Firstly we are trying to surpass google, now we wanna surpass Fiverr, up work and every other freelancing sites. This FAQ is a well detailed one I must say and I believe it answers a lot of our curiosity.
But please @surpassinggoogle, I would love to suggest, if there is a way to hasten up account confirmation (for new applicants), it would make this project a huge success. Cause imagine a buyer signing up and taking more than two weeks to get confirmed, that might be a huge challenge tho. Please look into it. Or if there's a way preference can be given to buyers, it would make more sense. Thanks.
Yes, the process is getting faster. Steemit is working on it, especially with the soon to come hf20. I help with account opening incase where people are refered to me. When steemgigs is fully ready, we will look for solutions to make signing up faster. It mostly requires the startup delegation as sign up fee is around 0.02 which is quite affordable