Rental Boyfriend Profiles Platform

I’m building an online “rental boyfriend” service where the emphasis is on rich, browsable profiles rather than complicated matching or booking logic (those pieces can come later). What matters right now is a smooth workflow that lets each “boyfriend” create a profile, upload a clear photo, and appear in a searchable catalogue visitors can scroll through on web and mobile.

Core requirements
• Secure sign-up / log-in for profile owners
• Profile builder with photo upload (JPEG/PNG, size capped, basic crop) and the usual text fields for name, short bio, location, plus space to expand later into hobbies or interests
• Public catalogue where visitors can filter or sort profiles by location and a couple of simple tags
• Clean, modern front-end—React or Vue is fine, as long as it’s responsive
• Lightweight back-end—Node/Express, Django, or Laravel; I’m open here, just make sure the image handling and data models are solid
• Admin dashboard so I can approve or block profiles and moderate photos

Timeline & approach
There’s no hard deadline, so feel free to propose a realistic schedule with clear milestones. I do want to see an early prototype up on a staging server so we can play with the profile flow, then iterate.

Acceptance criteria
1. A new user can register, verify email, fill in the profile form, upload one photo, and save.
2. That profile immediately appears in the public catalogue once approved.
3. Visitors can browse, search by name or location, and view a full-screen profile page.
4. Code is pushed to a private Git repo with instructions to deploy on a standard VPS or Heroku-style service.

If this initial build goes smoothly, I’ll commission follow-up work for booking and payment features. Let me know which tech stack you prefer, how you’ll handle image storage, and roughly how long the MVP will take.