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A really good point. Of course I think it's still possible for a small owner operator to use one of these services to gain a consistent customer base (and even
by larrys 12y ago
A really good point.
Of course I think it's still possible for a small owner operator to use one of these services to gain a consistent customer base (and even get referrals from that customer base) and then cut out the big corporation that gave them the contacts in the first place. And operate on their own.
Work like this is done on relationships. I'm still using the same painter for projects that was referred to me by a realtor that sold me a property. Although there are tons of other painters I can get bids from (cheaper) I'd rather go with someone that I've used that I know can get the job done with little aggravation.
- ende 12y agoRight, small local businesses and the microgig/sharing economy are not mutually exclusive. In fact the later can empower the former.
- clairity 12y agothat's certainly true, but there are no economies of scale to that model, so those small, disaggregated market players will have little to no effect overall. at best, collectively they may have a minor bounding effect on wages but that's unlikely to change the overall market dynamics (even the US, as the largest oil consuming country in the world by far, cannot dictate the price of a barrel of oil).