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==Top e-lancing websites== |
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===Elance-oDesk=== |
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www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com are two leading marketplaces for online work. On 18th December 2013, Elance and oDesk agreed to merge in order to boost their growth, improve the quality of their service and to be able to invest more money in technology. <ref>[https://www.elance.com/q/press/elance-and-odesk-announce-merger], Elance and oDesk Announce Merger </ref> The two companies decided to remain with both websites instead of joining them. There are over 2 million businesses looking for more than 2500 skills at the Elance-oDesk websites and over 8 million freelancers that are willing to work for them. <ref>[http://www.elance-odesk.com/], Elance-oDesk by the Numbers</ref> Elance-oDesk is the largest supplier of online work; its magnitude makes freelancers working through www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com earn over $900 million annually. <ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/elance-odesk], Elance-oDesk</ref> |
www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com are two leading marketplaces for online work. On 18th December 2013, Elance and oDesk agreed to merge in order to boost their growth, improve the quality of their service and to be able to invest more money in technology. <ref>[https://www.elance.com/q/press/elance-and-odesk-announce-merger], Elance and oDesk Announce Merger </ref> The two companies decided to remain with both websites instead of joining them. There are over 2 million businesses looking for more than 2500 skills at the Elance-oDesk websites and over 8 million freelancers that are willing to work for them. <ref>[http://www.elance-odesk.com/], Elance-oDesk by the Numbers</ref> Elance-oDesk is the largest supplier of online work; its magnitude makes freelancers working through www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com earn over $900 million annually. <ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/elance-odesk], Elance-oDesk</ref> |
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===Freelancer=== |
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www.freelancer.com is another leading website offering online work to freelancers. The website has got over 13.5 million users and over 6.5 million posted projects by businesses. <ref>[https://www.freelancer.com/about], About us</ref> Freelancer decided to incorporate two new sites in Spanish and German in order to attract international countries and therefore increase market share. <ref>[http://press.freelancer.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2012-07-26-Freelancer-launches-German-Spanish.pdf], Press Release</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 23:17, 19 October 2014
E-lancing, sometimes referred to as e-labour,[1] refers to the recent trend of commending and taking freelancing work through so-called e-lancing websites. E-lancing websites are hubs where employers place tasks, which freelancers from around the world bid for. Additionally, some e-lancing websites act as intermediaries with regard to payments: they pay the freelancer directly after work is completed, and so sparing him or her the risk of non-payment.[1] Some platforms as DesignContest try to do guaranteed contests require prepayments from customers that would protect freelancers. But it does not remove the risk totally. [2]
Some sources [3] claim that elancing is to become the dominant type of work organisation. However, other sources[1] claim that this switch will take longer than expected to happen, as was the case with e-commerce.
Top e-lancing websites
Elance-oDesk
www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com are two leading marketplaces for online work. On 18th December 2013, Elance and oDesk agreed to merge in order to boost their growth, improve the quality of their service and to be able to invest more money in technology. [4] The two companies decided to remain with both websites instead of joining them. There are over 2 million businesses looking for more than 2500 skills at the Elance-oDesk websites and over 8 million freelancers that are willing to work for them. [5] Elance-oDesk is the largest supplier of online work; its magnitude makes freelancers working through www.elance.com and www.oDesk.com earn over $900 million annually. [6]
Freelancer
www.freelancer.com is another leading website offering online work to freelancers. The website has got over 13.5 million users and over 6.5 million posted projects by businesses. [7] Freelancer decided to incorporate two new sites in Spanish and German in order to attract international countries and therefore increase market share. [8]
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References
- ^ a b c The Economist Newspaper Ltd, 2010. "Work in the digital age: a clouded future". The Economist, Volume 395 Number 8682, May 15th-21st 2010. Roto Smeets, Weert (Netherlands).
- ^ "Knowledgebase: Guaranteed Contests". DesignContest.com. 2013.
- ^ Conlin, M., 2000. "And Now, the Just-in-Time Employee". Business Week, 28 August: 94-95.
- ^ [1], Elance and oDesk Announce Merger
- ^ [2], Elance-oDesk by the Numbers
- ^ [3], Elance-oDesk
- ^ [4], About us
- ^ [5], Press Release
Further reading
- Gareis, K., 2002. eLancing – The Future of Work?. Empirica GmbH, Bonn (Germany).
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