An Excellent Guide to Freelance & Gig Job Platforms

DoorDash is an on-demand restaurant food delivery service. Their site states that at their core they are "a technology company that connects people with the best in their cities," and that they do this by "empowering local businesses and in turn, [generating] new ways for people to earn, work and live.

Fiverr is the world’s largest marketplace for digital services where individuals or companies can go to find freelancers with a skill that suits their needs, and it is considered a "micro-task" site, where you can do relatively quick, small one-off tasks which they call "gigs." The name originally came from the $5 cost per task, but not that is just the starting point and now range up to $995 per job.

Instacart is a delivery service which connects buyers with Personal Shoppers to shop and deliver groceries and other items from many favorite stores (in addition to traditional and natural grocery stores, Costco, Target, PetSmart, Sur La Table, and others may be available in your area).

Postmates is an on-demand delivery service that connects customers with local couriers for the delivery of anything from restaurants or stores within minutes. Couriers deliver everything from food, drinks, groceries, and even items like electronics, party supplies, home improvement supplies, and toiletries.

TaskRabbit is a service platform that instantly connects people looking for help with a wide variety of odd-jobs and errands with skilled "Taskers" to complete the tasks. Interesting note: TaskRabbit was acquired by IKEA in 2017, and they launched a furniture assembly service through TaskRabbit in 2018.

UserTesting offers a way for companies to interact with and get feedback from their customers as they use their apps, websites, products, etc.

Outschool is a marketplace for online classes in a huge variety of subjects, taught by hundreds of independent teachers, for children aged 3 to 18 years. There are more than 50,000 unique classes taught by Outschool experts in fields like art, science, math, reading, and many others.

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