Vermio Project: a platform built around creative talent

This — Vermio Project — was born from a fairly simple idea: working as an independent creator should not feel like throwing yourself into the unknown every time a new client appears. Today, there is an enormous amount of talent looking for opportunities on social media, Discord servers, private groups, and commission websites, but finding the right person is still more complicated than it should be. Sometimes the client does not know where to look. Other times, the artist or editor has no clear way to prove that they are trustworthy. When both people finally find each other, the most delicate part still remains: reaching an agreement, handling the payment, and trusting that everything will go well. Sure, you can rely on numbers, but I have seen great editors with only 200 followers and artists with beautiful designs who have fewer than 1,000. (Yep, social media is often far from fair.)

That is why we want Vermio to become that meeting point: a space designed for video editors, digital artists, animators, designers, voice actors, 3D modelers, programmers, audio producers, and, in general, all those people who turn a creative skill into a professional service. We are not trying to build a cold platform where profiles feel like simple products inside a catalog. The intention is to create a place where talent can present itself with personality, explain how it works, publish services, and find clients who genuinely value what it does.

What are Vermio Creative and Vermio Project?

Vermio Creative is the name of the platform we want to build. Vermio Project is the entire process behind it: developing the website, creating its tools, testing it with users, recruiting talent, implementing payments, and making all the decisions required to turn the idea into a real and functional platform.

Although the concept may resemble a traditional marketplace, Vermio aims to change the landscape slightly. We want it to work as an intermediary between two people who need to find each other and work together. On one side is the creator: the person who needs to hire a service. On the other side is the seller: the creative professional who has the talent and tools needed to complete it. Vermio would stand between them, helping organize the relationship, facilitate the process, and provide a clearer environment for both parties.

This concept is also represented in Vermio's logo. The head represents the creator: the person who has an idea, a project, or something they want to bring into the world. The wings represent creative talent: the person who can take that idea and help it fly. The body that keeps both parts connected represents Vermio. The platform does not seek to replace either person or interfere with their creativity. Instead, it serves as the point that brings them together and allows them to move forward as a team. (Something… Nice on paper, but difficult to make real without support.)

How would Vermio Project work?

The idea is that anyone could enter Vermio to explore the work of creative professionals, learn about their services, and find someone who fits what they need. Each seller would have their own profile, portfolio, information about how they work, and clearly defined services. This way, hiring someone would no longer depend solely on finding a lost post on social media or messaging several people while hoping that one of them is available.

When a client finds a service that interests them, they will be able to begin the process directly through the platform. Vermio would act as an intermediary so that the agreement is more organized, the payment has clear tracking, and both people know what is happening during every stage of the work. The goal is not to complicate the process with unnecessary rules, but to *reduce the feeling of uncertainty* that often exists when two strangers work together over the internet.

We also want Vermio to adapt to different types of commissions. Not every creative job works in the same way. Editing a short video may take a few days, while creating a VTuber model, producing an animation, or developing a complete project may take several months. The platform should allow every service to have conditions, time frames, and processes that reflect its actual complexity instead of trying to force all freelance work into a single system.

What do we want to achieve with Vermio?

Our goal is to build a marketplace centered on independent creative talent. We want people with real skills to be able to turn those skills into a source of income without losing an excessive portion of their work to commissions. We also want people who need to hire services to have a more comfortable way to discover professionals, compare options, and begin a project with greater peace of mind.

Vermio would aim to retain only a 5% commission from every sale completed through the platform for its maintenance and improvement. The seller would receive 95% of the service's value, while the associated costs would be covered through a combination of a pay-per-use service fee charged to the buyer, revenue generated by Premium subscriptions, and the percentage retained by the platform. We are talking about a collaborative system intended to make the entire process sustainable. We want to maintain a low commission because we understand that the price of creative work does not represent only the hours someone spends in front of a computer. Behind every illustration, edit, animation, or model are years of learning, equipment, software, revisions, communication, and experience.

Many platforms eventually keep a considerable portion of every sale, forcing sellers to increase their prices or accept that an important part of their work will be lost along the way. Vermio wants to grow alongside its users, not at their expense. The platform needs to generate income to remain operational, improve, and provide security, but it should also do so in a reasonable way for the people who create the actual value within it.

(I want to take a short break from writing here… My bedroom is right next to a street, and I just heard someone take one hell of a hit out there XD. They seem to be okay, or at least that is what I assume based on the very loud swearing that followed.)

How long could Vermio Project take to build?

It would be unrealistic to claim that a platform like Vermio can be built properly in only a few weeks. We are not talking about simply designing a nice-looking website. Profiles, service listings, search systems, file storage, payments, security, moderation, support, problem-resolution processes, and many other components must all be developed and made to work together.

Our current estimate is that Vermio Project could take between one and a half and two years to reach the form we truly want. This does not mean that the platform will remain closed during that entire period. The intention is to move forward in stages, begin with controlled testing, and allow small groups of users to access the features that are already ready. Their feedback will help us detect errors, better understand their needs, and improve the project before opening it to a larger audience. We would rather take the time necessary to build something solid than quickly launch a platform filled with temporary solutions. Vermio does not want to be a mock-up that works for a few months and then has to be rebuilt from scratch. We want to develop a real, secure foundation that is prepared to grow gradually.

How will we recruit creative talent?

During the early stages, not everyone will be able to publish services immediately. Anyone may apply, but they will need to send us a sample of their work so that we can review it. This will allow us to begin with a more controlled community, get to know the people who are part of it, and reduce the presence of fake profiles, stolen content, or sellers offering skills they do not actually possess.

The most important requirement is that the submitted work must be legitimate and must have been created by the person requesting access. Depending on the type of service, original files, editable projects, process screenshots, sketches, timelines, layers, or other evidence may be requested to verify authorship. This is not about creating unnecessary obstacles or asking someone to reveal private information about their clients. We simply want to ensure that each portfolio genuinely represents the abilities of the person publishing it.

We also do not expect to find only professionals with ten years of experience or enormous portfolios. There are artists, editors, and creators who are still getting started but already have talent, responsibility, and a strong desire to grow. Vermio should be able to give them a space as long as they are honest about their level, present their own work, and offer services they are genuinely capable of completing.

Will artificial intelligence be allowed?

The short answer: No.

Artificial intelligence exists, will continue to evolve, and can be useful in certain contexts. (It helped me translate the website, a process for which I would have preferred to have the resources to learn the language myself or pay a translator to translate the texts. For that, I offer my sincerest apologies.) Some tools help organize ideas, automate repetitive tasks, create subtitles, clean audio, or accelerate specific parts of a process. There are also entertainment formats, such as certain humor or shitpost videos, in which the use of generative tools may intentionally form part of the final result.

However, Vermio wants to be a platform dedicated primarily to human creative work. A person will not be allowed to generate an image, video, voice, or any other result using artificial intelligence and present it as though it were a work they created themselves. Content generated almost entirely with AI and then given only minimal modifications will also not be welcome when it is sold as a traditional creative service. The distinction will depend on who actually performs the work. A tool may be part of the process, but it should not replace the talent that the client believes they are hiring. When someone pays for an illustration, an edit, or a voice performance, they should know what they are receiving and who created it. Transparency will be essential. The client deserves to know whether an artificial intelligence tool was used, and the seller must be able to demonstrate that the final result depends on their skill, decisions, and work.

Vermio was not created to begin a war against technology. It was created to protect the value of creative people. We want to build a place where learning a skill, developing a style, and spending hours perfecting a piece of work continue to have meaning. Technology can support the creator, but it should not be used to deceive the client or fill the platform with automated results that ultimately hide the people who genuinely create their work from scratch.

This is only the beginning

Vermio Project still has a long road ahead. There are many decisions left to make, systems to build, and problems to solve. Some ideas will almost certainly change as we listen to artists, editors, buyers, and other people with experience in the freelance world. We do not want to pretend that we already have all the answers. Part of building Vermio is learning what the community needs and finding the best way to turn those needs into real tools.

What we do know is the direction we want to follow: a more human platform with reasonable commissions, transparent processes, and a space where creative talent can present itself without being buried beneath stolen content, fake profiles, or automatically generated results. A place where someone can arrive with an idea, find a person capable of bringing it to life, and work with them knowing that a platform is helping keep everything connected.

That is the idea behind Vermio: a head with an idea, wings capable of making it fly, and a body that keeps them connected.