From Provider to Buyer
I am changing my hat in oDesk for the meantime – from provider to buyer.
I am now a new buyer in oDesk – a verified one. oDesk requires that buyers had to be verified before they can make the hire. Practically all providers can act as buyers and post jobs, but there are only a few who are really serious and interested in doing the hire.
In oDesk a credit card is needed to verify the buyer’s status. However a provider-friend whom I worked with was able to verify his status using his Payoneer Mastercard. I tried that and the verification process was a success.
photo credit: LotusHead (SXC)
I have some few jobs up my sleeve and I decided to give it out to other providers. These jobs are not from oDesk though. I do some writing jobs from some other guy. I just made a hire to one of my friends who can do some writing job that I need others to do on my behalf.
I can do the jobs and keep those earnings to myself but sometimes I just need to give out the jobs to others so that I could take some needed rest and comply to some deadline, and probably find better opportunities that give me better pay.
I have plans of changing my account from provider to affiliate (provider company) but with the ongoing assignments, I simply have to make the hire as a buyer instead.
ed
May 31st, 2008 at 11:38 pm #
Hmmm, this is interesting… I’m learning a lot from you. =)
Camille Joyce
September 30th, 2008 at 5:43 pm #
Hi do you have a job opening right now? hehehe…