Indian freelancers join global outsourcing bandwagon

the online outsourcing marketplace for businesses - has seen a huge rise in the number of Freelancers (Service Providers) being hired by small businesses.

New Delhi, India (prHWY.com) April 6, 2011 - Indian freelancers join global outsourcing bandwagon

New Delhi, 5th April, 2011: PeoplePerHour.com - the online outsourcing marketplace for businesses - has seen a huge rise in the number of Freelancers (Service Providers) being hired by small businesses.

Since, the launch of PeoplePerHour.com in UK in 2007 followed by its launch in US and in India earlier this year, the site has a community of more than 1,10,000 registered freelancers. Those based in India have more than over 15,000 with an average hourly rate of US $ 16. This brings India's share to 14% of the total global pie, which is growing at the rate of 20 %.

India ranks 1st among all the Asian countries in terms of registered freelancers, while Asian countries collectively have a share of more than 24 %. In the current economy, Indian freelancers which are the third biggest users of PeoplePerHour.com after Europe are benefitting from outsourced work by businesses from across the globe whilst at the same time there is a growing trend for 'onshoring': businesses in India hiring freelancers in the west

Commenting on global virtual business trend, Mr. Xenios Thrasyvoulou, PeoplePerHour.com's founder and CEO said, "Businesses across the globe have discovered that they can access top talent from the global pool and import best practices very affordably by using freelancers. Businesses using remote freelance professionals in this way are pioneering a new type of virtual business model."

Prasenjit Nandi, a web design & SEO freelance service provider based in Kolkata, says "I'm an experienced SEO freelancer and using Peopleperhour.com with great success. Peopleperhour.com is a great place to connect with potential clients overseas with many freelance opportunities that match to my specific skills & talents. All financial transactions between the two parties go through PeoplePerHour.com and it's a safe bet for freelancers. PeoplePerHour.com is a resource builder and a project manager."





Freelancers using PeoplePerHour.com have access to businesses spread over more than 150 countries across the globe that enables them to pick and choose projects across business categories based on their skill, talent and experience. It also helps them to derive the benefits of different time zones for project delivery and turnaround time.
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About PeoplePerHour.com:

PeoplePerHour.com (http://www.peopleperhour.com) launched in 2007, with the simple idea of connecting small businesses with talented, independent service providers, in an environment that fosters accountability and trust.

The site initially began with one sector - administrative services - and following its success and popularity quickly expanded within three months alone to 10 service categories covering thousands of individual skills.

The website now has in excess of 1,10,000 service providers, spread across more than 150 countries, and serves over 38,000 small businesses clients.

89 percent of the work completed on PeoplePerHour.com gets a five-star rating by the client, validating the fundamental belief on which the business was founded: that talented professionals, when working for themselves, have both a cost advantage but are also more motivated, productive and accountable to the quality of their work, delivering better value to the client all round.

Visit the PPH Economy for in depth live data on the freelance economy.

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