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== Contra.com == | == Contra.com == | ||
Contra is a California based company founded in 2019 by Ben Huffman and Gajus Kuizinas. It has 11 to 50 employees, according to Crunchbase<ref>https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/contra-dc5e</ref>. | Contra is a California based company founded in 2019 by Ben Huffman and Gajus Kuizinas. It has 11 to 50 employees, according to Crunchbase<ref>https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/contra-dc5e</ref>. It has $30 million in Series B funding<ref name=":3">https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/02/independent-worker-network-contra-goes-commission-free-as-it-secures-new-nea-led-capital/#:~:text=He%20cited%20figures%20that%20said,the%20network%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20added.</ref>. | ||
=== Similarities to Upwork === | === Similarities to Upwork === | ||
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!Upfront fee payment | !Upfront fee payment | ||
!Account needed for invites? | !Account needed for invites? | ||
!Number of users | |||
!Present in how many countries? | |||
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|Contra | |Contra | ||
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|You can request an upfront fee payment of upto 50%<ref>https://contra.com/blog/7bbAUWNb-freelance-rates-how-to-price-your-freelance-services-in-2023</ref>. | |You can request an upfront fee payment of upto 50%<ref>https://contra.com/blog/7bbAUWNb-freelance-rates-how-to-price-your-freelance-services-in-2023</ref>. | ||
|Invited clients or freelancers don't need to have a Contra profile, they just need to validate the email sent to them and Contra will create an account for them<ref>https://contra.com/</ref>. | |Invited clients or freelancers don't need to have a Contra profile, they just need to validate the email sent to them and Contra will create an account for them<ref>https://contra.com/</ref>. | ||
|More than 1 million<ref name=":3" /> | |||
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|Upwork | |Upwork | ||
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|No upfront payment | |No upfront payment | ||
|Clients can only invite freelancers with Upwork account.<ref>https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063518-Send-Invites</ref> | |Clients can only invite freelancers with Upwork account.<ref>https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063518-Send-Invites</ref> | ||
|more than 10 million | |||
|180<ref>https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211067778-Eligibility-to-Join-and-Use-Upwork</ref> | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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