Hi, this is Nicole from Rent a Coder.<p>I'd like to thank you for recommending our service. A couple of important points about Elance:<p>1. Elance workers can't make more than 3 bids a month unless they pay a subscription fee ($9.95/month for 20, $19.94/month for 40 or $39.95/month for 60). This could reduce the number of qualified bids you receive -- and workers may pass these fees on to you in the form of a higher price. (There are no such restrictions at Rentacoder.)<p>2. Elance charges $199 - $399 for each arbitration case, and its mandatory pre-arbitration processes allow an abusive worker to stall the start of arbitration (consequently preventing you from accessing your money for <i>weeks</i>... 21 business days in fact).<p>Making matters worse, Elance's arbitration process is tricky with each part of the process elongated with 3 - 15 business days in-between. Rentacoder doesn't work like that because it places time limits on arbitration responses. As a result, 45% of Rentacoder's arbitrations are completed under a day. 75% under a week.<p>What can be particularly frustrating is that Elance doesn't publish the detailed rules of its arbitration process. Rentacoder does, of course.<p>There are of course, many differences between our service and Elance's. You can 
compare the 7 major services through this link to discover even more: <a href="http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorInformation/WhyRentACoder_ForBuyers.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorI...</a><p>If you have any questions, please let me know.  You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us (see <a href="http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/Feedback.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/Feedback.asp</a>).<p>Nicole
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