From no-code tools to a marketplace that runs real cases
ExQlo connects people who need an expert witness with vetted experts and interpreters, in any discipline. I built the platform it runs on.
Visit exqlo.comThe problem
A first version that the business outgrew
The first version, which I built, ran on Webflow, Airtable and Make.com. It worked as a directory. But member details lived in three places, approving an expert meant pressing a button in Airtable and waiting for automations to publish them, and several automations relied on timed waits to keep up. Then ExQlo needed three things the tools couldn't safely do: take payment when work completed, give law firms a private and secure space for each case, and open the panel up from medico-legal work to every discipline, interpreters and people instructing experts directly.
What I built
One platform for every side of the marketplace
Experts and interpreters apply, and a person checks every application before a name is published. When a brief comes in, AI scores each approved expert from 0 to 100 against it, with a plain-English reason. A person then reviews the shortlist and confirms availability before any names go out. Each instruction gets a private, encrypted Case Room, from brief to invoice, with the running fee visible to both sides. Payment is taken on completion through Stripe.
What runs on its own
The admin around each case
Application and approval emails, text messages and payment reminders go out on their own, and the ExQlo team gets an alert when something needs them. AI does the first pass on matching, and a person makes every decision about who is published and who is put forward. After each release, a set of AI test agents walked through the live platform as every type of user and reported problems as one list, which I then fixed.
The result
What changed
ExQlo went live in July 2026, about a month after I started the build, and I've kept building on it since. It now runs real instructions on a vetted panel, from shortlist to payment. Member details live in one place instead of three, and nobody has to press a button to publish an expert or chase a payment by hand.
What this means for you
Has your business outgrown the tools it started on?
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