These are just two projects successfully outsourced through Freelancer.com, an eBay-style website for the labour market that recently launched in Canada. The model is simple — businesses post projects, independent contractors bid against one another for jobs, and written reviews and a ratings system ensure entrepreneurs find the right person for their needs.
The concept has caused Freelancer.com to erupt into the world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing website, with more than 3.6 million registered users in about 200 countries around the globe. But traffic and usership has also has spiked across the bid-for-business board, with sites like Elance.com, oDesk.com and vWorker.com, to name a few, also becoming popular tools for staffing businesses.
Freelancer.com, an eBay-style website for the labour market that recently launched in Canada.
Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University
The Direct Selling Association (www.dsa.org)
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