BoonEx Jobs at oDesk
Andrew Boon
posted 21st of March 2011
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Boonex News.
39 comments.
We're pleased to announce that we have partnered with oDesk and they would now provide a platform for BoonEx Jobs. Together we are identifying quality contractors and approve the best ones only. With this move we plan to solve a number of issues that we face with our own Jobs system and most importantly - oDesk BoonEx Group offers a number of advantages for both contractors and their potential clients:
- work progress tracking
- detailed history, portfolio and feedback
- advanced rating system
- over 1 million contractors
- secure payment processing
- dispute resolution system
We will continue supporting our local Jobs system during a trial period to see how this new partnership goes, but we feel very optimistic about potential benefits for BoonEx Dolphin users. Some quality contractors already joined the group and are take to take up on new orders. Dolphin custom modifications, design, SEO, promotion, administration and other service providers are there for you to hire.
Below is the legacy version of the Boonex site, maintained for Dolphin.Pro 7.x support.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
Boonex.com is a home of dolphin developers.
Instead of making this very own platform robust, you're taking shelter under some other website alien to boonex and to boonex developers.
Following is the reason why you highlighted it:
* work progress tracking (you do not have anything such on boonex and neither is anyone interested to build one)
* detailed history, portfolio and feedback (feedback is a kind of stupid system where see more
This move does not boost my confidence. At least here on the Boonex site, the developers are committed, one or two bad apples, however with oDesk you can multiply that exponentially.
Bad move big time.
Quote Andrew Boon "Some actually do have Dolphin experience, as per their join application." Is that naive or what? Have you never embellished your CV??
I hope this move will bloat Dolphin sooner than expected.
Doomsday ahead! Soon we can find nulled D8,9,10 etc everywhere even before boonex could cook it :)
andrew, i'm happy to see this partnership. good move imo.
http://www.odesk.com/community/forum
Be your own judge
So, I can't undertand why is oDesk deal a bad thing? Unity developers are very welcome to join and bid, and build trust rating accordingly. Clients have better choice of developers and escrow facility, plus bells and whistles. Our system lacks and this should see more
i can see where you were making a good effort, but the feedback here is correct. having this part of the community outsourced is really not a good solution, and excuse for not updating and upgrading your own efforts. there are scripts which could be integrated that are freelancer clones that are viable solutions which could be integrated into the community that we all dedicate our efforts to.
outsourcing opens the door for more scams and ripoffs. you know full well that if there were see more
I'd definitely use it.
I'll use it too.
I would not trust the oDesk contractors, that is scary.
I cant let some maniac to rip off my website and sell it to others...
if this can happen in boonex, how are you going to track this in oDesk?
ppl are always looking for mod,
if HL hires someone from oDesk for mod A
that oDesk thief rips all the content of his site?
then sells at Unity market "5000 genuine members"
and if I buy that...
what would be the "legal point" here?
simple thing to do is...
Get "codendi" appoint moderators
Go Live...
thats see more
Well, and quoting andrew- Why do I need bells and whistles? Why do I need odesk at first instance.
As for escrow- I never charge a single dollar as upfront and yet deliver great service.
And yet, if the doors are opened towards outsourcing, then what are the developers doing here? We could also opt out and chose odesk as our working platform.
If there are good developers on odesk, then there are to be much better contracts too (than here). see more
The Dolphin developers should have no problem setting up on oDesk (all you veterans know who they are so there should be no problem there) and a Boonex presence on oDesk may prompt more developers to learn Dolphin. They may not all be great to begin with, but who is?
In the end, moving to oDesk could result in a larger Developer see more
No-one wants to go down in price and demand.
How is it scary ? Stick to this one simple rule: Check the developers profile, if there's more than 10 Great reviews, and developer has 5 or more modules with great feedback, and the developer has been a member of Unity for more than 6 months, chances are you won't get scammed. These simple rules should be posted in large bold font on the Jobs and Market pages and all issues would be solved regarding scamming. New developers with 0 feedback should be allowed to sell mods which cost see more
I just had a job completed by Anton, but prior to me contacting him I had all kinds of "developers" giving me all kinds of BS about what it would take to finish the job and then kept pestering me to send them payment.
I wouldn't spend more than $15 on a mod coming from a developer with 0 ratings and no history, simply common sense logic applies here in my opinion.
i looked on odesk, found a great team the first day and hired them. $13 an hour and 2 weeks later i had everything see more
I use mostly Filipinos whom I have found to be very dedicated workers with wonderful skills and attitudes.
I can see where this prospect might tend to frighten some here considering many Filipinos are very happy to work 10 hour days for about a third of what many here charge per hour.
I have been RIPPED off by so called Boonex programmers on here 3 times by buying mods that don't work/break my site or have had their link removed, for on average 20 times more than the cost of a programmer on oDesk .
Why would us DOLPHIN users not want oDesk ???? Be honest, we can see more
quote from houstonlively
"I can't think of a single reason why any of the top developers on boonex.com would want to set up on odesk. Most of them are in high demand because everyone knows who they are. They would have nothing to gain by setting up in an environment where their perceived value is 8 bucks an hour. Besides, who wants to work under a microscope? Odesk is not exactly an environment designed to spawn creativity."
They would see more
And thats when I replied back as to what are you doing there. Also, I had just submitted the module few minutes ago, so just thought that you'd like to see something that is just updated..
And I'd have given you a copy free (as I have done to around more than a few dozens see more
In the real world of developing websites that stand out, it costs money.... lots of money. That site called Facebook that everyone want to be like, started off with half a million dollars in venture capital. People complaining about spending a few hundred bucks is laughable.
Yes, I understand that not everyone "has money". That's too bad. I have found that see more
This software for DOLPHIN USERS not for you programmers/developers to make money out of us
As far as I know, we all came here to help each other and during the past 5 years that worked great. A simple question on the forum can solve a lot.
But then some people with developer skills saw the opportunity to make lots of dollars out of simple mods which other people (PHP dummies) can't write. Most of the mods I bought are now even included in the script.
So there's 1 advice ... be patient. Boonex listens to their customers, but give them the time to see more
Although I have not done any work with Anyakates; she was very professional and prompt in her dealings see more
I have considered dropping Dolphin on may occasions just because mods are see more
http://www.getacoder.com/
they have some good developers there.
Andrew, you'd have a hard time convincing me that that you guys are even capable of identifying a quality contractor. You have a few people posting modules in the market that are full of bugs, they don't support their products, and when I enter a dispute in the so called dispute forum, absolutely nothing happens. The same person that many members have legitimate issues with, gets some of his modules see more
Personally, I would either use someone I actually know, or someone on boonex who I know will at least know the script.
Ive had a few custom jobs done, and each time Ive just used members here who have built the mods I needed changing.
It may be a slightly higher price than an unknown on odesk, but at least I know they will know the script to work on...
Each to their own I guess, I dont think adding the option with odesk see more