Gig sites are the new niche job boards. Yep its true. If you look at the market that already exists, gig style job sites are proliferating everywhere.
- Guru
- Fiverr – micro job market
- iFreelance
- People per Hour
- UpWork – the mac daddy of gig sites
- Freelancers.net
- Linkedin Profinder
- CloudPeeps
- LocalSolo
- Freelancer.com
- Mechanical Turks – an Amazon service
- Wonolo – based in several major cities
- SnagWork – from the makers of Snagajob
- Jobble
- GigWorker
- Boon (healthcare jobs)
- Communo
- JobStack by PeopleReady
- Jobility – “Gigs whenever and wherever you want.”
And now these sites are starting to branch out into different verticals. Like this one.
MarketerHire, the hiring platform for the world’s top marketing talent, recently launched and announced a $1.075M seed round. The fast-growing company provides startups and agencies with 48-hour matching to top marketers that can work remotely for their company, while serving the fast-growing freelance marketing community with ongoing work.
Boon, listed above, has a platform for temporary healthcare jobs too. Gigs are niching out!
Because more and more people want flexible work it only makes sense any industry could support a niche site for those kind of gig workers.
Today the big guys like Upwork list a shit ton of tech and writing roles but they are still too tech oriented. Which is why I think there is opportunity here. In fact, I am going to be launching my own gig site for the recruiting industry in 2020.
I dig gigs.
So if you are looking for ideas on what kind of job site to start perhaps a gig site is a good idea for your particular niche.
