People Per Hour site

[Paddy]

Here we go again...

Ads Technosoft (kolkata, India) - SOFTWARE PANDIT
Areas covered: USA,UK,

[Alf W]

The employer has chosen to only allow Providers from United Kingdom to bid on this project.

Hello, my name is Justin from Walford. I have some questions please. Please do the needfull and revert.

[mocha_01]

and they charge a fair old whack for the services you provide.

• Monthly Fee Free £7.95 / month £14.95 / month
• Commission Percentage 10.00% 5.50% 4.50%
• Minimum Commission Fee £15 £10 £10
• Number of bids per month 10 40 80
• Service Categories 2 3 Unlimited
• Purchase additional Bids (per bundle of 10) £5.95 £4.95 £4.95
• Purchase additional service categories (Price per month) £5.95 £3.95 Free
• Max No. skills listed in profile 10 15 20
• Hosted portfolio 3Mb - 10 Files 10Mb - 15 Files 20Mb - 25 Files

I registered so I could see their charges.

[Sockpuppet]

My mate ran something like this at Uni.

He took on coding jobs and then handed out the assignments to Uni students who finished the work. Generally they did 8 hours a week for say £100.

The problem was that so much time and effort went into chasing/examining the work that it was easier for him to do himself. Even simple functions that they wanted came back either wrong or not in the format they required.

Nice idea I don't think it'll take off. The overheads for companies would be massive.

[Durbs]

Looks a sound idea and i'll maybe give it a whirl for one of my Plan B's.

Think they need to hire someone to look at their own site though - try hitting 'Find Work' at the top and then a 'Narrow by Category' option on the left. Not very good.

[Jubber]

Oh dear - too much exposure and poor infrastructure I believe. It had a piece on News24 the other day if I remember?

Should have a few more servers with the 1000s on the bench at the moment.

[chicane]

http://www.peopleperhour.com/freelan...ne-Script/8045

In the "recently awarded" section of the site:

Project description:
I am looking for a progammer who can make a php based script like autotratder.co.uk to advertise cars for sale and buying.
Exactly like autotrader indeed.

Project Type : Fixed Price Project
Budget Range : Less than £250
Budget Type : Fixed Fee

[Mich the Tester]

teehee!

Agents don't copy 'n' paste job ads, do they? Link:

Maybe the poo reader could help here!

[Mich the Tester]

teehee!

Much quickness, planty cheapness!

[thunderlizard]

Job Title:

Writer/PR/Proo-Reader

teehee!

[OwlHoot]

Seems rather improper to publish someone's full proposal when bidding for a project.

[dang65]

References available on request: No

Obviously an experienced contractor.

[HairyArsedBloke]

References available on request: No

[Mich the Tester]

I see Bob Shawadiwadi's sister's signed up already;

Name: Chitra Chitra
City: Chennai, India

Software testing, MT, writing, data entry,editing, search engine etc
I am basically good and accurate in software testing, Medical transcription jobs, data entry, search engine optimization, editing, copy writing
Experience:
i have got 3+ years of experience in IT industry
Education and Training:
M.SC(Computer Science)
References available on request:
No

[NetwkSupport]

www.peopleperhour.com

Great idea or will never take off?

Will it just get flooded with freelancers fighting for the work?

Looks like the site is overloaded at the moment...maybe a good sign.

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