Portfolio Requirement for Services
What every portfolio project needs, why every service listing needs a portfolio, and how the 15-day grace period works.
Listing a service on Hirevers requires at least one portfolio project. Businesses want proof of work before they reach out, so this keeps listings meaningful for everyone.
You are not blocked from publishing, though. You get time to add your work.
The rule in one line
One portfolio project keeps your services visible. Five portfolio projects earn you the verified badge. Those are two different thresholds.
What every portfolio project needs
Each project needs both of these before it can be saved, whether you add it or edit it later. The form shows a checklist if something is missing.
A description of at least 50 characters
Say what the project does, your role, and the tools you used. Improve with AI can help you polish it.
Proof of your work
A preview image, a live project link, or a file or demo link.
Confidential client work still counts
For client work you cannot show, you can hide the image or link from the public. The project still meets the requirement.
The 15-day grace period
You publish a service with no portfolio
The service goes live immediately. Nothing is blocked.
A 15-day countdown starts
We email you when it begins, so you know the exact deadline.
You upload one project
The countdown stops. Anything hidden becomes visible again automatically.
How the rules work
| Your situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| You publish a service and already have a portfolio | Nothing happens. No countdown, no email. |
| You publish your first service with no portfolio | Service goes live. 15-day countdown starts and you get an email. |
| You publish a second service while still without a portfolio | It follows the deadline already running. The clock does not reset. |
| You upload a portfolio at any point | The countdown stops. Hidden services come back automatically. |
| The deadline passes with no portfolio | Your services move to draft and stop appearing publicly. |
| You delete all of your portfolio projects | Services go to draft right away, with no new grace period. |
Deleting your portfolio does not reset anything
The rule cannot be worked around
Deleting every portfolio project does not restart the grace period or free your services from the requirement. If your account drops to zero portfolio projects, your services move to draft immediately, with no new 15 days.
The requirement is on the account having at least one published project, not on having had one at some point.
Nothing gets deleted
Draft means hidden, not gone
Your title, description, price, and images stay exactly as you left them. Upload a portfolio project and everything returns on its own, with nothing to recreate.
If your service disappeared
Check My Services. If a service shows as draft, a missing portfolio is almost always why. Go to My Portfolio, add one project, and it comes back.
The better approach
Upload before you publish
Skips the countdown entirely, and it is what businesses look at first anyway.
Aim for five projects
Five published projects qualify your profile for automatic verification.
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