OnlineJobs.ph Review: Why It’s Better Than Upwork & Fiverr

Welcome to my OnlineJobs.ph review!

So, you want to hire somebody to outsource certain parts of your work/business. Probably someone or some website recommend OnlineJobs.ph to you.

Now, all you have to do is to sign up with them, create a job posting, sit back, relax and wait. Once you hired a person, all you have to do is to hand over your work and then live the "4 Hour Workweek" life like what Tim Ferriss advocates.

Is it really that simple?

Obviously not.

There are a lot more details that you need to know and master for you can successfully outsource your work.

The good news is that OnlineJobs.ph can allow you to do that. You just need to learn the necessary skills and mindset.

So in this review, I'll explain to you what you need to know and be aware when hiring somebody on OnlineJobs.ph.

Note: This article focuses on the employer’s perspective. If you’re a freelancer or someone looking for work, the information below will give you some insight into the hiring process, fees, and protections on OnlineJobs.ph.

OnlineJobs.ph, as its name suggests, is a Filipino job board. Basically, it's a platform that help connect affordable Filipino workers with business owners in the US and around the world.

From the employer's perspective, this is a great platform to hire quality and affordable workers/VAs on a long-term basis (I'll explain later why it's so affordable to hire people via this platform).

From the employee's perspective, this is a great platform to find all types of jobs and start working fast. But for employees, it's only for Filipinos.

OnlineJobs.ph was created in 2008 by an Utah-based entrepreneur John Jonas who was trying to hire virtual assistants for his business.

He first hired a full-time Filipino worker back in 2006. From that experience, he found that Filipinos are generally very hard working and reliable.

Also, more and more people started seeking and hiring Filipino workers to help with projects during that time.

That's when John saw the potential in this market and decided to create a platform to solely focus on connecting Filipino workers and employers around the world.

Also, just FYI, John is also the guy behind Replace Myself, a leading outsourcing education membership service.

Before we dive into the actual detail of OnlineJobs.ph, allow me to share with you a little bit of my own outsourcing experience with this platform.

I'm a blogger & affiliate marketer. So I was thinking about hiring a writer who can create and manage the contents for my website.

After researching all the common options like Fiverr, Upwork, Textbroker and many many more, I really don't like the way they work...

• They're expensive
• You have to pay based on the number of words and posts written
• You may also be limited by the number of revisions available for certain pricing options
• Many of these platforms will take a cut from you as well
• You don't have full control over your writer

Basically, there are lots of limitations when you want to hire freelancers from these common platforms yet you often have to pay a premium price.

I believe there are better options out there.

Upon further research and consultation with other internet marketers, that's how I discovered about OnlineJobs.ph.

After studying their platform for a couple of days, I took the plunge by investing in it. Within a week's time, I hired my very first Full-time writer.

What's so special about this writer I hired via OnlineJobs.ph?

• I pay him $400/month
• He works for me Full-Time
• He writes 5 posts per week (i.e. 20 posts per month)
• Each post has at least 1500 to 2000 words or beyond
• Unlimited revisions
• I have full control

At the point of this writing, he has been working for me for over 2 months and he is producing amazing contents.

Some of you might be thinking...

Are you kidding? Is this even possible?

Yes, this is possible! I'll explain to you how this works in this review so please pay attention and keep reading, alright?

Now, OnlineJobs.ph is not just about hiring writers. There are tons of work that you can outsource. I'm just using my own experience as an example.

As you can see, there are tons of job posts on OnlineJobs.ph. This ranges from Virtual Assistants to Web Development, Customer Service, Social Media, Writing, Graphics and many many more.

No matter which business you're trying to build, you'll be able to find someone who is qualified to do the work for you.

This leads us to our first reason why you should leverage OnlineJobs.ph...

At the point of this writing, OnlineJobs.ph has over 500,000 resumes available on their platform. 

I don't have the exact number of resumes on other platforms like Fiverr and Upwork to compare.

 But from my experience, I can guarantee you there's someone qualified out there in Philippines who is ready and eager to work for you.

You can take a look at the full list of their skills here!

Like I've mentioned to you, I hired my full-time writer at just $400/month with some bonuses.

For most people in the US or many other parts of the world, you might be thinking...

Who the hell will work full-time for $400/month?

Well, you have to consider the average income and cost of living in different countries.

According Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the average family monthly income is 22 thousand Pesos, which is equivalent to USD$420/month.

As you can see, you're not underpaying them for working full-time for you at very affordable prices. You're just taking advantage of the difference in average income and cost of living between Philippines and your country.

Does that make sense?

One common problem for people outsourcing is the hassle and difficulty to find the right person for your business. That's when "filtering" comes in handy.

OnlineJobs.ph has a feature called Advanced Skill Search:

As you can see from the screenshot above, you're able to laser-target the type of worker you want for your business.

You can customize your search based on many criteria, such as:

• Skills & sub-skills
• Employment type (Full-time/Part-time)
• Monthly salary
• Location
• ID Proof Score (Reliability)
• Keyword you want to target

Under the available skills, you can even give star ratings on how proficient you want your worker to be in specific tasks.

Other than that, when you view the worker's profile, you can analyze quite a number of other details like their:

• IQ test score
• Command of English
• Last active time
• And their own personal introduction for the skills they have

Let me give you a heads up on how much Fiverr and Upwork are charging you:

• Fiverr charges a processing fee of US$1 for purchases up to US$20. For orders more than US$20, Fiverr charges 5% of the total amount. (Source: Finder.com)
• Upwork charges a 2.75% processing fee on all payments. Alternatively, you can pay a flat $25 monthly processing fee if you're ordering a large amount every month. (Source: Upwork Help Center)

On the other hand, OnlineJobs.ph doesn't take a single cent from you.

In fact, transactions/payments between you and your worker doesn't have to go through their platform.

The advantage of this is that you don't have to waste any money on processing fees. The disadvantage is that there's no escrow protection, which I'll talk about in a second.

I was completely new to outsourcing and hiring before I came across OnlineJobs.ph.

I'm just an ordinary guy hustling hard to create my own passive income online.

So I definitely didn't have any experience being an employer, nor an employee (because I'm fortunate enough to have my first 4-figure monthly passive income stream built up at just 21 years old through my hard work).

Nevertheless, I was able to successfully hire my very first writer within a week's time thanks to OnlineJobs.ph's training and resources.

John has put in place a full list of step-by-step training as well as some outsourcing Ebooks to help you.

Here's the full list of their resources!

So, you don't have to worry about not knowing what to do. This might be the case if you try to hire from other platforms.

Here's a quick animated video giving you a brief explanation on how this platform works:

Overall, as an employer trying to outsource, here are the 2 main things you need to do:

The very first thing to do once created your account is to "Post a Job" on OnlineJobs.ph.

As you can see from the screenshot above, you're able to create your own custom Job Post based on what type of worker you're looking for.

You can even target on specific skillsets that you want your worker to have.

A completed Job Post sample will look something like this:

After that, all you need to do for this step is to wait for interested workers to contact you.

You'll receive a number of job application messages if your Job Post is done properly:

And then from there, you can conduct your interview to determine which applicant is more suitable for the job you're offering.

The second method for you to find potential workers is to use the Advanced Skill Search feature which I've just talked about.

It's called "advanced" because like I've mentioned, their filtering system is pretty powerful and easy to use.

Once you've used the Advanced Skill Search feature, you can take a look at each workers profile and contact them if you feel they're good candidates for your job:

And then this will go back to the same messaging system in OnlineJob.ph afterwards.

Also, you can contact individual workers using Email and interview them from there on.

The 3 most important features you need to know as an employer are:

1. Post a Job
2. Advanced Skill Search
3. Messaging System

But apart from that, there are a few other features that are exclusive to OnlineJobs.ph and you can't find it in any other platforms:

Each worker in OnlineJobs.ph will be assigned with an ID Proof score. This score ranges from 1-100. The higher the score, the more accurate their profiles are.

In other words, it's a measure of how seriously they're staking their reputation online.

It's NOT a measure of skill or reliability. It's just an indicator showing you the degree that the candidate is who they say they are. After all, we all tend to boast about who we really are to certain degree.

But there's no guarantee. It's just another filtering system they have in place and it won't be 100% accurate as well. It's just another indicator for you to consider.

Having said that, this is a good system to filter out those fake accounts.

So you can choose the ID score you want during your searching process:

My recommendation is to set the ID Proof Score at "greater than 70".

With regards to each workers reliability, you need to figure that out yourself based on your interview process.

TimeProof is a tool to track the number of working hours of your worker and whether he/she is actually doing their work.

It’s completely free to use, and it aims to provide a level of protection and verification for both workers and employers.

As an employer, you’ll get time sheets and screenshots of what your worker was working on during the time they're supposed to work.

Although this tool sounds amazing from the employer's perspective, I don't recommend you to use it.

The reason is simple...

Who likes to be constantly tracked and monitored throughout the day? I'm sure you don't want that, right?

This is the same for your employees. Some workers are fine with such thing but many of them don't like this feature.

For my hired writer, he requested not to use this  because he said he can produce better work if he's not being tracked.

And I agree. If you put yourself into their shoes, I'm sure you'll perform better when you have more flexible working schedule and environment, right?

I know some of you may be afraid that your worker may not put in as much effort because after all they're remote workers. You can't keep track of them fully.

What I recommend is to give them the space to produce the work you requested. You can then judge their attitude and their effort based on the results they give you.

If you feel they're not producing the work you want, you can feedback to them and ask them to improve on it.

However, if you can't see improvements after some time, you can consider looking for another worker.

In other words, you can put them on "trial" for the first one to two weeks as you slowly build trust.

OnlineJobs.ph has a pretty interesting Pricing Plan. You'll see why I said it's interesting soon...

They have 3 main types of membership options:

1. Free - You can't hire anybody with the Free Membership
2. Pro ($69/month) - Recommended for most people
3. Premium ($99/month) - Only recommended for big companies 

As you can see on their pricing page, they have a subscription-based pricing model.

Firstly, the FREE Membership is free for life but the only thing you can do with this Free account is to post and view job applications. And your job post will take 2 days to approve.

You can't hire anybody with the Free membership as you cannot contact any workers via the platform.

In other words, if you want to hire somebody on OnlineJobs.ph, you have to upgrade to their Pro Plan.

Their Pro Plan is said to be $69/month. But in fact, it's just a one-time payment of $69 because you can cancel your Pro account after you've hired the worker you want.

This is even recommended by them as you can see from the screenshot above.

They said, "cancel when done recruiting. No ongoing fees".

That's why I said they have an interesting pricing plan.

Only the searching and filtering process need to go through OnlineJobs.ph. After that, you don't need to rely on the platform anymore.

You can communicate with your worker via Email or Skype afterwards and pay them via PayPal.

Lastly, they have another Premium Plan which costs $99/month. Again, you can cancel your subscription after you're done hiring.

But this plan is mostly for big companies who need to hire many employees at the same time. This is not necessary for most people.

I recommend you getting the Pro Plan for the first month. And then you have one full month to complete your hiring process before you cancel your subscription.

As an alternative, you can get OnlineJobs.ph access for FREE if you buy into the Replace Myself training program, which starts at $97 per month.

No system is perfect, right?

Here are 2 downsides for OnlineJobs.ph:

An escrow protection simply means having a third-party to manage the transaction between you and your worker so that there will be no dispute over money.

For example, Upwork offers escrow payments as a way to protect both you and the virtual assistant in the deal. For fixed-price projects, you’ll deposit the funds into an escrow account controlled by Upwork, and release payment to your freelancer when certain milestones are completed.

This kind of protection is beneficial for both parties as you won't be paying for nothing and your worker won't be working for nothing also.

However, like I've mentioned, OnlineJobs.ph doesn't take a cut for any transactions and you don't have to pay any recurring fees. That's why you can't have such protection in place.

On the other hand, platforms like Upwork will take a cut from every transaction. It makes sense for them to offer such escrow protection.

So, there's always a trade-off between these two.

Continue from the previous point...

Since you won't be paying any processing fees or recurring fees to OnlineJobs.ph, they also don't have a dispute resolution service in place should there be any disputes between you and your worker.

If your worker disappears or doesn't perform, you're pretty much on your own. The only option is to look for another worker.

On the other hand, Upwork has a dispute resolution service. If you and your freelancer can’t come to terms on a particular project or you think they may be fudging their hours, you can file a dispute through the Upwork platform.

A mediator will review both sides of the story and potentially help you get some of your money back or stop payment altogether.

Again, there's a trade-off here.

Upwork is the love child of Elance and oDesk, two Silicon Valley startups that helped pioneer the virtual freelance marketplace model.

When these one-time competitors combined forces in 2015, they rebranded as “Upwork” and created the world’s largest freelance marketplace, with more than 12 million registered freelancers.

So, Upwork is a great platform for outsourcing as well. But here are the main differences:

• Upwork allows you to reach freelancers from all over the world while OnlineJobs.ph is solely targeting Philippines. (There are pros & cons to each approach. Not necessarily one is better than the other.)
• Upwork charges a processing fee of 2.75% on all transactions for employers while OnlineJobs.ph doesn't. The only cost for OnlineJobs.ph is a one-time $69 Pro Membership fee.
• Upwork is more for hiring freelancers on a project-by-project basis (one-off) while OnlineJobs.ph are more for hiring workers for a long period of time (full-time worker)
• As for their upfront filtering system, I think OnlineJobs.ph does better on this. You can filter by more than one skill at a time.

Here's my suggestion for you...

Both are great platforms.

If you don't plan to hire someone for a long-time and you're more into hiring people project-by-project, Upwork is for you.

But if you plan to hire a full-time worker/virtual assistant, OnlineJobs.ph is the platform to go.

Fiverr is pretty similar to Upwork. They're both huge marketplace for hiring freelancers and for freelancers to offer their services.

The argument for Fiverr is the same as Upwork. If you're hiring short-term, go for Fiverr. If you're hiring long-term, go for OnlineJobs.ph.

If that's the case, then what's the difference between Upwork and Fiverr?

I won't go much into that because that's a separate discussions. You can check out this post to find out the comparison between Upwork and Fiverr.

Apart from Upwork & Fiverr, I'm sure there are many other alternatives. These 2 are just the more common "giants" in the freelancing and outsourcing market.

But the thing that allows OnlineJobs.ph to stand out from the crowd is the fact that:

• It's solely targeting Philippines
• It's much more affordable than many other outsourcing platforms
• It's the best for hiring full-time workers/virtual assistants

This depends on what you're looking for.

Like I've explained earlier on, if your plan is to hire a virtual assistant or outsource certain part of your business to a long-term full-time worker, OnlineJobs.ph is the best platform and it's totally worth it.

But if you want to hire part-time workers or freelancers who work on project-by-project basis, you're better off with other platforms like Upwork and Fiverr.

So, what's your plan?

If you're interested in OnlineJobs.ph, you can create a Free Account by clicking on the button below!

Like I've explained earlier on, I've successfully hired my full-time writer for my website who is doing an amazing job.

Throughout the process, I've kinda "master" the skill of searching and filtering to find the best writer for you.

If you're also looking to hire a writer, I highly recommend you to check out the course I've put up specially for people like you:

As a gesture for spending your precious time reading my post here, I'm offering you a 40% OFF for my Content Outsourcing Course.