Useful information about emerging categories is often tough to come by. It’s typically fragmented across a variety of views and experts. My search for useful information about paid crowdsourcing technology vendors has been no exception.
Several months ago, I published a list of crowdsourcing technology vendors. Within about a month, it had reached the number 1 position in natural search. It was a fairly rudimentary list, but apparently, it was the best current accumulation. For all those that have been searching for consolidated information for the on-demand workforce market, we’ve created two new sources for your consideration.
We’ve greatly enhanced the existing list with more vendors and more vendor characteristics. And, we’ve compiled a full report on the vendors and progress in the space over the past 10 years. The list is open to all, the report is free to those that sign up and attend our Sept. 17, 2009 online event. It’ll be $200 a copy after that.
Here’s the link to the enhanced list, and here’s a few columns of the data resident within it. Enjoy.
-Brent
Vendor | Website | Category |
Smartsourcing (Smartsheet) | www.smartsheet.com | Any Tasks |
99designs | http://99designs.com/ | Graphic Design |
Amazon Mechanical Turk | www.mturk.com | Volume Tasks |
Bid-Job.com | www.bid-job.com | Project Marketplace |
BigCarrot | www.bigcarrot.com | Problem Solving |
BizReef | www.bizreef.com | Project Marketplace |
CastingWords | www.castingwords.com | Transcription |
CGILance.com-Freelance CGI programmers | www.cgilance.com | Programmer Marketplace |
Channel Intelligence | www.channelintelligence.com | Large Scale Categorization |
Colspark | www.colspark.com | Problem Solving |
CreateAd | www.creatad.com | Graphic Design |
Crowdflower (Dolores Labs) | http://crowdflower.com/ | Volume Tasks |
Crowdsifter (Dolores Labs) | https://crowdsifter.com/ | Content Moderation |
Crowdspirit | www.crowdspirit.com | Graphic Design |
CrowdSpring | www.crowdspring.com/ | Graphic Design |
Data Discoverers | www.datadiscoverers.com | Volume Tasks |
Design Outpost | www.designoutpost.com | Graphic Design |
DesignBay | www.designbay.com | Graphic Design |
DesignContest.net | www.designcontest.net | Graphic Design |
DesignQuote.net | www.designquote.net | Graphic Design |
eLance | www.elance.com | Project Marketplace |
EUFREELANCE | www.eufreelance.com | Programmer Marketplace |
Freelance job openings | http://www.freelancejobopenings.com/ | Project Marketplace |
Freelance switch | http://jobs.freelanceswitch.com/ | Project Marketplace |
Freelance web market | http://freelancewebmarket.com/ | Project Marketplace |
Freelance Web Programming | www.freelancewebprogramming.com | Programmer Marketplace |
GeniusRocket | www.geniusrocket.com | Graphic Design |
GetACoder.com | www.getacoder.com | Programmer Marketplace |
GetAFreelancer | www.getafreelancer.com | Project Marketplace |
Getfriday | https://getfriday.com/ | Project Marketplace |
GFXContests | www.gfxcontests.com | Graphic Design |
GoFreelance - Freelance Work Exchange | www.gofreelance.com | Project Marketplace |
Graphic Competitions | www.graphiccompetitions.com | Graphic Design |
Guru | www.guru.com | Project Marketplace |
HitBuilder | www.hit-builder.com | Volume Tasks |
HumanGrid | www.humangrid.de | Volume Tasks |
I can freelance | http://www.icanfreelance.com/ | Project Marketplace |
Idea Bounty | www.ideabounty.com | Problem Solving |
IdeaScale | www.ideascale.com | Customer Surveying |
iFreelance | www.ifreelance.com | Project Marketplace |
Innocentive | www.innocentive.com | Problem Solving |
Jobtonic.com | www.jobtonic.com | Job Referral |
Ki Work | www.ki-work.com | Project Marketplace |
Kluster | www.kluster.com | Customer Surveying |
LeadVine | www.leadvine.com | Sales Leads |
Lime exchange | www.limeexchange.com | Programmer Marketplace |
LivePerson | www.liveperson.com | Expert Help |
LiveWork | www.livework.com | Any Tasks |
LogoTournament | http://logotournament.com/ | Graphic Design |
Mahalo Tasks | www.mahalo.com | Simple Tasks |
NamingForce | www.namingforce.com | Product Naming |
Net4manpower | www.net4manpower.com | Project Marketplace |
oDesk | www.odesk.com | Project Marketplace |
People per hour | www.peopleperhour.com | Project Marketplace |
Prefio.com | http://prefio.com | Job Referral |
Process Outsourcing | www.contractedwork.com | Project Marketplace |
PROGRAMMERMEETDESIGNER.COM | www.programmermeetdesigner.com | Programmer Marketplace |
Programming bids | http://www.programmingbids.com/ | Programmer Marketplace |
PROJECT FOR HIRE-Freelance Marketplace | www.project4hire.com | Project Marketplace |
ProjectSpring.com | www.projectspring.com | Project Marketplace |
Rent A Coder | www.rentacoder.com | Programmer Marketplace |
Samasource Inc. | http://www.samasource.org | Volume Tasks |
Scriptlance | www.scriptlance.com | Programmer Marketplace |
Serebra connect | www.serebraconnect.com | Project Marketplace |
SocialMod | www.socialmod.com | Content Moderation |
TopCoder | www.topcoder.com | Programmer Marketplace |
United states freelancers | http://www.unitedstatesfreelancers.com/ | Project Marketplace |
Verbum soft | http://directfreelance.com/default.aspx | Project Marketplace |
Vois | www.vois.com | Project Marketplace |
Work Outsource | www.workoutsource.net | Project Marketplace |
another interesting crowdsourcing vendor is UserTesting.com. They crowdsource usability testing for websites and record the sessions at a low fee.
http://www.usertesting.com/index.aspx
Posted by: Keenan | 11/02/2009 at 09:32 AM
You should also consider www.squadhelp.com for business naming. This site leverages the "wisdom of crowds" allowing users across the world to submit domain name suggestions. The best suggestion wins a prize that is setup in advance by the contest holder, creating a win win situation for every one. Contests can start as low as $35.
Posted by: Rachel Shaw | 01/21/2010 at 03:32 PM
There is one more new graphic design crowdsourcing website : www.shopfordesigns.com
Posted by: graphic design outsourcing | 01/26/2010 at 06:53 AM