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2007-11-04
Top 10 Tools for Business Owners
Domystuff.com lets you find a personal assistant for the things you're willing to release for someone else to do, at a price you both agree on. It's like eBay for your time instead of for your stuff.
-BizCovering.com
2007-11-01
Cross That Off Your To-Do List
DoMyStuff.com allows you to post a chore that needs doing--like, say, walking the dog--and then individuals or businesses in your area will bid on your proposal.
-Inc. Magazine
2007-10-21
Web Site Brings Tasks and Workers Togehter to Get Your Jobs Done
The site is an electronic bulletin board that's a cross between craigslist and eBay – with a little bit of concierge thrown in. It's outsourcing on a personal level.
-San Diego Union-Tribune
2007-10-19
DoMyStuff.com: Let the World Be Your Assistant
Need someone to fix a dripping faucet? Just post your task on DoMyStuff.com, wait for the community to bid, and pick your assistant.
-AllBusiness.com
2007-10-15
Web service encourages users to sell their chores
Many people dream of a day when others will fight over who will clean their apartment or mow their lawn; however a new website that is gaining popularity purely through word of mouth, may make this dream a reality.
-The Columbia Chronicle
2007-10-08
Domystuff Getting Some Momentum
I love it when a new Web concept launches and everyone goes: "Yes! This solves a real problem for me!"
-ABC News - Conde Nast Portfolio
2007-09-28
On Your Side: Do My Stuff
Have you ever faced a tangle of cables while trying to hook up your satellite dish, television, computer and DVR? Ever think, "I wish I could pay someone to do this for me!" FOX 4's Steve Noviello checks out a website where people bid to do your stuff!
-Fox 4 Dallas
2007-09-27
Outsourcing for College Students
With thousands of members, DoMyStuff has become a popular place for people looking to outsource, especially since their are no fees involved - membership is free and in fact, you don’t even need to use their secure escrow payment system (although I would recommend it) when a project is complete.
-Mission Tuition
2007-09-20
Put Odd Jobs Up For Bid
That's where www.DoMyStuff.com comes in.The new Web site (billed as an "online community," of course) offers to find "assistants" to help "busy people" finish jobs they haven't been able to get to. Once you register, you can post your task, and potential handypeople can bid on it.
-Reno Gazette-Journal
2007-09-18
No. 86: DoMyStuff.com, a Website to Root for
I met the woman in my bedroom on the Internet. She's doing my stuff -- my windows, actually, washing them for the $50 she bid on domystuff.com. Yes, it's another Web site promising to make me happier by facilitating connections. But this one -- equal parts eBay, Craigslist, and India rolled into an auction house for outsourcing personal services -- has real life-simplifying potential
-Esquire Magazine-Top 100 of 2007
2007-08-27
Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
No time to pick up that dry cleaning or do some little project around the house? No problem. A quick post on DoMyStuff.com sends your chore into cyberspace where businesses and individuals (think of them as “temporary assistants”) place bids; the lowest bidder wins.
-PC Magazine
2007-08-26
Domystuff.com lets you post a job, others bid on what they'd charge
Mary McMahon used Domystuff.com to hire someone in Maryland to pick up a set of patio furniture she'd bought on eBay, disassemble it and ship it to her home in Seattle. She first contacted a moving company, which quoted her a price of $1,300. But her Domystuff "employee" did it for $180 and provided instructions for reassembly.
-Seattle Post Intelligencer
2007-08-19
DoMyStuff.com, Web hiring hall for odd jobs
DoMyStuff.com (tagline: "Outsource your life") is a new site that connects your mundane tasks to people willing to do them. The site is a mash-up of Craigslist and eBay; you post your job, no matter how tedious, in the hopes that multiple "assistants" will bid, or name their price, to do it. When the bidding period is over, it's up to you to pick the most qualified candidate, at the price you want to pay.
-San Francisco Chronicle
2007-08-15
DoMyStuff.com on "The Fox" Radio-106.9
One of the founders of DoMyStuff.com is interviewed on 106.9 'The Fox'
-106.9 The Fox (Audio)
2007-08-14
DoMyStuff.com-Bid On The Job
"All of us normal mortals are now going to have personal assistants. Now that can happen faster and cheaper on the internet. You have a pool of people saying 'do my stuff' and another group of people saying 'I'll do some stuff'”
-Fox News TV- Fox and Friends (Video)
2007-08-14
Do My Stuff!
Q: WHAT STUFF? ALL STUFF? A: Consider it an eBay for services. You post the positions & people "bid" on the job ... Just like eBay the price gamut & timing is key.
-ReginaLewis.com
2007-08-12
How to Outsource Your Life Like a Star
But now, someone doesn't need rock-star status or a bank account to rival Donald Trump's to get someone to do your dirty laundry, thanks to Web sites like www.domystuff.com. With people busier than ever, the site offers a bidding system similar to eBay. Consumers around the country post a task they need completed, from things as menial as waiting in line for a new iPhone to cleaning up life's bigger messes.
-Good Morning America
2007-08-12
How to Outsource Your Life Like a Star (VIDEO)
“But now even you can get somebody to do your dirty laundry, thanks to a new website called DoMyStuff.com. With people busier than ever, the site offers a bidding system similar to Ebay. Consumers around the country post a task. Bidders from high school students to professionals compete for the job, driving the price down.”
-Good Morning America
2007-08-11
DoMyStuff.com: Do My Stuff Is All About Outsourcing Your Dirty Work
A few of the more unique tasks that have been posted: * A man in New York needed help cleaning his ears. * A woman in Atlanta wanted someone to teach her to be girlie. * A man in New York wanted someone to wait in line for an I-phone. * A man in New York needed help proposing to his girlfriend.
-The Post Chronicle
2007-08-11
Outsource your chores via the Net
Too much to do, not enough time in which to do it. Sound familiar? A new Web site, www.DoMyStuff.com, will let you auction off the kinds of chores I've described by posting the task and taking bids on it.
-Berkshire Eagle
2007-08-06
The Personal Assistant Boom
Those folks that are willing to pay up can find someone to do any chore.
-San Jose Mercury News
2007-08-06
Outsourcing Life
Most personal of chores can be hired out.
-Albany Times Union
2007-08-05
Personal assistants on call for the masses
So, you don't do windows?No problem. Someone else does.
-Columbus Dispatch
2007-08-05
Monica Green: Online proves easier?
Now, like all online services, there are some off-the-wall requests. A 49-year-old man from Mansfield is requesting help finding a girlfriend. Several have responded, promising to help him find true love for a certain price. There is a similar request from Sacramento, where a girl requested help finding her brother a wife.
-Cleburne Times Review
2007-07-30
Busy people outsource chores online
Experts said the ads are a sign of an overscheduled society where people of relatively modest means outsource everything from planning marriage proposals to standing in line to nab elusive PlayStations.
-Modesto Bee
2007-07-29
Outsource Life for a Price
Everyday people hiring assistants
-The Sun Herald
2007-07-29
Say goodbye to your chores
As for the prospective groom? He got 10 bids on his request for the perfect plan for proposing to his girlfriend. He paid the winning bidder $1,000 to help him decorate his apartment, pick music and plan dinner, says Berkovitz. "It must have worked," he says, "because she said 'yes.' "
-Orlando Sentinel
2007-07-25
Outsourcing Day-to-Day Life
More people hiring helpers to do just about anything.
-The Monterey Herald
2007-07-24
Do My Stuff!
Regina Lewis, AOL Consumer Advisor, best-selling author, national TV contributor, tech-trend expert and host of DIY Network's Tech Out My House, knows the tips, tricks, secrets and shortcuts for making technology work. She blogs about DoMyStuff.com on several occasions.
-ReginaLewis.com
2007-07-20
Can't stand chores? Outsource your life
Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper discusses DoMyStuff.com and a particularly interesting task that was completed.
-The Globe and Mail
2007-07-17
At Your Service
“People have labeled us ‘ Craig’s List on steroids, ’” Berkovitz says. “The bidding aspect gives the person posting the ask so many choices. If he posts ‘ I need someone to come and mow my lawn,’ a local high school student will go on and post for $ 7 an hour, and a professional gardener will post for $ 15 an hour. Any time you bring in bidding and competition, it’s better for the person — he’ll be able to get the best price.”
-Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2007-07-17
KGO Radio San Francisco-DoMyStuff.com
One of DoMyStuff.com's founders appears on KGO, one of ABC radio's flagship stations.
-KGO Radio San Francisco
2007-07-10
Site helps people complete their chores
In just a few months, Berkovitz said the site has sparked interest not only from major media outlets across the country, but also from users, who can’t help but spread word of the site like it was mold on a bathroom wall in need of someone else’s cleaning.
-Tulsa World
2007-07-08
Outsourcing Your Life
DoMyStuff.com, which is based in Beverly Hills and has been in business only since March, has been getting close to 1,000 new registrations per day in recent weeks, says Berkovitz. Domestic chores, from fence painting to housecleaning, are the most common jobs listed.
-Sacramento Bee
2007-07-03
A new online service lets people outsource their (occasionally strange) personal tasks
She wants someone to show her how to be "girlie." It's "not the kind of thing you can learn from a book," she says.Luckily, we're living at a time when the Internet has made outsourcing just about anything possible -- including learning how to be girlie. So How turned to DoMyStuff.com, an auction website for services, rather than products, launched three months ago with the slogan "Outsource your life."
-Macleans Magazine
2007-06-27
CNN Iphone frenzy - how DoMyStuff.com can help (VIDEO)
If you don't have time to wait in line, go to DoMyStuff.com and get people to bid on waiting in line for you. We also found . . . Oh, Jacki, this is hysterical.
-CNN American Morning
2007-06-26
Scrub my tub? Bids now open
Have domestic chores turned your life into drudgery? A new Web site has a solution: Outsource them.
-Seattle Times
2007-06-25
iPhone cravers make their way to Craigslist
The bidding's on at DoMyStuff.com....
-CNET
2007-06-23
Hate doing your chores? Outsource 'em. online
A few tasks in North Texas are listed: Someone in Grapevine wants help building a sunroom, a Dallas "employer" is looking for a nanny/house manager, and another Dallas resident would like help setting up TiVo.
-Fort Woth Star TeleGram
2007-06-21
Get someone to do your chores
At domystuff.com, most of the chores posted are domestic, Berkovitz says, such as mowing lawns, doing laundry or painting fences.
-Detroit News
2007-06-20
Good Day Arizona (Video)
Sit down interview with one of the founders of Domystuff.com on Good Day Arizona channel 3.
-Good Day Arizona
2007-06-19
Sebastian in the Morning- WCCC Hartford, CT
Sebastian interviews co-founder Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com.
-WCCC
2007-06-18
Outsource Your Stuff: Website Helps You Find Someone To Do Your Chores
"It solves two problems: `I don't have enough free time in my life,' and `I don't make enough money,'" says Darren Berkovitz, 23, a Californian who launched domystuff.com two months ago with three partners, all in their 20s.
-Hartford Courant
2007-06-18
Chore Corps: Firms let users unload errands to willing web bidders
The bidding process is comparable to Ebay’s, with a reverse auction aspect. People can post the details of a chore that needs to be done. Others who need to make some extra cash bid against each other to take on the job.
-Los Angeles Business Journal
2007-06-14
KCAL 9 News piece about DoMyStuff.com(Video)
This piece aired June 7, 2007 on KCAL channel 9 in Los Angeles
-KCAL 9 Los Angeles
2007-06-14
Web site provides employers relief from tasks
These people among thousands of others have discovered the joys of Domystuff.com Do you need your shower cleaned but hate to do it yourself? Maybe you want someone to wash your clothes or do your grocery shopping. DoMyStuff.com could be just the solution you are looking for.
-The Oklahoman
2007-06-14
Art Fennell Reports: Outsource Your Life (Video)
Janet Zappala of Art Fennell Reports interviews Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com -Art Fennell Reports
-Art Fennell Reports
2007-06-11
Site users outsource unwanted chores: Pros, amateurs try to win bids
One woman wanted help with her makeup and hair. Another person needed ear wax removed. There were also pleas for a yard landscaper, a baby sitter for a 5-month-old and someone to organize a stash of personal photos. All these people went to the same place for help — DoMyStuff.com, a Web site that takes outsourcing to a new level.
-Colorado Springs Gazette
2007-06-06
DoMyStuff.com featured on CBS 12
Technology reporter Andrew Luria talks about DoMyStuff.com.
-CBS 12
2007-05-28
New class of online auction sites allows users to bid on household chores
"It's untested waters," says Ina Steiner, editor of AuctionBytes.com, a trade publication for online merchants, and author of Turn eBay Data Into Dollars. "There's probably more potential there than exists currently."
-Canadian News Press
2007-05-17
Crowdsourcing Your Life
One man's chore is another man's pleasure, now you can crowdsource them all
-Assignment Zero
2007-05-15
Those who 'dare' to do it themselves
"People are busier than ever. This lets them save a few extra hours to spend time with their family, go golfing or do whatever they choose."
-The Florida Times-Union
2007-05-04
Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline:DoMyStuff.com
Dave Graveline interviews Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com
-Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline
2007-04-30
Don't Do Windows? Maybe 'DoMyStuff' Does
The Web site DoMyStuff.com allows people to post any task they can't do or don't want to do, from grocery shopping to washing windows. People willing to do the work bid on projects.
-National Public Radio (NPR)
2007-04-27
Fox TV: Outsource your Life on DoMyStuff.com
Story on Fox TV newscast about DoMyStuff.com
-Fox TV
2007-04-26
Business is booming for ... (Don't) do-it-yourselfers
There are a few unconventional requests as well, from changing the light bulbs in an office to organizing a charity event or bachelorette party and even cleaning someone's ears.
-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2007-04-24
Do My Stuff and Get Paid
Whether you're too busy to do it yourself or want to make some extra money on the side, this new online marketplace has you covered.
-Entrepreneur.com
2007-04-24
DoMyStuff.com - Outsource Your Day-to-Day Annoyances
I do believe that DoMyStuff offers value to both sides of a transaction. I could see using it on a personal basis to get day-to-day things done, but more importantly, I could see it evolving into a “core” service for people and businesses as:
-TechFold.com
2007-04-23
Outsource your chores with DoMyStuff
If you need a little assistance every now and then but don't have the cash to hire your own personal assistant, DoMyStuff might be worth checking out.
-LifeHacker.com
2007-04-20
DoMyStuff Is Lazymans Best Friend
Believe us: we have waited for a service like this for a long time now. DoMyStuff is a simple eBay-like service where people post chores they dont want to do themselves, and wouldnt mind paying to see them done instead.
-Oh Gizmo
2007-04-19
Outsource your dry cleaning and dog walking with DoMyStuff
You don't have to be a Fortune 500 executive or a multinational company to realize you have too much to do and could really use an assistant. Ever since the Seinfeld episode where Kramer hires a personal intern, countless people have wished that they should do the same for their daily tasks. With a newly-launched service called DoMyStuff, everyday people can now hire assistants for any number of personal tasks.
-Ars Technica
2007-04-16
Bidding System for Domestic Outsourcing
In addition to the bidding system, DoMyStuff has integrated several other features that take it beyond posting casual jobs on Craigslist or other boards. First of all, a rating system lets users share information on the quality of service providers. Which is important, considering many chores take place in or around a customer's home, making safety and reliability a key issue.
-SpringWise.com
2007-04-04
DoMyStuff.com Wants to Give Your Time Back
Hey, now that I think of it, I really don't like mowing the lawn. Hmm...
-AppScout.com
2007-04-02
Outsource Your Life with DoMyStuff.com!
If you have so many things to do but has so little time (sounds a lot like me!), then you should check out DoMyStuff.com!...
-CANEELiEA
2007-04-01
DoMyStuff: Bidding on Chores
On the DoMyStuff.com website, people list chores, and others can bid on how much they would be willing to be paid to do the chore for the lister. The site uses feedback and escrow. According to the company, "it allows people to have personal assistants whenever they need them."
-Auction Bytes
Top 10 Tools for Business Owners
Domystuff.com lets you find a personal assistant for the things you're willing to release for someone else to do, at a price you both agree on. It's like eBay for your time instead of for your stuff.
-BizCovering.com
2007-11-01
Cross That Off Your To-Do List
DoMyStuff.com allows you to post a chore that needs doing--like, say, walking the dog--and then individuals or businesses in your area will bid on your proposal.
-Inc. Magazine
2007-10-21
Web Site Brings Tasks and Workers Togehter to Get Your Jobs Done
The site is an electronic bulletin board that's a cross between craigslist and eBay – with a little bit of concierge thrown in. It's outsourcing on a personal level.
-San Diego Union-Tribune
2007-10-19
DoMyStuff.com: Let the World Be Your Assistant
Need someone to fix a dripping faucet? Just post your task on DoMyStuff.com, wait for the community to bid, and pick your assistant.
-AllBusiness.com
2007-10-15
Web service encourages users to sell their chores
Many people dream of a day when others will fight over who will clean their apartment or mow their lawn; however a new website that is gaining popularity purely through word of mouth, may make this dream a reality.
-The Columbia Chronicle
2007-10-08
Domystuff Getting Some Momentum
I love it when a new Web concept launches and everyone goes: "Yes! This solves a real problem for me!"
-ABC News - Conde Nast Portfolio
2007-09-28
On Your Side: Do My Stuff
Have you ever faced a tangle of cables while trying to hook up your satellite dish, television, computer and DVR? Ever think, "I wish I could pay someone to do this for me!" FOX 4's Steve Noviello checks out a website where people bid to do your stuff!
-Fox 4 Dallas
2007-09-27
Outsourcing for College Students
With thousands of members, DoMyStuff has become a popular place for people looking to outsource, especially since their are no fees involved - membership is free and in fact, you don’t even need to use their secure escrow payment system (although I would recommend it) when a project is complete.
-Mission Tuition
2007-09-20
Put Odd Jobs Up For Bid
That's where www.DoMyStuff.com comes in.The new Web site (billed as an "online community," of course) offers to find "assistants" to help "busy people" finish jobs they haven't been able to get to. Once you register, you can post your task, and potential handypeople can bid on it.
-Reno Gazette-Journal
2007-09-18
No. 86: DoMyStuff.com, a Website to Root for
I met the woman in my bedroom on the Internet. She's doing my stuff -- my windows, actually, washing them for the $50 she bid on domystuff.com. Yes, it's another Web site promising to make me happier by facilitating connections. But this one -- equal parts eBay, Craigslist, and India rolled into an auction house for outsourcing personal services -- has real life-simplifying potential
-Esquire Magazine-Top 100 of 2007
2007-08-27
Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
No time to pick up that dry cleaning or do some little project around the house? No problem. A quick post on DoMyStuff.com sends your chore into cyberspace where businesses and individuals (think of them as “temporary assistants”) place bids; the lowest bidder wins.
-PC Magazine
2007-08-26
Domystuff.com lets you post a job, others bid on what they'd charge
Mary McMahon used Domystuff.com to hire someone in Maryland to pick up a set of patio furniture she'd bought on eBay, disassemble it and ship it to her home in Seattle. She first contacted a moving company, which quoted her a price of $1,300. But her Domystuff "employee" did it for $180 and provided instructions for reassembly.
-Seattle Post Intelligencer
2007-08-19
DoMyStuff.com, Web hiring hall for odd jobs
DoMyStuff.com (tagline: "Outsource your life") is a new site that connects your mundane tasks to people willing to do them. The site is a mash-up of Craigslist and eBay; you post your job, no matter how tedious, in the hopes that multiple "assistants" will bid, or name their price, to do it. When the bidding period is over, it's up to you to pick the most qualified candidate, at the price you want to pay.
-San Francisco Chronicle
2007-08-15
DoMyStuff.com on "The Fox" Radio-106.9
One of the founders of DoMyStuff.com is interviewed on 106.9 'The Fox'
-106.9 The Fox (Audio)
2007-08-14
DoMyStuff.com-Bid On The Job
"All of us normal mortals are now going to have personal assistants. Now that can happen faster and cheaper on the internet. You have a pool of people saying 'do my stuff' and another group of people saying 'I'll do some stuff'”
-Fox News TV- Fox and Friends (Video)
2007-08-14
Do My Stuff!
Q: WHAT STUFF? ALL STUFF? A: Consider it an eBay for services. You post the positions & people "bid" on the job ... Just like eBay the price gamut & timing is key.
-ReginaLewis.com
2007-08-12
How to Outsource Your Life Like a Star
But now, someone doesn't need rock-star status or a bank account to rival Donald Trump's to get someone to do your dirty laundry, thanks to Web sites like www.domystuff.com. With people busier than ever, the site offers a bidding system similar to eBay. Consumers around the country post a task they need completed, from things as menial as waiting in line for a new iPhone to cleaning up life's bigger messes.
-Good Morning America
2007-08-12
How to Outsource Your Life Like a Star (VIDEO)
“But now even you can get somebody to do your dirty laundry, thanks to a new website called DoMyStuff.com. With people busier than ever, the site offers a bidding system similar to Ebay. Consumers around the country post a task. Bidders from high school students to professionals compete for the job, driving the price down.”
-Good Morning America
2007-08-11
DoMyStuff.com: Do My Stuff Is All About Outsourcing Your Dirty Work
A few of the more unique tasks that have been posted: * A man in New York needed help cleaning his ears. * A woman in Atlanta wanted someone to teach her to be girlie. * A man in New York wanted someone to wait in line for an I-phone. * A man in New York needed help proposing to his girlfriend.
-The Post Chronicle
2007-08-11
Outsource your chores via the Net
Too much to do, not enough time in which to do it. Sound familiar? A new Web site, www.DoMyStuff.com, will let you auction off the kinds of chores I've described by posting the task and taking bids on it.
-Berkshire Eagle
2007-08-06
The Personal Assistant Boom
Those folks that are willing to pay up can find someone to do any chore.
-San Jose Mercury News
2007-08-06
Outsourcing Life
Most personal of chores can be hired out.
-Albany Times Union
2007-08-05
Personal assistants on call for the masses
So, you don't do windows?No problem. Someone else does.
-Columbus Dispatch
2007-08-05
Monica Green: Online proves easier?
Now, like all online services, there are some off-the-wall requests. A 49-year-old man from Mansfield is requesting help finding a girlfriend. Several have responded, promising to help him find true love for a certain price. There is a similar request from Sacramento, where a girl requested help finding her brother a wife.
-Cleburne Times Review
2007-07-30
Busy people outsource chores online
Experts said the ads are a sign of an overscheduled society where people of relatively modest means outsource everything from planning marriage proposals to standing in line to nab elusive PlayStations.
-Modesto Bee
2007-07-29
Outsource Life for a Price
Everyday people hiring assistants
-The Sun Herald
2007-07-29
Say goodbye to your chores
As for the prospective groom? He got 10 bids on his request for the perfect plan for proposing to his girlfriend. He paid the winning bidder $1,000 to help him decorate his apartment, pick music and plan dinner, says Berkovitz. "It must have worked," he says, "because she said 'yes.' "
-Orlando Sentinel
2007-07-25
Outsourcing Day-to-Day Life
More people hiring helpers to do just about anything.
-The Monterey Herald
2007-07-24
Do My Stuff!
Regina Lewis, AOL Consumer Advisor, best-selling author, national TV contributor, tech-trend expert and host of DIY Network's Tech Out My House, knows the tips, tricks, secrets and shortcuts for making technology work. She blogs about DoMyStuff.com on several occasions.
-ReginaLewis.com
2007-07-20
Can't stand chores? Outsource your life
Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper discusses DoMyStuff.com and a particularly interesting task that was completed.
-The Globe and Mail
2007-07-17
At Your Service
“People have labeled us ‘ Craig’s List on steroids, ’” Berkovitz says. “The bidding aspect gives the person posting the ask so many choices. If he posts ‘ I need someone to come and mow my lawn,’ a local high school student will go on and post for $ 7 an hour, and a professional gardener will post for $ 15 an hour. Any time you bring in bidding and competition, it’s better for the person — he’ll be able to get the best price.”
-Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2007-07-17
KGO Radio San Francisco-DoMyStuff.com
One of DoMyStuff.com's founders appears on KGO, one of ABC radio's flagship stations.
-KGO Radio San Francisco
2007-07-10
Site helps people complete their chores
In just a few months, Berkovitz said the site has sparked interest not only from major media outlets across the country, but also from users, who can’t help but spread word of the site like it was mold on a bathroom wall in need of someone else’s cleaning.
-Tulsa World
2007-07-08
Outsourcing Your Life
DoMyStuff.com, which is based in Beverly Hills and has been in business only since March, has been getting close to 1,000 new registrations per day in recent weeks, says Berkovitz. Domestic chores, from fence painting to housecleaning, are the most common jobs listed.
-Sacramento Bee
2007-07-03
A new online service lets people outsource their (occasionally strange) personal tasks
She wants someone to show her how to be "girlie." It's "not the kind of thing you can learn from a book," she says.Luckily, we're living at a time when the Internet has made outsourcing just about anything possible -- including learning how to be girlie. So How turned to DoMyStuff.com, an auction website for services, rather than products, launched three months ago with the slogan "Outsource your life."
-Macleans Magazine
2007-06-27
CNN Iphone frenzy - how DoMyStuff.com can help (VIDEO)
If you don't have time to wait in line, go to DoMyStuff.com and get people to bid on waiting in line for you. We also found . . . Oh, Jacki, this is hysterical.
-CNN American Morning
2007-06-26
Scrub my tub? Bids now open
Have domestic chores turned your life into drudgery? A new Web site has a solution: Outsource them.
-Seattle Times
2007-06-25
iPhone cravers make their way to Craigslist
The bidding's on at DoMyStuff.com....
-CNET
2007-06-23
Hate doing your chores? Outsource 'em. online
A few tasks in North Texas are listed: Someone in Grapevine wants help building a sunroom, a Dallas "employer" is looking for a nanny/house manager, and another Dallas resident would like help setting up TiVo.
-Fort Woth Star TeleGram
2007-06-21
Get someone to do your chores
At domystuff.com, most of the chores posted are domestic, Berkovitz says, such as mowing lawns, doing laundry or painting fences.
-Detroit News
2007-06-20
Good Day Arizona (Video)
Sit down interview with one of the founders of Domystuff.com on Good Day Arizona channel 3.
-Good Day Arizona
2007-06-19
Sebastian in the Morning- WCCC Hartford, CT
Sebastian interviews co-founder Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com.
-WCCC
2007-06-18
Outsource Your Stuff: Website Helps You Find Someone To Do Your Chores
"It solves two problems: `I don't have enough free time in my life,' and `I don't make enough money,'" says Darren Berkovitz, 23, a Californian who launched domystuff.com two months ago with three partners, all in their 20s.
-Hartford Courant
2007-06-18
Chore Corps: Firms let users unload errands to willing web bidders
The bidding process is comparable to Ebay’s, with a reverse auction aspect. People can post the details of a chore that needs to be done. Others who need to make some extra cash bid against each other to take on the job.
-Los Angeles Business Journal
2007-06-14
KCAL 9 News piece about DoMyStuff.com(Video)
This piece aired June 7, 2007 on KCAL channel 9 in Los Angeles
-KCAL 9 Los Angeles
2007-06-14
Web site provides employers relief from tasks
These people among thousands of others have discovered the joys of Domystuff.com Do you need your shower cleaned but hate to do it yourself? Maybe you want someone to wash your clothes or do your grocery shopping. DoMyStuff.com could be just the solution you are looking for.
-The Oklahoman
2007-06-14
Art Fennell Reports: Outsource Your Life (Video)
Janet Zappala of Art Fennell Reports interviews Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com -Art Fennell Reports
-Art Fennell Reports
2007-06-11
Site users outsource unwanted chores: Pros, amateurs try to win bids
One woman wanted help with her makeup and hair. Another person needed ear wax removed. There were also pleas for a yard landscaper, a baby sitter for a 5-month-old and someone to organize a stash of personal photos. All these people went to the same place for help — DoMyStuff.com, a Web site that takes outsourcing to a new level.
-Colorado Springs Gazette
2007-06-06
DoMyStuff.com featured on CBS 12
Technology reporter Andrew Luria talks about DoMyStuff.com.
-CBS 12
2007-05-28
New class of online auction sites allows users to bid on household chores
"It's untested waters," says Ina Steiner, editor of AuctionBytes.com, a trade publication for online merchants, and author of Turn eBay Data Into Dollars. "There's probably more potential there than exists currently."
-Canadian News Press
2007-05-17
Crowdsourcing Your Life
One man's chore is another man's pleasure, now you can crowdsource them all
-Assignment Zero
2007-05-15
Those who 'dare' to do it themselves
"People are busier than ever. This lets them save a few extra hours to spend time with their family, go golfing or do whatever they choose."
-The Florida Times-Union
2007-05-04
Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline:DoMyStuff.com
Dave Graveline interviews Darren Berkovitz about DoMyStuff.com
-Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline
2007-04-30
Don't Do Windows? Maybe 'DoMyStuff' Does
The Web site DoMyStuff.com allows people to post any task they can't do or don't want to do, from grocery shopping to washing windows. People willing to do the work bid on projects.
-National Public Radio (NPR)
2007-04-27
Fox TV: Outsource your Life on DoMyStuff.com
Story on Fox TV newscast about DoMyStuff.com
-Fox TV
2007-04-26
Business is booming for ... (Don't) do-it-yourselfers
There are a few unconventional requests as well, from changing the light bulbs in an office to organizing a charity event or bachelorette party and even cleaning someone's ears.
-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2007-04-24
Do My Stuff and Get Paid
Whether you're too busy to do it yourself or want to make some extra money on the side, this new online marketplace has you covered.
-Entrepreneur.com
2007-04-24
DoMyStuff.com - Outsource Your Day-to-Day Annoyances
I do believe that DoMyStuff offers value to both sides of a transaction. I could see using it on a personal basis to get day-to-day things done, but more importantly, I could see it evolving into a “core” service for people and businesses as:
-TechFold.com
2007-04-23
Outsource your chores with DoMyStuff
If you need a little assistance every now and then but don't have the cash to hire your own personal assistant, DoMyStuff might be worth checking out.
-LifeHacker.com
2007-04-20
DoMyStuff Is Lazymans Best Friend
Believe us: we have waited for a service like this for a long time now. DoMyStuff is a simple eBay-like service where people post chores they dont want to do themselves, and wouldnt mind paying to see them done instead.
-Oh Gizmo
2007-04-19
Outsource your dry cleaning and dog walking with DoMyStuff
You don't have to be a Fortune 500 executive or a multinational company to realize you have too much to do and could really use an assistant. Ever since the Seinfeld episode where Kramer hires a personal intern, countless people have wished that they should do the same for their daily tasks. With a newly-launched service called DoMyStuff, everyday people can now hire assistants for any number of personal tasks.
-Ars Technica
2007-04-16
Bidding System for Domestic Outsourcing
In addition to the bidding system, DoMyStuff has integrated several other features that take it beyond posting casual jobs on Craigslist or other boards. First of all, a rating system lets users share information on the quality of service providers. Which is important, considering many chores take place in or around a customer's home, making safety and reliability a key issue.
-SpringWise.com
2007-04-04
DoMyStuff.com Wants to Give Your Time Back
Hey, now that I think of it, I really don't like mowing the lawn. Hmm...
-AppScout.com
2007-04-02
Outsource Your Life with DoMyStuff.com!
If you have so many things to do but has so little time (sounds a lot like me!), then you should check out DoMyStuff.com!...
-CANEELiEA
2007-04-01
DoMyStuff: Bidding on Chores
On the DoMyStuff.com website, people list chores, and others can bid on how much they would be willing to be paid to do the chore for the lister. The site uses feedback and escrow. According to the company, "it allows people to have personal assistants whenever they need them."
-Auction Bytes
