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> the thousand or so tech workers on its marketplace

That seems rather low for a company with 60 employees and 4 years of history, especially considering that only 30% of them are supplied with fulltime work.

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This is mostly a puff piece touting their new investment. The idea of "gig" marketplaces isn't exactly revolutionary, and Gigster is far from the only (or best) one. But you would certainly think it is if the only information you had about this space was gleaned from this article. I actually kept looking for the "sponsored article" disclaimer based on how it was written.

Any insights on what's better than Gigster? Asking for meself.

TopTal.

How is it better? TopTal pays 3-5 times less and differentiates rates by country where contractor resides.

So you're saying that Gigster pays their subs ~$180/h? That's over $330,000 per year. So how much do they charge clients then? ~$300/h?

I doubt it. Their prices are probably similar to TopTals.

Gigster offers fixed price projects, based on $100-150/hr rate.

If you manage to get things done faster, which can happen pretty often, you end up with rate even better.

And yes, it's possible to make that amount of $ on gigster

No way, the rates on TopTal are terrible. I was using them for a while but won't go back unless I really need some work.

I think you can get paid much, much more on platforms such as Gigster and 10X Management.

Not the first. maybe not the best either, but they are executing well and monetizing. That's what matters.

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