Case Study: Zabal Media scales global contractor hiring and saves time and money with Oyster

Zabal Media saves $120,000 a year using Oyster to hire and pay contractors

Zabal Media, a web design and development agency serving B2B tech companies, needed a better way to manage its growing global contractor team. Before using Oyster, founder Wilian Iralzabal was slowed down by compliance and misclassification concerns, plus a heavy manual workload for contracts, onboarding, invoices, and payments across multiple tools.

With Oyster’s contractor management platform, Zabal Media automated contract generation, onboarding, invoice review, and payments while also gaining compliance guidance and misclassification support. Oyster helped the company scale to 33 contractors across 7 countries, save 30–40 hours a month, and reduce HR-related costs by an estimated $90,000 to $120,000 per year, all while improving the contractor experience.

Zabal Media

Wilian Iralzabal

Founder