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Become a 3lancer: run your freelance business on 3lanse

A professional profile businesses can find, invoicing for freelancers, compliance management and PQQ support, in one place. Keep your full day rate. Pay a small membership, not a commission.

Become a 3lancerWhat is a 3lancer?

A freelance professional profile that does the introducing

Your 3lanse profile sets out what a business needs to know before it calls you, and it doubles as a CV you can download and send.

Experience in detail

Roles, employers, projects, values and sectors, with dates picked from a calendar.

Work status

Available for work, available in the coming weeks, or not available. Change it in one tap.

Day rate and travel

Your rate, your base and how far you'll travel, shown how you choose.

Start from your CV

Upload your existing CV and 3lanse pre-fills your profile for you to check.

Invoicing for freelancers

Keep your clients and their addresses on file, then create documents in a few taps using your saved trading details, logo, bank details and payment terms.

  • Invoices numbered automatically, with VAT or construction domestic reverse charge where it applies.
  • Pro forma invoices for payment in advance, converted to a full invoice once paid.
  • Credit notes raised against an invoice and reflected in the client's balance.
  • Customer statements showing every invoice, credit and payment, with amounts by age.

Every document downloads as a clean A4 PDF, ready to email.

Freelancer compliance management

Documents in one place

Professional indemnity, public liability, cards and certificates, uploaded once.

Expiry dates tracked

3lanse flags anything due within 30 days or already lapsed, so renewals don't slip.

3lanse Compliant

Complete the core checks with in-date insurance on record and a green tick appears next to your name.

PQQ support for freelancers

Complete one prequalification questionnaire (PQQ), properly, instead of a new one for every client.

Once your profile meets the core checks, 3lanse invites you to complete the PQQ. It covers your business, insurance, health and safety record, experience with references, and standard declarations.

A 3lanse reviewer assesses your answers and evidence against defined requirements. If something needs attention, you get specific comments on the section concerned, so you know exactly what to add.

When it's accepted, your profile shows PQQ Compliant, and you are listed first when businesses search your discipline.

  • 1Business and trading details
  • 2Insurance levels and evidence
  • 3Health and safety record
  • 4Experience and references
  • 5Policies and declarations

A professional network, and the work that comes through it

Messages and groups

Message other 3lancers and businesses, share photos and videos, and set up group chats.

Testimonials

Ask people you've worked with for a testimonial, and choose which appear on your profile.

Jobs from businesses

See jobs posted by hiring businesses in your discipline and register your interest directly.

How to become a 3lancer

  1. 1

    Create your account

    Choose your discipline and base. Upload your CV to pre-fill your profile, or add details yourself.
  2. 2

    Complete the core checks

    Add your trading address, day rate, experience and in-date insurance to become 3lanse Compliant.
  3. 3

    Complete your PQQ

    Accept your PQQ invitation, answer the questions and submit it for review.
  4. 4

    Set your work status

    Let businesses know when you're available, and keep it current as projects change.

Start on Freelanser for free and upgrade to 3lanser Plus for PQQ review and invoicing, or Pro for specialist tools. There is never a commission on your rate. Compare plans.

Frequently asked questions

Who can become a 3lancer?

Independent construction, engineering and project delivery professionals, including project and site managers, quantity surveyors, commercial managers, planners, civil engineers, temporary works professionals, health and safety and CDM professionals, and commissioning specialists.

Does 3lanse take a commission on my day rate?

No. You agree your rate directly with the business you work for and keep all of it. 3lanse is funded by small memberships paid by professionals and hiring businesses.

Can I use my existing CV to set up my profile?

Yes. Upload your CV when you join and 3lanse reads it to pre-fill your roles, dates, project values, accreditations and skills. You check and edit everything before it is saved.

What is the 3lanse PQQ?

A PQQ is a prequalification questionnaire. The 3lanse PQQ covers your business details, insurance, health and safety, experience and references, and standard declarations. You complete it once, a 3lanse reviewer assesses it and gives feedback, and when it is accepted your profile shows PQQ Compliant.

Will I still need to fill in other PQQs?

Some businesses will always have their own onboarding requirements. Having your information, evidence and references already organised and reviewed on 3lanse makes those requests quicker to answer.

Does 3lanse provide my insurance?

No. 3lanse stores your insurance documents, tracks their expiry dates and reminds you before they lapse. Arranging suitable cover remains your responsibility.

Can I create VAT invoices?

Yes. If you are VAT registered you can add your VAT number and apply standard or reduced rates, or the construction domestic reverse charge, with the required wording added for you.

Is 3lanse an agency?

No. 3lanse does not employ you or place you under an agency contract. Businesses contact you directly and you agree your own terms with them.

Keep your rate. Lose the repeated paperwork.

Join 3lanse, build your profile from your CV and complete your PQQ once.

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