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

1. The Wise 25:
Freelance
Marketplaces

2. When the forests of employment begin to grow dark...

3. ...you need to start thinking outside
the box...

4. ...and set your sights someplace a bit
different.

5. Freelancing
Freelancing is changing the world.
!
is changing the world.

6. “Freelancing offers workers
experience and flexibility... as a
freelancer, you’re the captain of your
own career."
!
- Lynn Dixon of Hourly.com
!
via @heatherhuhman
!

7. Now through
the wonders
of modern
technology...

8. ...finding freelance work online has never
been easier.

9. The Wise 25:
Freelance
Marketplaces

10. Freelancer.com
9,000,000
Freelancers
5,000,000
Projects
Through the acquisitions of a litany of smaller sites, including fanfavorites LimeExchange & vWorker, Sydney’s Freelancer.com has risen
to become the #1 freelancing resource for small business &
entrepreneurs.
www.freelancer.com
@freelancer

11. Fiverr
3,000,000
Total
Services
200
Countries
Served
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.
www.fiverr.com
@fiverr

12. Elance
2,500,000
Freelancers
500,000
Employers
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.
www.elance.com
@elance

13. oDesk
2,000,000
Annual Jobs
3,000,000
Users
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.
www.odesk.com
@odesk

14. Behance
4,000,000
Projects
50,000,000
Monthly Views
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.
www.behance.com
@behance

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16. Care.com
8,000,000
Members
16
Countries
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.
www.care.com
@caredotcom

17. HomeAdvisor
80,000
Service
Professionals
25,000,000
Homeowners
Served
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.
www.homeadvisor.com
@homeadvisor

18. Thumbtack
!
250,000
Talented
Professionals
200,000
Active
Companies
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.
www.thumbtack.com
@thumbtack

19. TaskRabbit
15,000
TaskRabbits
15 Major
US Markets
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.
www.taskrabbit.com
@taskrabbi

20. GigWalk
350,000
Gig Walkers
6,500
Cities
With GigWalk you’ll find an army in the palm of your hands. Their appactivated mobile workforce can do everything from daily errands to
corporate research, helping your home and business run like a well
oiled machine.
www.gigwalk.com
@gigwalk

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22. PeoplePerHour
450,000
Total Users
20,000
Open Hourlies
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.
www.peopleperhour.com
@peopleperhour

23. 99Designs
255,000+
Designers
$61,00,000
Total Payouts
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!
www.99designs.com
@99designs

24. Guru
400,000
Active
Gurus
3,000,000
Completed
Tasks
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.
www.guru.com
@Guru_co

25. Amazon Mechanical Turk
500,000
Active ‘Turks’
280,00
Open H.T.I.’s
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).
www.mturk.com
@amazonmturk

26. DesignCrowd
140,000
Designers
$11,800,000
Total Payouts
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.
www.designcrowd.com
@designcrowd

27. No need to be sad!
You’ll find even
more words of
wisdom in...
-
Smarterer’s
Blog!

28. CrowdFlower
1,000,000,000
Completed Tasks
5,000,000
Contributors
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.
www.crowdflower.com
@crowdflower

29. crowdSPRING
120,00
Skilled
Creatives
30,000
Satisfied
Customers
Chicago based crowdSPRING connects digital and written creatives to
businesses in need via painless and effective crowdsourced projects.
www.crowdspring.com
@crowdspring

30. Coroflot
2,000,000
Images
150,000
Monthly Projects
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.
www.coroflot.com
@coroflot

31. Twago
230,00
Users
36,000
Projects
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.
www.twago.com
@twago_inside

32. TopCoder
600,000
Registered
Developers
30+
Specialized
Contests
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.
www.topcoder.com
@topcoder

33. !
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things are better when done together.
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34. Skyword
20,000
Writers
3,000
Writing Gigs
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.
www.skyword.com
@skyword

35. 3Desk
400,000
Total
Freelancers
Used by
50%
of All UK IT
Recruiters
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.
www.3desk.com
@3desk

36. DoNanza
400,000
Freelancers
80,000
Open Projects
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.
www.donanza.com
@donanza

37. GreatLance
50,000
Freelancers
3,500
Twitter Followers
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.
www.greatlance.com
@greatlance

38. HireMyMom
18 Years
Experience
1,200
Mothers Placed
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.
www.hiremymom.com
@hiremymom

39. The Wise 25:
Freelance
Marketplaces

40. www.smarterer.com
@smarterer