oDesk and Zendesk Team Up to Deliver Efficient Online Customer Service

In a previous blog post we spoke about the growth and performance of the oDesk Customer Success Team, and the progress we have made this year.
As we experienced a doubling of our case load to nearly 10,000 tickets and chats submitted per month, we also recognized the need for improved internal tools to help us [...]

Congratulations to our Top 25 Providers for October 2009!

We are pleased to announce our best Providers for October 2009! We have over 350,000 Providers on oDesk, but these ones stood out as the cream of the crop this month, as they performed the most hours of work with the highest feedback rating. They have been given special badges recognizing their achievement.
oDesk Buyers, you [...]

Congratulations to “Stylish and Dry When it Rains”, oDesk’s Design of the Month!

Congratulations to “Stylish and Dry When it Rains”, the winner of oDesk’s October Design of the Month Contest. This project was for a skilled designer to create a postcard that demonstrated his or her best creativity and skill sets while also representing the products and message of www.AmeRain.com. They actively promoted their contest submission, bringing [...]

oDesk Helps SNAP Summit Companies Succeed at FailCon

We’re excited about taking part in today’s FailCon event being put on by the folks at Snap Summit.  It will be a great venue for entrepreneurs to share ideas about the most common startup mistakes, and take away practical and actionable advice to help keep each other from the dreaded #fail.
In an effort to do [...]

oDesk oConomy Hits $100 Million

Moments ago, the odometer at oDesk’s oConomy rolled over. Our providers have earned over $100 million dollars on oDesk – a fantastic feat that has all of us here in Menlo Park cheering.
This rate grows every day, and there will be more work done on oDesk this month than on any other online work marketplace. [...]