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Offer Your Services Online and Get Found Anywhere
Most of Gig is local on purpose. A cleaner in Oakland is no use to someone in Ohio. A tutor, a coach, or a designer who works over video is a different case, and one switch on a listing treats it that way.
The short answer: on Gig, open a listing, switch on Zoom mode, and save. That listing can then show up in typed searches from any city or country when the search matches what you do, and in a Home filter that lists only businesses that work online. It is for work done entirely over a video call. If a listing reads like in-person work, Gig switches it back and tells you why. The payment is still between you and your client, and Gig takes 0%.
About the name: "Zoom mode" is just the label on the switch. Zoom is a trademark of Zoom Communications, Inc., and Gig isn't affiliated with it. Meet on whatever video app you and your client use.
Who it's for
Anything where the work and the result both travel over a call: tutoring and language lessons, music theory, coaching, consulting, design, writing and editing, translation, programming, marketing, bookkeeping, fitness or yoga classes, a review of someone's pitch deck before they send it to investors. For this kind of work, your local market is a small slice of the people who could hire you.
It is not for work that needs your hands in the room. Moving, cleaning, repairs, dog walking, haircuts, and event photography stay local, and they should: a result from 2,000 miles away is noise to the person searching.
How to switch it on
- Open the listing. On your profile, tap the listing to edit it, or tap Add Service for a new one. If you haven't listed anything yet, there are 400 starter ideas in the same sheet.
- Say how you meet. Put "over video" in the description, with how long a session runs and what the client walks away with.
- Turn on Zoom mode. The switch reads: "Only for work you do entirely over a video call. Then it shows up in searches anywhere in the world." Once it's on, the location row goes away (as long as your profile has a location), because where you sit doesn't matter for this listing.
- Save. On your profile the listing now carries the tag "Zoom · available anywhere." In search results, your card shows "Zoom" where the distance would normally go.
The switch is per listing, not per account. If you teach piano at people's homes and over video, make those two listings: one in person, one with Zoom mode on. Neighbors see both. Everyone else sees the one that can actually reach them.
Where an online listing shows up
| Where | In-person listing | Zoom mode listing |
|---|---|---|
| A search typed nearby | Yes | Yes |
| A search typed in another city or country | No, it's held to the search area | Yes, when the search matches what you do |
| The Home list before anyone types | Only for people nearby | Only for people nearby. That list stays local |
| The "Zoom mode" filter | No | Yes, worldwide |
"Anywhere" comes with a relevance bar. Because an online listing is a candidate for every search in the world, one from outside the search area has to be a clear match before it appears. A pitch-deck review shouldn't turn up when someone in Denver types "dog training", and it doesn't. Distance also stops working against you: an online-only pro doesn't sink for being far away, and doesn't jump ahead of a nearby pro on distance alone either. Rating, how well the listing matches, and how fast you reply decide the order.
For the person searching
If you want someone who works online, from anywhere, tap the sort control above the results, and under Filter turn on Zoom mode: "Only businesses that work online, anywhere." The list then shows online listings only, worldwide, and a "Zoom mode" chip above the results turns the filter back off. If nobody online matches yet, the app says so and offers the way back to people near you.
It's checked, not just trusted
A switch that reaches the whole world is tempting to flip for the wrong reasons. So when you create a Zoom mode listing, edit its text, or switch Zoom mode on, an automated check reads the listing and asks one question: as written, does this work need you there in person? If it clearly does, Zoom mode is switched off. The listing isn't hidden. It stays live for people near you, and you get a notification that says so: the listing "looks like in-person work, so it now shows to people near you. If you really do it over video, say so in the description and switch Zoom mode back on."
Real remote versions of hands-on work pass. "I walk you through the repair on a video call" is an online service. And a person on the Gig team can look at a switch-off and turn Zoom mode back on if the check got it wrong.
Price and payment across borders
Each listing has its own currency. It starts as the currency where you are, you can change it, and the price always shows in that currency. Gig never converts it, so a client in London sees your $60 an hour as $60 an hour. Set it in the currency you want to be paid in. If you're unsure what to charge, the math in how to price your services works the same online, minus the drive.
There's no checkout. Your client pays you directly, and Gig takes 0%, which is the whole commission-free model. Across borders, that means agreeing on a method first. Venmo and Zelle only work with US accounts. Sort it out in the chat before the first session, not after.
Gig also translates messages, profiles, listings, and reviews into each person's language, across the 18 it supports. That's enough to agree on a time and a price. If the session itself is in one language, say which in the listing.
Being findable everywhere is not the same as being booked everywhere. The listing still has to say clearly what someone gets from an hour with you.
Four habits that make it work
- Write your time zone in the description. "I'm on Pacific time, evenings Eastern work" saves a round of messages. Confirm every booked time in the client's time zone.
- Say what a session is. Length, format, what's included, what they need to bring.
- Send the call link in the Gig chat. Keep the scope, the price, and the link in one thread, so there's a record of what you both agreed.
- Bring your own audience. Search is one way in. Your profile link in a bio or an email signature is another, and it works no matter where the person reading it lives.
What it doesn't do
Gig doesn't host the video call, book the time on a calendar, or convert time zones for you. It doesn't hold the payment or change the currency. It doesn't make in-person work global. And it doesn't create demand where there isn't any: how many people search for your kind of work varies a lot, and a worldwide audience is only useful if some of them are looking for exactly what you offer.
If your work is licensed, being findable worldwide doesn't extend the license. Counseling, tax preparation, legal advice, and similar work often come with rules about where your clients can live. Check yours before you take a client from somewhere new.
Frequently asked
What is Zoom mode on Gig?
It's a switch on each listing, for work you do entirely over a video call. With it on, that listing can show up in typed searches from any city or country when the search matches what you do, and in the Home filter that lists only businesses that work online. With it off, the listing is held to the area around it, like every in-person service.
Do I have to use Zoom for my sessions?
No. Zoom mode is only the name of the switch in the app. Use whatever video app you and your client both have, and send the link in the Gig chat. Zoom is a trademark of Zoom Communications, Inc., and Gig isn't affiliated with it.
Why did Gig switch my listing's Zoom mode off?
Because the listing, as written, read like work that needs you there in person. The listing stays live for people near you, and the notification tells you what happened. If you really do the work over video, say so in the description and switch Zoom mode back on. Someone on the Gig team can also look at the switch-off and turn it back on.
How do clients in other countries pay me?
Directly, the same way as any job on Gig. There's no checkout and no currency conversion, and Gig takes 0%. Your price shows in the currency you set on the listing. Venmo and Zelle only work with US accounts, so agree on a method that works in both countries before the first session.
The rest of the decision
Zoom mode widens who can find a listing. It doesn't write the listing for you, and the first client still comes from somewhere specific. That part is in how to get your first clients, and most of it applies online too. If you're still deciding what to offer at all, start with what service to offer, then come back and flip the switch on the ones you can do from a desk.