Roles
Agency members generally fall into two categories: Administrative/Managerial staff who run the business, and Subcontractors who complete the work.
Here is a breakdown of the roles you can assign:
| Role | Category | Core Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| Sales Manager | Administrative | Finds job opportunities for the agency, submits proposals on behalf of subcontractors, and finalizes contracts with clients. |
| Company Moderator | Administrative | Manages internal operations by sending invitations to new members, managing team permissions, and organizing user groups. |
| Subcontractor | Operational | The freelancers completing the actual work. Managers can apply for jobs and accept offers on their behalf. |
Managing Payments
When working with subcontractors, goLance offers flexible payment routing. You can choose to have all income from their work deposited directly into the agency's account to settle up privately later, or you can configure goLance to automatically split the pay as funds are released.
Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Freelancers
When inviting members to your agency, they will become exclusive to your agency.
Important Note: > * Exclusive Freelancers are restricted to working only for your agency on the goLance platform. They cannot accept direct contracts or work with other agencies.
Non-Exclusive Freelancers can work for your agency while also maintaining their own independent client base and contracting with other companies.
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