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The Wise 25 Freelance Marketplaces by @Smarterer 60 million Americans will be freelancing by 2020, and freelance marketplaces are popping up all over the internet to meet the demand. Smarterer has compiled 25 of the top Freelance Marketplaces out there. While this is hardly exhaustive (feel free to comment if we left any of your favorites out!) it contains a sampling of some of the strongest resources on the web today: http://blog.smarterer.com/the-wise-25-freelance-marketplaces | Freelancer.com | Fiverr | Elance | oDesk | Behance | Care.com | HomeAdvisor | Thumbtack | TaskRabbit | GigWalk | PeoplePerHour | 99Designs | Guru.com | Amazon Mechanical Turk | DesignCrowd | CrowdFlower | CrowdSPRING | Coroflot | Twago | TopCoder | Skyword | 3Desk | DoNanza | GreatLance | HireMyMom.com | Smarterer Slide Three: ...sometimes you have to think outside the box... ( Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/QIUqnT ) Slide Four: ...and set your sights on someplace a bit different. ( Photo Credit:http://goo.gl/odm3Ik ) Slide Nine: The Wise 25: Freelance Marketplaces ( Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/ZhAqbx ) Slide Twenty-Seven: You’ll find even more wise words in the SMARTERER blog! ( Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/ex7Lv2 ) Slide 33: Tweet To Click - Any good owl will tell you, things are better when done together. ( Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/ADETTT ) Slide Thirty-Nine: The Wise 25: Freelance Marketplaces ( Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/ZhAqbx ) http://www.smarterer.com http://www.twitter.com/smarterer
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The Wise 25: Freelance
Marketplaces
When the forests of employment begin to grow dark...
...you need to start thinking outside the box...
...and set your sights someplace a bit different.
Freelancing !
is changing the world.
Freelancing is changing the world.
“ F r e e l a n c i n g o f f e r s w o r k e r s experience and flexibility... as a freelancer, you’re the captain of your own career." !
- Lynn Dixon of Hourly.com ! via @heatherhuhman
!
Now through
the wonders
of modern
technology...
...finding freelance work online has never been easier.
The Wise 25: Freelance
Marketplaces
Freelancer.com
Through the acquisitions of a litany of smaller sites, including fan-favorites LimeExchange & vWorker, Sydney’s Freelancer.com has risen
to become the #1 freelancing resource for small business & entrepreneurs.
9,000,000 Freelancers
5,000,000 Projects
www.freelancer.com @freelancer
Fiverr
Starting at just $5 per job, Fiverr is the king of the quick task. The world's largest marketplace for services has freelancing tasks available for
corporate designers, small time hobbyists, and everything in between.
3,000,000 Total
Services
200 Countries
Served
www.fiverr.com @fiverr
Elance
Elance’s massive reach makes for one of the most effective freelancing marketplaces on the planet. Add in their new partnerships with
education minded SkilledUp & assessment minded Smarterer and you’ve got a Triforce of power that can’t be toppled.
2,500,000 Freelancers
500,000 Employers
www.elance.com @elance
oDesk
In terms of annual freelancer earnings there’s no one stronger than oDesk. The contract marketplace heavyweight boasts a robust user
base and, with a dozen industry awards lining their trophy case, it’s no wonder why.
2,000,000 Annual Jobs
3,000,000 Users
www.odesk.com @odesk
Behance
Behance’s mission of ‘creative professional empowerment’ is realized. Users are able to set up online showcases to be displayed across the
freelancing platform’s massive network of connections, in public galleries, and on personal portfolios.
4,000,000 Projects
50,000,000 Monthly Views
www.behance.com @behance
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Care.com
Be it taking Scooby for a walk in the park, picking up the kids from the bus, or dropping groceries off at Grandma’s, Care.com is the world’s biggest online freelance caregiver connector. They even help with
interviews, reference checks, and the rest of the hiring process.
8,000,000 Members
16 Countries
www.care.com @caredotcom
HomeAdvisor
America's #1 free resource for proven home improvement freelancers, HomeAdvisor provides homeowners and workers with a collaborative
medium to connect on projects of al kinds.
80,000 Service
Professionals
25,000,000 Homeowners
Served
www.homeadvisor.com @homeadvisor
Thumbtack !
Thumbtack connects local consumers with service professionals throughout their area. Projects are matched with multiple service
providers, allowing consumers to choose the best fit based on price, location, and reviews from the Thumbtack community.
250,000 Talented
Professionals
200,000 Active
Companies
www.thumbtack.com @thumbtack
TaskRabbit
TaskRabbit strengthens communities and boosts human efficiency by connecting people bogged down with tasks and errands to those with
the time and resources to run them. In the professional space, TaskRabbit can find skilled professionals to help with long or short term
company projects.
15,000 TaskRabbits
15 Major US Markets
www.taskrabbit.com@taskrabbi
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GigWalk
With GigWalk you’ll find an army in the palm of your hands. Their app-activated mobile workforce can do everything from daily errands to corporate research, helping your home and business run like a well
oiled machine.
350,000 Gig Walkers
6,500 Cities
www.gigwalk.com @gigwalk
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PeoplePerHour
Usually focusing on small to medium-sized businesses, PeoplePerHour matches freelance or self-employed professionals to open gigs. Their
popular ‘Hourlies’ service offer fixed price work that can start immediately.
450,000 Total Users
20,000 Open Hourlies
www.peopleperhour.com @peopleperhour
99Designs
Through customizable ‘Design Contests’ users can orchestrate competitions where dozens of designers submit unique ideas for review.
After choosing the appropriate art, the user can work collaboratively with a freelancing designer for further customization. All within 7 days!
255,000+ Designers
$61,00,000 Total Payouts
www.99designs.com @99designs
Guru
With an easy-to-manage desktop tracking tool, in depth analytic support, and a committed Q&A community, it’s no surprise Guru has
risen to become the net’s largest online skill marketplace.
400,000 Active Gurus
3,000,000 Completed
Tasks
www.guru.com@Guru_co
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
Powered by superpower Amazon.com, Mechanical Turk connects skilled developers (called ‘Turks’) to businesses in order to focus on tasks
in need of a human touch, or ‘Human Intelligence Tasks’ (HITs).
500,000 Active ‘Turks’
280,00 Open H.T.I.’s
www.mturk.com @amazonmturk
DesignCrowd
DesignCrowd offers risk-free visual services to anyone willing to whip up a short description. With design options shipped to user inboxes daily,
it’s one of the least stressful freelancing tools on the market.
140,000 Designers
$11,800,000 Total Payouts
www.designcrowd.com @designcrowd
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You’ll find even more words of
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CrowdFlower
By “distributing small, discrete tasks to many online contributors in assembly line fashion,” CrowdFlower has ballooned to become one of
the internet’s leading crowdsourcing services.
1,000,000,000 Completed Tasks
5,000,000 Contributors
www.crowdflower.com @crowdflower
crowdSPRING
Chicago based crowdSPRING connects digital and written creatives to businesses in need via painless and effective crowdsourced projects.
120,00 Skilled
Creatives
30,000 Satisfied
Customers
www.crowdspring.com @crowdspring
Coroflot
Coroflot exposes the portfolios of creative freelancers to their massive and respected community via a self contained job board. Among
satisfied customers include Sony, Blu Dot, Nokia, & Nike.
2,000,000 Images
150,000 Monthly Projects
www.coroflot.com @coroflot
Twago
The top online work destination from across the pond puts fate in the hands of the user. Describe a project, pick from a slew of qualified
freelancers, and dictate the direction once the work begins.
230,00 Users
36,000 Projects
www.twago.com @twago_inside
TopCoder
TopCoder’s software community contains 600,000 of the world’s best developers, designers, and data analytic experts. Competitions are hosted or users to show their best to peers and spectating corporate
sponsors alike.
600,000 Registered Developers
30+ Specialized
Contests
www.topcoder.com @topcoder
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Skyword
Skyword is a content marketing & publishing platform offering services to authors with proven SEO and writing chops. Through four distinct
tracks freelancing writers connect to employers for measurable marketing growth.
20,000 Writers
3,000 Writing Gigs
www.skyword.com @skyword
3Desk
This heavily customizable tool works on setting up physical meetings with freelancers in one’s area. With a strong feedback system 3Desk
uses community reviews to find the cream of the local freelancing crop.
400,000 Total
Freelancers
Used by 50%
of All UK IT Recruiters
www.3desk.com @3desk
DoNanza
DoNanza aggregates postings from hundreds of job boards and privately sends tailored lists to freelancers using the service. They track
and measure the performance of the site’s top freelance workers, ranking them for employers in an internal search database.
400,000 Freelancers
80,000 Open Projects
www.donanza.com @donanza
GreatLance
Employers and freelancers worldwide can connect to work collaboratively via Greatlance’s secure platform. A heavy focus is
applied to feedback and connections in an effort to foster entrepreneurial growth.
50,000 Freelancers
3,500 Twitter Followers
www.greatlance.com @greatlance
HireMyMom
HireMyMom focuses on flexible and part-time freelancing work tailored to the hectic life of parenthood. Freelancing moms must show 2+ years
proficiency in an area of work to guarantee competency.
18 Years Experience
1,200 Mothers Placed
www.hiremymom.com @hiremymom
The Wise 25: Freelance
Marketplaces
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