For India’s freelancers, and everyone who hires them
The Goodwill Network turns verbal deals into written commitments: binding agreements, compliant invoices and a reputation you own. For both sides of the table.
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FREELANCERS
“We’ll settle it after the release.”
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“Budget got cut, yaar.”
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“Accounts runs on net-90. You’ll get it.”
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“Your invoice is incorrect. Please resend”
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“The scope changed. The fee didn’t.”
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“One more revision. It’s small, promise.”
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“Don’t worry, just trust me.”
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“We’ll push payment after the campaign wraps.”
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“The client hasn’t paid us yet.”
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“He dropped off two days before the shoot.”
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“The actor swore he had no competing brand deals.”
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“Is the DOP even free on the 14th? Someone call him.”
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“I never agreed to that rate.”
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“I’ll confirm my dates next week, promise.”
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“The editor vanished mid-project.”
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Every one of these is survivable, if the deal was on paper first.
How it works
Verbal to written in three moves.
Handshakes still matter. They just stop being the only thing holding a deal together.
STEP 01
Put it in writing.
Fee, scope, credit, dates, any other terms, fill in the details of your deal and your agreement is drafted in minutes. No lawyers, no back-and-forth.
STEP 02
Both sides sign.
Send it to any email address. The other party reads it in full and signs digitally.
No account needed.
A countersigned PDF lands with both of you.
Who it’s for
The freelancer side is built for the breadth of creative work: every domain, same protections. The producer side goes deep on one: the way advertising production actually runs.
For freelancers
Any freelancer. Any field.
If you work for yourself, the toolkit works the same. Agreements, invoices, bookings, legal help. The fields change; the broken promises don’t.
// built wide
For producers
Fine-tuned for advertising production.
Not a generic hiring tool. This is how a job runs here, pitch to delivery:
Pitch
Pencil holds on key crew while the job is still a maybe: first and second, straight from the directory.
Pre-prod
Holds confirm into signed agreements: crew locked, fees direct, nothing skimmed in the middle. The project board builds itself: crew list, assigned tasks, and a budget that goes live with every signed fee.
Shoot
The crew that signed is the crew that turns up. No drop-offs for a better-paying gig, no morning-of surprises. The dates were never a maybe.
Post
The same paper holds: editors, colorists and sound stay committed to signed timelines, not vanishing acts.
Delivery
Invoices are already drafted from the agreements. Everyone gets paid what was signed, and every Goodwill Score remembers it.
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Two sides. One code: fair dealings, in writing, honoured.
The Toolkit
One network.
Both sides of the table.
The same signed paper protects both.
For freelancers
Get paid on time, credited and booked.
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Agreements in minutes, not weeks
Payment, scope, credit and timelines, locked into a signed agreement before the work starts.
// retires: “don’t worry, just trust me”
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A lawyer in your corner
Describe the issue, attach your agreement, and a lawyer who knows the creative world reaches out.
// retires: “sue me, then”
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Booked without the back-and-forth
Share your availability once. Clients see it live and book you directly.
// retires: “you free? and the 15th? and…”
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Invoices that chase themselves
Every project auto-generates a GST-compliant invoice. Track dues, nudge late payers, done.
// retires: “your invoice is incorrect”
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A profile that gets you booked
Your best work in a directory producers actually browse. Your rate stays private unless you choose to show it.
// retires: “send me your portfolio again?”
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A reputation that travels
Every fair deal lifts your Goodwill Score, and your visibility, before you’ve said a word.
// walks into the room before you do
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Your projects, on rails
Deliverables, tasks and dates for every engagement, tracked in one place.
// every deliverable, on the record
For producers
Committed crews, held dates, honest budgets.
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Crew that stays true
Commitments become signed agreements. No last-minute drop-offs, no lying about competing commitments, no ambiguity.
// retires: “he dropped off two days before the shoot”
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The right crew, actually available
Filter vetted freelancers by role, location and real-time availability, and book them direct: no agents in the margin.
// retires: “someone call and check if he’s free”
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Pencil holds that mean something
First and second holds on real dates, placed instantly. Holds expire honestly instead of dragging on.
// retires: “I’ll confirm my dates next week, promise”
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A project board that builds itself
Crew lists from signed agreements. Create, assign and track tasks in one place.
// retires: “who’s confirmed? check the WhatsApp group”
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A budget that tells the truth
Fees auto-populate from agreements. Add expenses and watch production spend move in real time.
// every fee, live from the signed paper
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A score that hires for you
Prove you pay on time and deal fair. In an industry where word travels fast, it’s your best recruiter.
// your reputation, in writing
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Nothing skimmed, nothing hidden
You hire crew directly. Fees are what was signed, and everyone sees the same numbers.
// what was signed is what is paid
The Goodwill Score
Reputation has a number.
Build your Goodwill Score.
Every fair deal lifts it. Every flouted one dents it. Freelancers see which producers pay on time; producers see who delivers, all before a single call is made.
Everyone starts at 80: Building Goodwill. It moves only on anonymous reviews from people you’ve actually worked with. No stars, no public shaming, just a number that follows your conduct.
Nobody is above the score.
Vouches for you
Earned with consistency, not claimed or assumed. Your score follows your conduct, nothing else.
Honest by design
Only people you’ve actually worked with can rate you, anonymously. One review per deal.
Their score arrives with their booking request. Know who you’re saying yes to.
Our Ethos
Nobody sets out to break a promise.
But budgets shift, dates slip, and good people on both sides of the table pay for it; with invoices that wait, credits that vanish, and work that falls apart. Some promises break by accident, some by design, all of them because nothing was holding them up.
To foster trust, we must back our words. So we give every promise something to stand on. Commitments in writing, made in minutes, honoured on both sides. And the people who keep their word finally stand apart from those who don’t.
// A little goodwill goes a long way.
Fair terms. Ours included.
No hidden taxes. We absorb the GST.
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* Legal Help Access gives you fast access to a specialist legal team and an easy way to share your case. You engage the lawyer directly; their fees are separate and never routed through The Goodwill Network. Top-tier members get a discount on their first consultation.
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