I have used both and think they are basically the same. The CEO of Guru even says they are basically the same. What I really don't like is the way they act like virtual landlords in their virtual marketplace: Pay 'rent' up front and take a sizeable chunk of each transaction. Plus it's completely $ driven -The more you pay the site the more visibility you get.
There is no site loyalty and having bought services on both sites, seems everyone is scared of getting kicked off once they leave the site and continue the relationship off-site.
The rating is pretty bogus too - over half of the time, the rating isn't done so either they love you or they hate you.
But they both have a solid pool of all sorts of service providers.
I guess starting early and with $65million helps.
I want to see a site that allows me to manage my business. Some times I do the work for someone and some times i just want to farm out the editing or other non core stuff to someone else. E-guru has the wide range of talent, which is important.
Me-2-B.com just launched it's beta site on Tuesday so doesn't have anyone there. But it is different. It's more community and less cold transactions.
The system is set up so the better you do for your customer, the better you do for yourself. Finally a site where everyone has the same goal.
Let's see how it takes off.
Gotta figure, with the economy in the tank, having another avenue to earn an income can't be bad. And once you get a reputation going, there is no need for further advertising - which would be sweet.
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
cheers
Sam
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