A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

Not everyone checks my links daily, but I added a link a couple of days ago to http://www.CorporateRebel.com.  This site is attempting to provide an alternative to the larger sites like www.guru.com or maybe www.monster.com where IT professionals can both propose contractual work and others can in turn bid on that work.  While the site is currently in its infancy (they are only about 3 days old), they have already managed to accrue some contracts and take some bids.  They've had a fairly decent sign-up rate of new professionals.  If you get a chance, check them out.  If you have small contracts for work, then post them on the site and see if you get any hits.  If you think you'll want some small contracts in the future, then sign up as a developer so you can start bidding.

Published Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:03 PM by Justin Rogers
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Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:27 AM by Shannon J Hager

# re: A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

Looks like another "who wants to be the lowest bidder" site. Guru.com was like that, there was always someone more desperate than you or some kid in highschool that didn't mind working for minimum wage in his evenings.
Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:40 AM by Justin Rogers

# re: A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

I'll find out soon enough. You have to remember the high school kid probably won't get the work done and get kicked off the site early on. Hopefully I'll get an opportunity to do some of the site work and can find out a bit more about it.
Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:57 AM by Scott

# re: A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

Actually Shannon-- we have a fair bidding system, unlike our competitors, you cannot post a bid below 75% of the average bid rate for a project with 3 bids. So if the project has 3 bids averaging $1000, you cannot submit a bid below 750. We try to keep everything fair unlike the other sites! (I know from personal experience, I hate the other sites because you get undercut at the last minute and lose a 2500 job to someone who bids $500)
Thursday, May 06, 2004 12:12 PM by Shannon J Hager

# re: A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

That seems like a good idea. 3 bids at $1000 each, then 1 at $750, the next at $704, the next at $670, the next at $640, eventually it would pretty much bottom out, even moreso if someone actually dared to bid higher than average.

I never had last minute bids cut me off, personally, I just had competition from people with lower cost-of-living (or lower self-worth). The projects always seemed to be looking for lowest bidder and, in my experience, there is always another lower bidder.
Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:23 PM by Scott

# re: A new contact bid site for IT professionals. www.CorporateRebel.com. Could it be useful?

Well it's difficult from my position to be strict in bidding and appeal to the bidders, while still appealing to the job-posters that are looking for affordable, quality labor.

Personally I always go with the guy that has the best resume and feedback/stats (if available). I've posted a couple of my own personal jobs on the site and am about to choose 2 winning bids. I look for best resume, not cheapest bid, and I know a lot of job-posters are similar.

Any way you slice it, it's a fight to get work and stay employed (in the freelance world), so you just gotta keep at it and try hard to build relationships. If you do happen to sign up I'd love to hear your feedback on bidding and using the system. It's my customers' feedback that is going to shape the development path for the site.

Thanks,
Scott

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