Micro Job Sites are online communities that bring together people with marketable skills with employers or businesses that need them. It is a website where employers post jobs (usually small inexpensive tasks) and workers complete the task in return for a nominal payment starting from $5. Generally speaking, Micro Job Sites are dedicated to relatively inexpensive online jobs. They present a unique opportunity for the job seekers as well as employers or business owners.

Many successful bloggers and Internet entrepreneurs us Micro Job Sites regularly outsource tasks to remote workers. JustaFive.com is one such Micro Job service where you can get jobs or tasks completed for $5, $10 or $20. It was also recently recommended on his blog by Jon Chow, a well known blogger making a full time income from blogging.

Who needs Micro Job Website?

Whether you are a business, website owner, blogger or use the internet in any way to sell a product or service, you can benefit by outsourcing your tasks inexpensively. You may need to hire someone to write an article, to create a profile on social media sites, need a Press release written or your website submitted to search engines; there are times when you will need to hire someone to complete the task.

Why Just A Five.Com stands out?

I came across Just A Five.Com only recently and decided to give it a try especially as top bloggers have recommended the service. I was surprised with how easy it was to use Just A Five.Com. Above all I was amazed with the type of jobs that were being offered.

Another feature I found really useful was categorisation of services into 3 price bands, 5$, 10$ and 20$. All jobs or services offered belong to one of these 3 bands only. JustAFive.com is a website where you can buy and sell anything from $5, $10, and $20.

It is very easy to sign up and use. The layout is great and services are very easy to find. Another excellent feature that makes it stand out is that you can get paid for referring someone else to it. You get 5% of everything they buy and sell for life.

Although there are many other Micro Job sites, JustAFive.Com stands out due to its simplicity, ease of use and above all the type of services or jobs that are advertised. There is a reason why it has been recommended by many. Registration is free.

How does Just a Five Work?

1. Users can sign up for a free account via a simple web form

2. Browse through existing “Job Categories” to find the task or job you would like completed or post your job

3. Order your task ($5, $10 or $20) and pay the user by Paypal

4. User completes your task

Type of Jobs you can get done on Just A Five?

Listed below are some services relevant to Web design and Internet marketing niche that I found to be popular on Just A Five. There are hundreds more in a wide range of categories from Advertising and Business to Graphics and Photography.

• Write an article or blog post for $5
• Submit Web Site to 75 Social Bookmarking Sites fpor $10
• Get a WordPress theme installed for $5
• Get 100 real facebook fans, likes for your page
• Get your service tweeted to 100K followers on TWITTER for $5
• Have 3 videos created about a topic of your choice for $10
• Get a youtube video made that explains your website for $5
• Get your company logo designed for $5

Who can benefit?

The benefits you receive from websites such as Just A Five depends on the nature of the task. In my opinion the site is not suited for larger projects or service. There are occasions when hiring a local business or Freelancer is beneficial, e.g. if you want tio meet face to face. For larger, strategic tasks such as web design or the entire SEO for your website, a local Web design company or freelancer may offer better control over quality. This can however be expensive.

For all your smaller ad-hoc tasks however, you can benefit from websites such as Just A Five.Com. A growing community where jobs and services are advertised daily, makes it ideal for outsourcing many of your tasks as and when needed. You can either search through the services offered where you are likely to find people offering exactly what you need. Or, you can suggest a new job type.

Some other Micro Job Sites are:

• fiverr.com
• UpHype.com
• tenbux.Com
• gigbucks.com

The author K.Singh is a London based Web Design & Internet Marketing Consultant with over 10 years of experience in E-Commerce, Web development, Joomla and Search engine Optimisation.