Comments on: Elance Going Beyond a Job Bid Site

By: bstart

bstart — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:21:30 +0000

Please check our new B2B & B2C marketplace http://www.bstart.com where companies and individuals can advertise and trade their products and services for free.

By: Emphasize Outsourcing

Emphasize Outsourcing — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:54:51 +0000

Elance changed my life. Im using this freelance website for past 5 years. Get your project done at Internet marketing

By: Kristi Patrice Carter

Kristi Patrice Carter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:12:40 +0000

Informative article and interesting perspective about Elance. However, I honestly must disagree with the basic premise that Elance is for newbies or those trying to establish myself. In my opinion, Elance is the best online marketplace for talented newbies and experienced professionals. I, for one, started on Elance over 10 years ago and to date, have successfully completed 700+ projects. I still use Elance as my primary marketing venue and find the site extremely user friendly.

Although I agree that there are some buyers on Elance looking for a bargain, I think that if skilled Elance providers are selective, clearly differentiate themselves from their competitors and always put their best foot forward, they too can succeed.

Looking around Elance, I am but one of many success stories. : )

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:29:44 +0000

Some are happy with elance but there are horror stories out there. Here is a list of some collected from the net.
http://www.medlawplus.com/classaction/elancecomplaints.tpl

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Top Resources for Finding Work Online — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:01:38 +0000

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By: Dyna

Dyna — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:39:30 +0000

I’ve just started to use the site, so I can’t exactly speak to the process and experience that Elance provides. But in trying to understand how it works and using the Watercooler forums as encouraged I have been shocked by the snarky nature of the responses I’ve seen from other providers. I’m used to posting all sorts of questions in technical forums and getting helpful answers but all the Elance community seems to do is put down the questioner and post flaming, unrelated comments. It’s very strange and immature, often vindictive. So do what you will with the site, but steer clear of the Watercooler or you’ll be attacked!

By: Thomas Larson

Thomas Larson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:50:08 +0000

Feedback provided: Elance has a big problem, you need to pay for everything and their Memberships are not helpful because they are expensive and don’t offer much advantages. A friend suggested me to try GetACoder .com and since then I always get projects there. The fees are not high like in other freelance sites and their Membership offers nice benefits moreover you don’t have a limit of bids to post like on Elance.

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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:21:30 +0000

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By: saad1984

saad1984 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:02:59 +0000

I have been a elance member for about two weeks now. My first bid got me the job at a low but ok price. Since then i have been trying to get more work but looks like buyer trend is changing now. Buyers seem to be using elance to get an estimate of cost for work by getting the lowest possible bid for the job. I have seen 9 random listings ending without a pick from the buyer even after i went ahead and offered the lowest possible price for the job $50.00 (to create a website with cms).

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When to Work for Free - Shifting Careers Blog - NYTimes.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:18:36 +0000

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By: Danut

Danut — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:11:00 +0000

I’m in top 100 on Elance and have to say that sice they changed their subscription plans (and got expensive) I also doubled my income in there.

Just imagine you don’t have to assume the other 80% of the offers at a 10k projects aren’t anymore templated and they buyer gains confidence in your bid.

They are the most professional market, I live from online business and can tell you I haven’t found anything better,

Regards,
Danut
connects.elance.com
http://www.dcrsolutions.biz

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:26:06 +0000

thanks rajat.
i have visited marketraise site and found it quite reasonable for hiring virtual employees.

sophia

By: Rajat Dasgupta

Rajat Dasgupta — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:05:37 +0000

I come across a very good site which provided me a very good result to one of my friend.

He directly hired his own virtual employee from http://www.marketraise.us company name MarketRaise Corp.

He was provided to Monitor and track your worker and project with our daily tracking and reporting system. Moreover here you get a company which takes responsibility for both parties where as in freelance sites they are just acting as a middle man sites.

I hope that this concept can change the freelance scenario. Hope this helps you in getting your work done.

Regards
Rajat

By: Ralf

Ralf — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:48:32 +0000

I couldn’t disagree more with the article above. I just had my first test project completed by a developer in Eastern Europe and the quality of work, professionalism, speed and billing rate are all top notch. I have worked extensivey with out sourced workforces around the world and would encourage anyone looking to get high quality work done to take a serious look at Elance.com. A friend of mine had a similarly positive experience with design work I will be back for more. To me this is the eBay of service work and a serious alternative to the old outsourcing model. However, I can see how US resources don’t like it though. I got my work for done for $15 per hour and had a positive experience in every aspect – with the platform as well as the resources

By: Time Tracking

Time Tracking — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:57:28 +0000

Likewise, I hadn’t kept an eye on Elance for a while now, but it seems as though it’s time to go back and give it a thorough look see. Thanks for shining the spotlight on a great product!