HUSBAND. FATHER. DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.
ENTREPRENEUR. MEDIOCRE GOLFER.
I’m John Jonas. I live in Utah and I founded OnlineJobs.ph. My life is better because of my Filipino OFS (Online Filipino Specialist). My team.
I had a normal “job” for 8 months after college and my biggest goal at that time was to be able to quit that job. I managed to quit back in 2004 and worked from home for myself ever since then.
When I first hired someone from the Philippines in January of 2006, I knew I was onto something special. Since then I’ve learned that for most people, life is definitely better with Filipino workers on your team.
Yes, because of my Filipino workers I get to play a lot of golf, spend a lot of time with my wife and kids, and get out backpacking in the middle of the week. I work for about 17 hours a week because of the amazing work they do. However it’s not just better for us; it’s better for them too.
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OnlineJobs.ph or Upwork or Fiverr? Which one?
Upwork and Fiverr and OnlineJobs all have different optimal uses.
This ⬇ isn’t the right question:
“Why should I pay $69 when Upwork is free?”
Woah…you thought Upwork was free?
So when is the right time to use which platform?
1. Fiverr
I’ll be honest, I haven’t looked at Fiverr in years. I rarely hear about it anymore.
If you need something done that is a commodity. Thousands of people can do this one thing. Fiverr is a good answer.
“I’ll design a logo and 5 variations”
“I’ll do backyard landscape design”
“I’ll make a cartoon out of your face”
“I’ll translate your article into 4 languages”
AI can easily do every one of these things for you (and almost every single thing I see on Fiverr).
More and more I see Fiverr as a lead generation source for the listers. They’re offering something super cheap so they can upsell you.
[looking at fiverr…looking at fiverr…]
I change my mind…there’s no reason to use Fiverr. If you can give me a reason, I’m all ears.
2. Upwork
Upwork has legitimate talent with instant access.
The use case is for short term stuff that AI can’t instantly do for you, or super super high end ($300/hour) stuff.
You just have to know that Upwork is marking up their salary 10%, and then charging the worker 10% (forever).
Since the worker is being charged 10%, and since almost all work on upwork is temporary, rates are already marked up 10-50%. A $6/hour person on OnlineJobs.ph is $10/hour on Upwork.
This is great if you just need something done short-term. Often it’s cheaper/easier than hiring that thing locally. Sometimes it’s easier than hiring someone from OnlineJobs.ph.
Another good use case for Upwork is if you have no tolerance for someone making a mistake and you need short-term work. At Upwork, you can read reviews and find someone with hundreds or thousands of reviews. You’re pretty sure that person is going to get the job done. You don’t have to be a good manager.
Of course, those reviews means that person has worked for hundreds or thousands of people…which means they’re not going to work for you for long.
Freelancers.
3. OnlineJobs.ph
OnlineJobs also gives instant access to legitimate talent.
The use case is to hire STAFF.
Staff as in…staffing your business.
Part-time or full-time. Hourly or salary.
Long-term people who are generally loyal.
Independent contractors.
People who are just as capable as the people you find anywhere else (they’re all the same people on Upwork and OnlineJobs.ph)
People who are going to think and solve problems and use AI to help move your business forward.
You pay an up front fee to find people ($69 or $99), then never pay OnlineJobs.ph again (until you come back to hire another person…over half of people who hire once end up coming back to hire again).
If you don’t find a great person, you use the money back guarantee. Nothing spent.
The caveat with OnlineJobs.ph is you have to be a reasonable employer.
– You can’t be a jerk and expect to get the job done (with Upwork you can).
– You have to treat people well.
– You have to communicate.
– You can’t be lazy in your recruiting and expect to get the job done (with Upwork you might be able to).
– You can’t just assume that paying more will get you a better result.
– You can’t be an arrogant American and assume you’re better than the people you’re hiring (at Upwork you can).
The use case for using OnlineJobs.ph is you’re committing to yourself that you’re going to get the help you need for your business. Independent contractor staff.
Not freelancers.
If you’re not ready to commit to yourself to grow, go use Upwork.
If you want to be lazy, go use Upwork.
If you make so much money that you don’t care how inflated or how much the markup is, go use Upwork.
Don’t use Fiverr.
John
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