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ZipLabor
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 20:18:14 Hello All,
I created a website and would like to get your opinions about it.
The idea for the website came from my many years as a business owner, home owner, rental property owner, and spouse. I always found myself in need of help, a helping hand to get something done. So, I would call friends, go to the park to recruit some kid, go to the local unemployment office to find someone, ask friends the status of their kids, and/or stop and talk to the guy on the side of the road with the sign that read 'Will Work for Food or Money'. These techniques were time consuming and many times failed and I could not find the help I needed.
So I created ZipLabor. ZipLabor is Temporary Short-Term Labor. The ZipLabor website brings together: people with a Task they need to do; and people qualified to Complete those Tasks. People with a Task to do I call Demanders and people who can complete the Task I call Performers. ZipLabor works on a National Level. Performers can freely post their Qualifications on the website. Demanders are charged a minimal free of $10 (max $100) to Post their Task on the website for up to 60 days.
To help Promote my website I use local volunteer community groups. These registered Organizations share all fees collected and are distributed royalty checks twice a year.
To help with security of the website, all users must supply a reference and enter into a legal agreement with ziplabor.
So, What do you think of the concept of my website? If you have visited the website, What do you think of it?
Thanks for your response. JBM
ZipLabor
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lilly123
Posted - 07/05/2010 : 03:03:11 Hello The internet is a great tool for selling things, but there's a big gotcha. If you're trying to sell something that lots of other people are also trying to sell, you're facing competition two ways; first, it's going to be a lot harder to get noticed on the search engines, and second, the competition is going to eat away at the profits.
The real secret to making money on the net is to sell something that nobody else is selling. Even if the market is tiny and obscure, if you're the only maker, the net will bring you and your customers together. If you sell cowboy boots, you might have problems getting noticed, but if you specialize in cowboy boots for people with six toes, you'll make money. My favorite joke example of a niche is hand tools for left-handed *** . If you google for that, many of the pages are blog articles referring to my article that used this as an example (the rest are spam; even spammers think it's a funny phrase).
Furthermore, if you're trying to make money with an affiliate program, in particular those that automatically generate a "virtual" website for you, you should know that in almost all cases, they are a waste of time and money. I've written an article, Virtual Vexation, that explains why. I get emails all the time from people who have wasted hundreds, even thousands of dollars on the schemes. Please do not be one of them. Google considers most of these pages to be spam, but I think in a lot of cases, that's a spelling error; the correct spelling is scam.
I looked at your website and it´s kind of boring. I´m sorry to be honest, but I think nowadays you should have a website that is really attractive.
I have a group of people who have worked on my website and for a very reasonable price. If you want to be helped in the design of your site, take a look a thenetmencorp.com. I´m sure you won`t regret it!
Please, let me know your comments!
Cheers, Paula.
jcwilde1
Posted - 10/18/2007 : 10:38:25 I don't want to be rude, but I am an Art director and I would seriously look into making the site both friendly and more modern looking which could only help when it comes to trying to get new customers.
I think your idea is sound, but you are competing with Craigs list who is both inexpensive and well known. Doesn't mean it won't work, just means it will be tough and you will have to offer something they don't.
Good luck and I would look into a site redesign before you officially launch it.
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