Serebra Connect: A Service Buyer’s Market

March 9th, 2009 in News, by Head Honcho

In today’s uncertain times, every penny counts. For businesses, it is important to minimize unnecessary costs without sacrificing the output. For any individual, getting extra work can also mean extra money for the rainy days.

There are a number of freelance platform sites in which service buyers and sellers can meet. Another site - Serebra Connect tries to make a name in online freelance market.

If you are a service buyer, posting a task is fairly straightforward. You first have to select the job category from a number of choices - whether it is in admin support, writing, finance or whatnot. You then have to enter the task details - indicate what the job entails, the desired skills and/or experience, and your schedule and budget. After reviewing all the details, your job is now up for bidding. You may also just find a seller and hire him directly for a task.

If you are a service seller, you can browse through the jobs and bid on the task of your choosing. Of course, the lower the bid, the better your chances of winning the project. But it is not always an indication that you are going to win the bid, Your qualifications is most likely the main reason why a buyer should pick you. To increase your chances of winning bids, you may opt to become a Serebra Connect Pro. In order to become a Pro, you have to take and pass one or more courses relating to the categories of tasks posted. There is one catch, though: only the first course is free. If you want to take more courses, you have to pay for them.

Serebra Connect is also trying to foster a robust community of buyers and sellers, through its forum and its blog. The blog is specially noted for giving useful tips to buyers in running their business.

It can be observed from the site that the tasks posted are not as many as in other freelance platform sites such as oDesk. This is not necessarily a bad thing. If you are a service buyer, you can take advantage of this because there are more service sellers vying for a small number of jobs. This can result to more cutthroat bidding, which is to your advantage. This may be a disadvantage for the service seller, but if you have a great resume and skill set, this would not really be a problem. All in all, Serebra Connect is worth a try, whether you are a buyer or a seller.