Skill-Hiive

A full-stack freelance marketplace to connect buyers and sellers, manage gigs, payments, and messaging.
Built as a production-ready portfolio project.

🔥 Live Demo

(---)

📌 Table of Contents

• About
• Features
• Tech Stack
• Screenshots
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Environment Variables
  • Install & Run (Local)
• Project Structure
• API Endpoints
• Database & Seeding
• Authentication
• Payments
• Testing
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

---

About

Skill-Hiive is a full-stack freelance marketplace where you can register as a buyer or seller, post/search gigs, chat, pay securely, and complete orders.
This project shows off real-world features hiring managers look for: authentication, role-based access, file uploads, payments, RESTful API, React front-end, Node/Express backend.

---

Features

• User authentication (JWT + bcrypt)
• Buyer & Seller roles with different permissions
• Create, edit, delete gigs (seller)
• Search, browse, and purchase gigs (buyer)
• Secure image uploads (via Cloudinary)
• Messaging / chat between buyers & sellers (optional)
• Payment integration with Stripe
• Order management, ratings & reviews
• Responsive UI using React & SCSS

---

Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React
• React Router
• State management (React Context, Redux or React Query)
• SCSS / CSS Modules
• Axios or Fetch API

Backend:

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB (Mongoose ORM)
• JWT for auth
• bcrypt for password hashing
• Cloudinary for media uploads
• Stripe for payments

Deployment:

• Front-end: Vercel or Netlify
• Back-end: Heroku, Railway, Render or Docker + any cloud

---