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Hi Folks Dave Waring here at Fitsmallbusiness.com with today’s lesson of the day. In our last presentation we continued our series on how to hire and manage employees with a look at the advantages and disadvantages of hiring full time employees vs. freelancers. In today’s presentation we are going to continue that series with an overview of the primary sites where you can go to hire freelancers. So let’s get started!
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WHERE TO HIRE FREE LANCERS FOR ANY TYPE OF BUSINESSby FitSmallBusiness.com
There are literally hundreds if not thousands of different sites where you can hire freelancers. We recommend focusing on the top 4, and choose the one you like the best.
Price8.5% of the cost of the project, paid by freelancer
10% of the cost of the project, paid by freelancer
11.95% paid by freelancer, If they pay $24.95 a month fee drops to 7.45%
You pay the greater of 3% of the invoice or $3. The freelancer pays the greater of 10% or $5. Fees can be lowered by paying
$24.95 per month .
Elance.comWinner:
Ease of UseMedium. Takes some getting use to it
Easy
easy
Hard. Not to intuitive at all and freezes up a lot.
Guru and OdeskWinner:
Freelancer data availableStart reviews, past jobs, employer comments, and amount
billed
Start reviews, past jobs, employer comments, and amount billed
Start reviews, past jobs, employer comments, and amount billed
Start reviews, past jobs, employer comments, and amount billed
ALLWinner:
dispute resolution
founds held in escrow for Both Hourly And Projects
escrow for hourly jobs, your discretion when to pay on projects.
founds are escrowed only if you use their free safepay option.
founds are escrowed until your release them as long as you use milestones
freelancer.com (their dispute resolution process is cheaper)Winner:
support
phone, chat and email
Chat and Email
phone, chat and email
Chat and Email
guruWinner:
Site Elance.com
Odesk.com
guru.com
freelancer.com
Our Top Pick: Elance.com
•They have the most favorable and straight forward pricing structure.•They offer support via phone, email, and live chat.•Their dispute resolution is straightforward and easy.•Deep rating and review information for the past work a free lancer has done.
Why Is Elance.com Our Top Vendor?
We have a very unfavorable view of freelancer.com. In addition to having the most expensive and complicated pricing structures, their user interface is very frustrating to use.
Why Freelancer.com is a the bottom?
Check how I came up with the ratings by going to the main article here.
How I Came Up With The Ratings?
Click Here to sign up for a free Elance Account Today.
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Click Here to sign up for a free Elance Account Today.
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