Interesting Indian Provider Stats

A bit of  number crunching for Indian Providers at one of the biggest Free Lancing websites oDesk.com has led to some astonishing findings.

This data was collected on 19-January-2009. Published on 23-January-2009.

All the figures are quoted as on that date itself. There were a total of 33,431  providers on odesk who met our basic crtiteria, of which, only 4366 were Indian providers. They constituted about 13.06% of total providers at oDesk. Surprisingly, less than 14% of oDesk Providers are Indians(Indian Providers) .

Basic Criteria:

1. An Individual provider only are considered.
2. Provider is oDesk Ready.

Amongst the 4366 Indian providers, which are selected by filtering (based on the location and keyword) only 998 had minimum billed hours on oDesk. We kept the minimum billed hours at oDesk at 1 hour OR $1. This set of providers which had oDesk billing of atleast 1 hour OR $1 were mere 2.99% of the total providers at oDesk.

Basic Criteria:

1. An Individual provider only are considered.
2. Provider is oDesk Ready.
3. Atleast 1 hr or $1 billed at oDesk.

Now comes the most astonishing discovery of this small excercise at oDesk.

The number of Indian oDesk providers who have both experience (of atleast 1 hr or $1) and feedback (Rating of atleast 3 of 5 stars)  is surprisingly low at 652.

Basic Criteria:

1. An Individual provider only are considered.
2. Provider is oDesk Ready.
3. Atleast 1 hr or $1 billed at oDesk.
4. Feedback Score of atleast 3 Stars(out of 5 Stars)

Only 652 Indian Providers are experienced and have reasonable feedback scores. So Buyers, rush and book those guys for the rest of the year before they are engaged in others (read your rival’s) long term projects.

This excercise is indicative only. Kindly do not constitute this data error free. The Author is not responsible for authencity and accuracy of reports generated from the queries at the website.

indian-provider-stats

Indian Provider Stats
Keywords	None	India	India	India
Search Titles only(checkbox)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Category	All Categories	All Categories	All Categories	All Categories
Feedback score	Any	Any	Any	At least 3.0 (out of 5 Stars)
Hours Billed on OD	Any amount	Any amount	At least 1 hour or $1 earned	At least 1 hour or $1 earned
Hourly Rate	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
Location	Anywhere	South Asia	South Asia	South Asia
Provider Type	Individual only	Individual only	Individual only	Individual only
Last Activity	Whenever	Whenever	Whenever	Whenever
Tests Passed	Don’t Display	Don’t Display	Don’t Display	Don’t Display
Has Portfolio	N.A	N.A	N.A	N.A
English Level	Any Level	Any Level	Any Level	Any Level
oDesk Ready	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Total Individual Providers (excluding Affiliated providers)	33431	4366	998	652
Percentages	- -	13.06%	2.99%	1.95%

Consideration for Rates Quoted

The rates quoted are based on one or more parameters listed below:

* Current project requirement.
* History/Experience/Feedback/Payment of Buyer.
* Clear Scope of Work(no vague job description)
* Upfront payment charged.
* Net payment received, including the input costs and commission costs.
* Current Cost in home country.
* Resources required for completion of assigned tasks.
* Uniqueness of the task.