TaskRabbit is a platform where you hire someone nearby for small jobs: assembling furniture, moving, mounting a TV, cleaning or helping with errands. It was founded in 2008 by Leah Busque and was acquired by IKEA in 2017.
How TaskRabbit works
You describe the job, choose a "Tasker" based on price, reviews and availability, and pay through the platform. TaskRabbit is available in a number of cities in the US, the UK and several European countries; check taskrabbit.com to see if it covers your area. IKEA also uses TaskRabbit for furniture assembly in many of its markets.
Popular alternatives to TaskRabbit
- Thumbtack: local professionals for home projects in the US.
- HomeAdvisor: contractors for bigger jobs around the house.
- Fiverr and Freelancer: for digital jobs that can be done remotely.
- Amazon Mechanical Turk: small online tasks, if you are looking for work rather than help.
More alternatives to Taskrabbit
Thumbtack
Company: Thumbtack, Inc. | Founder: Marco Zappacosta, Sander Daniels, Jonathan Swanson, Jeremy Tunnell | CEO: Marco Zappacosta | Since: 2009
Thumbtack is an online marketplace that allows its users to hire workers for getting specific tasks done. Thumbtack workers can help users in tasks such as house remodeling, event planning or learning a new language. The company was launched in…
Mechanical Turk
Company: Amazon.com, Inc. | Since: 2005
Touting its service as “Artificial Artificial Intelligence”, Amazon Mechanical Turk is a crowd-sourcing service that connects developers and businesses with human workers to do small tasks that can’t be feasibly done by computers. Requestors submit Human Intelligence Tasks or HITs…
Mturk
Company: Amazon.com, Inc. | Founder: Venky Harinarayan | CEO: Jeff Bezos | Since: 2005
MTurk is an internet marketplace that provides workers with on-demand jobs and allows businesses to access a scalable workforce that can perform tasks that computers are currently unable to do. Businesses post jobs on the MTurk site, and workers are…
Fiverr
Company: Fiverr International Limited | Founder: Shai Wininger, Micha Kaufman | CEO: Micha Kaufman | Since: 2010
Fiverr is a freelancing platform for creative and professional services that allows its users to look for gigs or find freelancers from around the globe. The platform focuses on offering services such as graphic design, digital marketing, advertising, translation services,…
Freelancer
Company: Freelancer Technology Pty Limited | Founder: Matt Barrie | CEO: Matt Barrie | Since: 2009
Based in Australia, Freelancer is a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace. Launched in 2009, the service allows registered users, who can be individuals or companies, to sign up and post projects for others to do, or bid on projects made…
Homeadvisor
Company: HomeAdvisor, Inc. | Founder: Michael Beaudoin, Rodney Rice | CEO: Chris Terrill | Since: 1998
Formerly known as ServiceMagic, HomeAdvisor is an online marketplace for connecting homeowners with home repair, maintenance, and improvement professionals. Professionals registered on the network are required to pass a background check that screens for issues including criminal records, bankruptcy issues, bad…
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