The old hierarchical model [Client > Agency > Freelance translator] was much better suited to a time when translation was in its infancy, communications were expensive and where all the players forming the pyramid were localized in a single geographic area. Nowadays with corporations moving to more lateral management teams, the frightening convenience of worldwide communications and travel, turn-key projects handled by multicompany joint ventures; the hierarchical model appears not only archaic, but also inefficient. This presentation explores some of the pros and cons of adopting a new model for freelance translation, and discusses the salient feature such a model might have.