Press & Media — Questyz

One-line description

Questyz is a real-world quest marketplace where workers keep 100% of every cash reward.

01The hook

Questyz is a worker-friendly alternative to TaskRabbit, Fiverr, and Thumbtack, built from the ground up around a structural fee inversion: workers (Heroes) keep 100% of every cash reward, while patrons (clients) pay a small sliding platform fee (7–12%, dropping with rank). The platform is bootstrapped, solo-founded, and built by a US Navy veteran from a kitchen-table operation in Stafford, Virginia. Launching publicly July 30, 2026.

The longer story: most gig platforms in 2026 take 20–30% of every transaction across worker fees and client fees combined. Questyz is built around the thesis that this is structurally indefensible — the worker is the primary value generator, and the platform should be funded by the side that benefits from convenience (the client), not the side doing the work. An RPG-themed progression layer (ranks, quest tiers, gear drops) is the differentiating product wrapper.

02Founder

Jeff Y.

Founder & CEO, Questyz LLC

Navy veteran turned solo founder. Based in Stafford, Virginia. Spent a year building Questyz from scratch — product, legal, marketing, and operations, all solo, no outside capital. Also runs HOM3DPRINTS.com, a veteran-owned 3D printing business that predates Questyz.

Available for interviews, podcasts, and quoted comments on topics including: gig economy fee structures, solo-founder bootstrapping, veteran entrepreneurship, marketplace unit economics, and the post-service business journey.

03Fact sheet

Founded

2026

Public Launch

July 30, 2026

Stafford, Virginia

Entity

Questyz LLC (VA)

Funding

Bootstrapped

Team Size

1 (solo founder)

04Quotable lines

Feel free to use these verbatim without further attribution check. All quotes are from Jeff Y., Founder of Questyz, unless otherwise noted.

"The gig-economy fee structure has gotten indefensible. Workers are paying 15–20% to the platform plus 15.3% in self-employment tax — they're losing nearly a third of what they generate before they even cover gas, equipment, or time between gigs. Someone had to build the alternative." — Jeff Y., Founder of Questyz

"I'm not trying to beat TaskRabbit on scale. I can't. I'm trying to beat it on math. The platform that takes less wins the workers, and the workers are the platform." — Jeff Y., Founder of Questyz

"Every existing marketplace has VC math baked into the fee structure. They have to extract a certain margin to justify their last valuation. Bootstrapping means I can make a fee structure that's actually fair to workers, because I don't have a board to answer to." — Jeff Y., Founder of Questyz

"The Navy taught me that systems either work for the people inside them or they don't. The gig platforms don't, and the workers know it. Questyz is built on the assumption that the worker is the most important person in the transaction — and the fee model has to reflect that." — Jeff Y., Founder of Questyz

05Brand assets

All assets are free to use for editorial coverage. No prior approval required. If you need a different format or higher resolution, email press@questyz.com.

Logo (white bg)

SVG · scalable

Download

Logo (transparent)

SVG · scalable

Download

Full lockup

PNG · 2x retina

Download

Founder headshot

JPG · high-res

Download

Social card

PNG · 1200×630

Download

Brand poster

JPG · vertical

Download

Brand colors

Brand Purple #8c52ff · Deep Indigo #4C1D95 · Brand Gold #F0C040 · Text #1A1A2E · Background #FAF8F4

06In the news

Coverage will appear here as it lands.
Questyz launches publicly July 30, 2026. Pre-launch coverage and post-launch features will be linked here as they publish.

Media inquiries

Press contact, interview requests, fact-checks, or asset requests.

press@questyz.com

Typical response time: same day, weekdays
Jeff Y. is available for interviews via phone, video, or in-person (Northern Virginia / DC area)