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How it Works (for employers)
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We enable you to hire remote professionals in hundreds of fields to:

Plow through your backlog of work.
Staff up or down instantaneously.
Get help with business and personal chores.

and we do it safer and 36 - 80% cheaper than on-site hiring. There are 0 workers on-call and all work is backed by our industry-leading money-back guarantee.

How outsourcing works:

You post a project.
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You post a detailed description of the project and workers bid for the job.

You interview bidders and select a worker.
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You interview them by talking with them online, as well as by evaluating their bid, resume, ratings (left by previous employers) and any Expert Guarantee they may have made.

You pick the best candidate as the winner and then escrow funds with vWorker.com. This proves to the worker that you have the ability to pay, but protects you from having to make a direct (and risky) advance payment.

They work for you and get the job done.
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When the work is completed, you release the funds from escrow to the worker. If there is a dispute, vWorker.com steps in with free arbitration.

If the worker did not deliver, you receive your funds back via one of the money back guarantees:

Fixed-price: Triple-point money-back guarantee

Hourly: AccuBilling money-back guarantee

If you unfairly withheld payment, then the worker receives payment via the worker payment guarantee.

View step-by-step details.

You can also hire via crowdsourcing and trialsourcing instead.

How crowdsourcing works:

You post a contest and prize.
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You post a description of the work and escrow funds for a prize.

All participants do work and send it to you.
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The workers submit their entry(ies) for the prize, which you rate (on a scale of one to five). You also give feedback so the workers can refine their submissions (if necessary). If the visibility of the project is public then the workers can view what other workers have submitted and how you liked/disliked their work. This lets them better hone their submission to your satisfaction.

PerfectPricing™: If the worker needs a higher prize to participate, they post their proposed prize amount to you. You can review their resume and qualifications and then decide whether or not to raise it to get their participation. This ensure the prize is never too high, nor too low.

You pick the best one and award the prize.
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After the contest is complete, you picks the best worker as the winner who then receives the prize money. You then receive copyright to the purchased deliverables. All non-selected contestants retain full copyright to their own work, and it may not be used by you (unless the two work out mutually agreeably terms).

If none of the contestants were good for you, then you have the option to choose no-one and receive a refund via the money-back guarantee. (Note: if you chose to guarantee to award the prize then you must do so, and cannot get a refund).

View step-by-step details.

How trialsourcing works:

You split project into two parts and posts trial contest and prize.
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You split your project into two parts:

Small trial contest portion:

The first portion is sized just large enough to measure the worker's ability and screen them well...but no larger than that. (This minimizes your cost, since it's done via crowdsourcing, which is more expensive on large projects than outsourcing). Contestants not only do the work and submit it, but also place a bid for completing the one-on-one portion. You award the prize to the best contestant and then you both transition to the one-on-one portion.

Larger one-on-one portion:

The remainder of the project is completed using outsourcing (to minimize cost). Your money is fully protected with one of our money-back guarantees. And if the worker delivers as agreed then we guarantee payment to them.

All participants do trial and send it to you.
You pick the best one and award the prize.
They work for you and get the rest of the job done.
View step-by-step details.

When should I choose outsourcing versus crowdsourcing versus trialsourcing?

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