{"id":1810,"date":"2015-10-31T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/arcbazar-a-marketplace-for-crowdsourcing-architecture-and-design\/"},"modified":"2015-10-31T10:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T14:10:28","slug":"arcbazar-a-marketplace-for-crowdsourcing-architecture-and-design","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/arcbazar-a-marketplace-for-crowdsourcing-architecture-and-design\/","title":{"rendered":"ArcBazar: A marketplace for crowdsourcing architecture and design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General Description\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcbazar.com\">ArcBazar<\/a> is an online crowdsourcing platform focused on design and architecture projects, enabling people to easily find designers for their projects and at the same time, doing so in a very affordable way. On the other side, compete and collaborate on different contest, enabling them to learn, participate in a community and make money!<\/p>\n<p>ArcBazar is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was founded in 2010. Its name is inspired by the idea of a bazaar for architecture \u2013 \u201ca vibrant space for an exchange and negotiation of design services\u201d.\u00a0More than 1.000 design competitions have been posted since 2011 (where the marketplace model started). More than 50.000 projects have been posted in the platform, sourced from designers from more than 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"arcbazar info\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RxS7sVtLKgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How ArcBazar works?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any person can define and post a design competition, in a very broad set of choices.\u00a0From kitchen a renovation job to even modeling a retail space, the client describes the overall project, uploads reference images, sets the timeline, provides basic dimensions and sets a monetary award to the future contest participants.<\/p>\n<p>Once the project profile is uploaded, it is enlisted in a \u201ccompetitions\u201d page and there, designers can sign-up to participate in these enlisted design challenges. The client then selects and ranks its best three alternatives and the monetary award he\/she has set is distributed to the 3 finalists (60% to 1st place, 30% to 2nd place and 10% to third place)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1809 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM-1024x533.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-10-31 at 9.59.40 AM\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM-600x312.png 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-31-at-9.59.40-AM.png 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team verifies all competition projects and distributes aliases to designers for each competition. This allows designers to keep anonymous, and at the same time, ensures a meritocratic criterion for ranking decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The client also can \u201chire a designer\u201d and the idea is very similar to that of the competition: The client has to describe the project and offer a flat fee. The project post will get e-mailed all designers and interested designers can apply to the project. Then, the client can review their work and hire one of them directly or, alternatively, the client can also check the \u201cTop 50 Designer Charts\u201d and click on the \u201cHire\u201d button on the designer\u2019s portfolio page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value creation and capture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clients can easily and quickly identify and reach designers from multiple countries and skills. Also they save a lot of money in the process, given that the award they set is significantly smaller than they amount of money they would pay for a specific design job<\/p>\n<p>Designers can easily source projects to work on, without any kind of \u201cobligation\u201d, managing their own schedule and work load. Also, they can learn a lot in the process, given that they are immerse in a \u201cdesigner community\u201d. Finally, they get paid if they are among the three first places in any competition or when they are hired by any client<\/p>\n<p>There is no fee at all associated for competitions for neither clients nor designers. Actually, the only way ArcBazar captures the value from the whole platform is when clients decide to hire a particular designer. When they do so, ArcBazar charges a 10% of the flat fee that the client has defined for the specific project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArcBazar is an online crowdsourcing platform focused on design and architecture projects, enabling people to easily find designers for their projects and at the same time, doing so in a very affordable way. 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