Welcome

In the Buyer zone you’ll find detailed information on being a people4business Buyer.

With people4business, you can quickly find self-employed professionals for your business, across any industry.

You can select Sellers with the skills you need, then sort them by their price, availability and location.

• Registration is free
• All rates include our industry-beating 10% management fee
• So the rates you see are exactly what you pay (plus VAT)
• Price transparency keeps Seller rates very competitive

Contact us!

If you have any questions, or want our help to find a Seller with specialist skills, we are happy to help.

buyer@people4business.com | 0870 389 3244 (UK-based customer service team)

Our sister sites

On our sister site, «people4charity», many of our professional Sellers offer reduced rates for charities and not-for-profit organisations.

«people4Web2» is our specialist site for Buyers and Sellers of Web 2.0 skills.

We also offer white-label sites for other organisations and companies, which allows them to offer an own-branded freelance marketplace to their users, run and maintained by people4business.

We currently power white-label sites for the Professional Contractors Group – at «http://pcg.people4business.com» – and for Opportunities, the public-sector recruitment magazine and website – at «http://opportunities.people4business.com/»

Finding a Seller

For a detailed step-by-step description, please check out How to find a Seller

Finding a Seller is a straightforward four-step process:

Describe assignment

First, fill out brief details of the assignment (the project, task or job of work) you need a Seller for.

Search for Sellers

Browse through our skills categories to find Sellers with the skills you need.

You can sort Sellers by hourly rate, location or availability.

Your shortlist

Add a Seller to your shortlist – or remove them – by checking the box to the right of their listing.

You can add a maximum of five Sellers to your final shortlist.

Click ‘Confirm final shortlist’ to access their contact details.

Contact Sellers

You must now contact your shortlisted Sellers.

We send them the assignment details, but they do not have your contact details.

Award contract

When you have chosen your Seller, you fill out the final assignment details:

• the duration of the contract;

• the invoice and timesheet frequency;

• the final hourly rate you agreed with your Seller; and

• whether or not the Seller can claim overtime and expenses.

Once you have agreed to the contract, your Seller agrees to the contract for services and the assignment can begin!

people4business job board

Details of assignments you’ve not yet found Sellers for may be posted on the job board.

Sellers can then ‘apply’ for the assignment by writing you a brief message. We send this on to you, along with a link to their skills and CV information.

You can then contact those Sellers you are interested in.

Being a Buyer

Free registration

Registration with people4business is free. It is completely free to search our comprehensive Seller database.

Low cost & price transparency

You only pay the rate you see on the site (plus VAT).

All Seller rates on people4business include our industry-beating, 10 per cent management fee.

The small print

When you register on people4business, you agree to our terms and conditions.

 By agreeing to the terms and conditions, you confirm that services purchased, or contracts gained, through the site will be invoiced through www.people4business.com contracts and timesheets.

Managing your contracts

Total business solution

You can fill all your company’s contracting, consulting or freelancing needs through people4business. It’s easy to manage multiple contracts simultaneously.

With our low rates for professional Sellers, meeting your company’s contracting needs will be quicker, easier and much more cost competitive.

Your business cycle

When you are negotiating terms with your Seller and agreeing final contract details, you can select your own invoicing frequency (from one, two or four-week cycles) to match your own business systems.

Your homepage

Details of all your searches, assignments and contracts are listed on your homepage.

Here you’ll find the contact details of your shortlisted Sellers, and the tools you need to make your final choice of Seller and to generate a contract.

Ratings

The people4business ratings system enables you to choose Sellers who have been given top feedback from other Buyers.

Sellers can also leave you ratings, after they have completed a contract for you.

last updated 20.06.08