I’d like to point out a few differences between our service and oDesk since those differences could influence your satisfaction and earnings.

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Working with a new Employer on a Pay-for-Deliverables project:
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A new Employer doesn’t know yet that you’re productive, and won’t run up a huge bill with fluff hours via pay-for-time projects. To help you establish that trust, both Odesk and vWorker let you work with them by bidding a fixed price for the final deliverables (called pay-for-deliverables). However, oDesk doesn’t offer safety features (escrowing and arbitration) to be able to guarantee payment to you.

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Working with a Employer you know on a Pay-for-Time project:
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Once a Employer trusts that you won’t bill them for unproductive hours, you can bill them by the hour (called pay-for-time). This has many advantages over pay-for-deliverables including cheaper fees, flexibility (you don’t have to define all the requirements in advance to start working) and less risk (under-estimates are no longer your responsibility to bear). However there are important differences in how oDesk and vWorker provide this service.

1) Fees.
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vWorker charges 10%-35% less than oDesk (9% for one-on-one auctions to as low as 6.5%). The less you pay, the more savings you can pocket yourself, pass on to the Employer, or split. oDesk charges a higher flat fee of 10%. As a result, you have less money to pocket, pass on to the Employer, or split.

2) Mental Tasks.
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When working for a Employer, you may find yourself doing mental work that should not be interrupted (such as reading, planning or writing at your desk). Odesk requires that you simultaneously remember to move your mouse every minute or so, and if you don’t, you are not guaranteed payment. So you can choose to be constantly interrupted (and perhaps distracted and frustrated), or forgo the payment guarantee. vWorker does not require you to make this choice, and guarantees payment for mental work.

There are other differences as well. I invite everyone to learn even more about oDesk here: http://www.vWorker.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorInformation/OneOnOneComparisons/oDeskVersusVWorker_ForSellers.aspx

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us.

Mistakes:
1. Maybe you are wondering how does it work, there are company who are offering jobs for freelance individuals.

right answer: “Maybe you are wondering how does it work, there are companies who are offering jobs for freelance individuals.”

2. Freelance individuals are called “service providers” where freelancers look for a company that is in need of their service, at the same time, company may also look for service providers and they use oDesk to contact each other.

right answer: Freelance individuals are called “service providers” where freelancers look for companies that are in need of their service, at the same time, companies may also look for service providers and they use oDesk to contact each other.

3. Once the job is finished, payment are made thru online such as oDesk Debit Card or Paypal