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!

1. WHERE TO HIRE FREE LANCERS FOR ANY TYPE OF
BUSINESS
by FitSmallBusiness.com

2. 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.

3. Price
8.5% 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:

4. Ease of Use
Medium. Takes some getting use to it
Easy
easy
Hard. Not to intuitive at all and freezes up a lot.
Guru and OdeskWinner:

5. Freelancer data available
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
Start reviews, past jobs, employer comments, and amount
billed
ALLWinner:

6. 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:

7. support
phone, chat and email
Chat and Email
phone, chat and email
Chat and Email
guruWinner:

8. Site
Elance.com
Odesk.com
guru.com
freelancer.com
Our Top Pick: Elance.com

9. •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?

10. 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?

11. Check how I came up with the ratings by
going to the main article here.
How I Came Up With The Ratings?

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