How GigKiln works
Four pillars: free for workers forever, sponsor-funded with category exclusivity, independent editorial, UK-only focus.
1. Free for workers, forever
Every guide, tool, template and crisis pathway on GigKiln is free at the point of use. No paywall. No premium tier. No "pro" upsell. No login required to read. Tools that need an email (so we can let you know about updates) hand you the result the moment you submit.
The reason is simple: the people who need the information most — a deactivated driver, a rider with a broken collarbone, a parent looking at the Minimum Income Floor — are the least able to pay for it. Putting any of this behind a paywall would defeat the point of the site.
2. Sponsor-funded with category exclusivity
GigKiln is funded by category-exclusive sponsors. We pick a category that genuinely serves the audience — hire-and-reward insurance, accounting for self-employed drivers, PCO vehicle finance, employment-rights solicitors — and run a single sponsor in that category at a time. Every paid slot is clearly labelled "Paid placement".
We don't take affiliate commissions, we don't run programmatic ads, and we don't sell user data. The economics are: a small number of sponsors paying a fair monthly rate for the audience they would otherwise spend several thousand pounds reaching via paid search.
3. Independent editorial
Sponsors never see drafts. Sponsors never edit copy. Sponsors never appear on safety pages, women's-hub crisis pages, the charter, or worker submission pages. We do not rate, score or rank named platforms. We label opinion as opinion. We cite primary sources for every factual claim. The full policy is in the editorial code, and the revenue model is documented in how we are funded.
4. UK-only focus
GigKiln is built entirely for UK gig workers. Every figure, threshold, deadline and law reference is UK-specific: HMRC personal allowance, Class 2 and Class 4 NI bands, ACAS early conciliation deadlines, FCA hire-and-reward rules, council PHV licensing under the 1976 Act (England and Wales) or the 1982 Act (Scotland), TfL for London, the ULEZ and Clean Air Zones, Universal Credit and the Minimum Income Floor.
We will not generalise to "global gig workers". The rules are too different country by country, and badly translated guidance is worse than no guidance.
Read more
- Kiln network Reader Charter — the editorial principles every Kiln title (including GigKiln) is held to.
- Editorial code — sourcing, opinion-labelling, sponsor firewall.
- How we are funded — sponsor categories, what we will not do for money.
- About GigKiln — who runs it and why.