Bidding Bar

Welcome to Bidding Bar,

In these blogs you will be able to read stories of how our service has helped individuals find work and establish business contacts. You will also read articles from the perspective of the job creator ,whether a consumer job creator or an employer job creator. They will share what they enjoyed most about their experiences, what they look for when selecting workers to complete jobs, and ways for your skill-set(s) to stand apart from the crowd.

You might notice that we have several options available when creating work on our site. There are actually 4 options that the job creator has. They are the reverse auction, request for quote, trade, and fix priced sale.

Let’s start with the reverse auction option. Selecting the reverse auction allows you as the job creator to set the highest price you’re willing to pay for a specific gig, job seekers then enter bids lower than the price listed. This is pretty straight forward, auction format except in reverse.

The request for quote allows a job creator find out the fair market value for their project to be completed. Let’s say a home owner needs to replace some drywall or install a hot tub inside their house. They know what it would cost for the materials but have no idea how to determine labor costs. Request for quote allows qualified job seekers make a bid on the service similar to what happens in the construction or freelance industry. The drywall or hot tub installer will make bids based upon materials, labor, and time frame to get the job completed. The home owner now has a way to see his/her options on pricing, time frames, etc…

The Barter/Trade option allows for creative solutions to getting services done that don’t necessarily involve money in the transaction. Let’s say you need to find a tutor for your son or daughter to help them excel with math. You know times are tough so the extra 30 or 40 dollars an hour you have found to be the status quo from dialing numbers in the phone book is just out of your immediate price range. But lets say that you used to play on your college golf team, so now you advertise what you want (math tutor for your child), and that you are wanting to pay through golf lessons(can be the same per hour basis as the tutor job or not, its up to you). Now you’re going to find people with math teaching ability that wouldn’t mind improving their golf score as payment. Barter completed.

Then there is the fixed price sale. This I envision will be utilized more by employers, as they aren’t always looking for the lowest price as a solution for them offering jobs. They will allow qualified individuals compete over a specific job at a fixed price. Job seekers will compete over the criteria they deem necessary to fill the position.

That sums up the 4 different ways one can enter a bid, take some time on our site to familiarize yourself with these options so when a gig has been posted you will feel comfortable in your response that you are addressing the job creator in the way in which they wanted to be contacted.