There was a similar website, where customers posted a bounty for the cheapest travel itinerary meeting certain conditions, and anyone could submit a plan meeting those conditions, to try and win the bounty. Does anyone remember what it was called?
Hi axusgrad, that's us, Flightfox. Like Kaggle and 99Designs, we're also Australian.
In reference to a few comments here about the inefficiency of crowdsourcing, we're moving more of the work to the back-end (i.e. after an "expert" is guaranteed the bounty). Instead of awarding an expert on Flightfox, you now "hire" an expert based on an initial "pitch".
So, instead of receiving work from let's say 99 experts, we're aiming to provide great results from only 3 experts. To do this, we're working on segmenting and profiling both customers and experts. Think Uber/Amazon rather than eBay.
todsul|13 years ago
In reference to a few comments here about the inefficiency of crowdsourcing, we're moving more of the work to the back-end (i.e. after an "expert" is guaranteed the bounty). Instead of awarding an expert on Flightfox, you now "hire" an expert based on an initial "pitch".
So, instead of receiving work from let's say 99 experts, we're aiming to provide great results from only 3 experts. To do this, we're working on segmenting and profiling both customers and experts. Think Uber/Amazon rather than eBay.
billpaetzke|13 years ago