Outsourcing Deadline

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Curious about the outsourcing deadline ? Our book, “Outsourcing Through RentACoder” explains it all. Below are a few selected snippets that describe its importance and why you, as an outsourcer, should care. For details, head on over to this page and order the book. Then complement what you find here with the content in our growing outsourcing articles library (the book’s ‘online extension’).

Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page step-by-step user guide for entrepreneurs who want to reduce their workload and increase productivity at the same time.

Excerpts:

• As just mentioned, a coder who takes on more work than what s/he is capable of doing is a coder who’s prone to generate mistakes, turn in work later than its deadline, or just plain give up and violate the terms of a RentACoder (now, vWorker) contract. (page 32)
• RentACoder requires that all projects accompany a deadline. The deadline aims to prevent wasted time and money in favor of the hiring company or individual. (page 88)
• The last date in which outsourced work is accepted is the deadline. An outsourcing contract can also end from non-compliance – but only when the terms of non-compliance are in writing and agreed to. (page 156)
• The length of the agreement is indicated as (a) a deadline or time span from when a buyer selects a coder and (b) when both parties agree to the terms of the contract. (page 166)
• A non-specific bid request includes the request for code or a service that (1) doesn’t clearly describe work requirements, (2) doesn’t require any labor, (3) doesn’t specify a distinct deadline, and/or implies that a deadline is not applicable, or (4) can’t be brought to arbitration. (page 181)
• The bidding close date gives coders a deadline in which they can place a bid for your project. RentACoder (now, vWorker) automatically places a two-week default deadline in this field for you, but you’re free to change it to any value that you want. (page 199)
• Specifying a deadline for your project sounds a lot easier than it really is. And unless you already have some experience with this sort of thing, it’s going to be difficult. (page 200)
• Sometimes a higher per hour cost is more beneficial since it may accompany additional services, a faster deadline, or better quality. (page 219)
• To illustrate what we mean, consider the following example. We posted a bid request for “some articles” with no other information available — not even a deadline! (page 224)
• Issues that should raise red flags are when a coder misses multiple deadlines, turns in work with one or more non-cosmetic flaws, makes insufficient progress, violates copyrights, fails to respond to arbitration questions, or does anything else that violates RentACoder’s Seller Terms and Conditions or breaks a contract. (page 234)
• More complex jobs may require additional time to negotiate, while jobs with a strict deadline can’t afford to fiddle around with give-and-take dialogue. (page 267)
• Almost every bid request provides a deadline and coders are contractually obligated to finish a job by that deadline. Coders who don’t finish a job on time essentially break a contract, and that’s certainly reason enough to open arbitration. (page 330)
• Appended to the end of every arbitrator’s comment is a deadline in which a buyer, a coder, or both buyer and coder must reply. (page 343)
• If necessary, extend the deadline a few days. You must be careful not to ask for changes that aren’t in the project’s contract however… (page 351)
• The problem with this approach is that it negates the whole value of Rentacoder’s rating system which is supposed to address work quality. Use ratings to communicate job performance, meeting deadlines, communicating, etc. only. (page 371)
• Do not work with the coder after the deadline has expired without setting a new one. Doing this forfeits your protection on the site.

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