Freelance Travel Spend & Market Explorer at Sky Mavis

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the Opportunity:</strong> Whether you are backpacking 🎒through Vietnam, island-hopping in the Philippines, or living that slow-travel life in Thailand, you know the daily routine: grabbing street food, bargaining at local markets, and renting scooters. You also know the exact moment the fun stops—when you run out of cash, can't find an ATM 🏧, or get hit with massive withdrawal fees.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are building PayMoji, an app that lets travelers ditch the bulky wallets and pay like a local using native QR codes across Southeast Asia 🌏. To make sure it works seamlessly in the real world, we need eyes and ears on the ground 👀👂. We are looking for observant, street-savvy travelers to help us map out exactly how people spend money in the cities you are already exploring 🗺️.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><em>We are looking to work with people in Vietnam and the Philippines but will open soon to Thailand 🇹🇭and Cambodia 🇰🇭. Feel free to reach out to us in advance!</em></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What You Will Do</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Hit the Streets:</strong> Go about your normal day, visit cafes ☕, night markets, and local vendors and document the payment experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Test in the Wild:</strong> Use PayMoji to scan local QR codes where you eat, shop, and travel, reporting back on how smoothly (or not) the transaction goes 📲.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Map the Market:</strong> Help us understand the local cash-versus-digital dynamics. Which vendors accept QR? Where is cash still king? 👑 What are the biggest physical barriers to paying digitally in your current city?</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Gather On-the-Ground Intel:</strong> Observe and document how local merchants react to foreign travelers using local digital payment methods 🤝.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Who We Are Looking For</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>The Authentic Traveler:</strong> You must have a true understanding of being a traveler or digital nomad. We need you to empathize with our users and possess a deep customer understanding, because you live this reality every day 🌅.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Naturally Curious:</strong> You enjoy interacting with locals 🧐, asking questions, and noticing the small details about how a city functions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Self-Motivated:</strong> 🚀 You can manage a simple research brief independently and provide clear, honest feedback from the road.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Why Collaborate With Us</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>💰Earn While Exploring:</strong> This is a project-based, freelance role. You do not need to sit a