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Every line below is something that actually shipped, taken from the real commit history. No roadmap promises, no “coming soon” — just what changed and when.

September 10, 2026
  • The home page now asks who you are — "I'm hiring" or "I'm working" — and remembers the answer. The professional page, the client page and each craft page carry stories from people here, in their own words (shown as labelled examples until the real ones, with photos and permission, replace them). Client craft pages lead with what gets done. The craft pages stopped repeating the never-here list and the early-and-small strip, and the fees, who-you-can-hire and together pages got shorter opening sentences.
September 5, 2026
  • The public site now says what gets done here. A "Who you can hire" page lists sixteen kinds of work — illustration, design, writing, development, AI, video, audio, photography, marketing, strategy, data, admin, finance, translation, coaching, engineering — each with how it is reviewed, and three things you cannot hire here. Ten crafts got their own pages for clients ("Hire a writer", with examples of acceptance criteria) and for professionals ("For writers and editors", with the craft's own review mock). A page for pairs who already work together. The fees page now states the fee and the payment costs in the same breath, shows the all-in cost of a $500 payment by bank and by card, and publishes six money promises; the calculator ends with the same all-in line. The home page leads with outcomes and says plainly that it all happens in a chat, so there is nothing new to learn.
  • Both sides now see the same payment statement. A client used to see only their number; now every money surface — a paid delivery, a payment request, a period bill, the Payments trail, a proposal in a chat, a gig checkout — shows the client what they paid, the payment costs, Actuallize's fee, and what the professional receives, worded from their side. The client's number never changes; the professional still bears the fee. "Processing" is now called "payment costs" on those lines.
  • Rebuilt the public site: a page for clients, four sourced fee comparisons (Upwork, Fiverr, Contra, Freelancer.com), a "you brought the client" option in the fee calculator, a founder's note, an appeals rule (every restriction states its reason; a person reviews an appeal within 3 working days), a security and data section, and the founding rate: accounts created before 31 December 2026 keep the 1% / 0.5% schedule. Terms and Privacy lost their draft banners.
September 3, 2026
  • Professionals now pay a lower platform fee — 0.5% — for every client they've already worked with, and the standard rate drops to 1% (down from a flat 10%) for a brand-new pair. Clients' invoices never change; payment processing is shown as its own line, at cost.
  • Added the "bring your client" invite link, the trust pages, and a full marketing site.
  • Projects can now include more than the two original people — invite a reviewer or a view-only guest with a shareable link.
  • The workspace now adapts down to tablet and phone screen sizes.
  • Refreshed the visual palette and type system across the app.
  • Hardened the platform for real traffic: rate limiting on sensitive actions, stricter security headers, and more resilient handling of payment-provider webhook events.
September 2, 2026
  • Added in-chat message search.
  • Added a place to record usage rights and licensing terms for audio/video work.
September 1, 2026
  • Payment requests and shared decisions ("Should we go with A or B?") now live as cards right in the project chat, alongside deliveries.
  • Smoother loading states and a warmer first-time screen for a brand-new account.
August 30, 2026
  • Added hourly and retainer billing, with time logged and billed directly in the chat.
  • Every professional now has a public storefront profile with a portfolio — pieces delivered through Actuallize carry a badge the platform verifies, never one you can set yourself.
  • Added a Settings space, including a way to declare your working hours so people know when to expect a reply.
  • Added productized "gigs" — a fixed-price, fixed-scope package a client can buy outright.
  • Added e-signed project briefs.
  • Rebuilt marketplace browsing to adapt to whether you're hiring or looking for work.
  • Real file and media delivery — attachments, portfolio pieces, and gig images are actually stored and served, not placeholders.
  • Added an admin dispute desk where both sides record their position before a human rules.
August 29, 2026
  • Rebuilt the whole workspace around units of work — deliveries, sessions, billing periods — instead of rigid project templates.
  • Added six review styles matched to the kind of work: a canvas with pins, margin comments on text, timestamped notes on video or audio, line comments on code, and page annotations on documents.
  • Added scheduled sessions (calls, meetings) inside a project.
  • A casual direct message can now turn into a full protected project with one accepted proposal.
  • Added read receipts and unread-message tracking.
  • Unified navigation into one shell across the whole app.
August 22, 2026
  • Initial build: protected milestone payments, proposals and contracts, live project chat, double-blind reviews, and the first trust & safety tools (reporting, moderation, an admin console).