After completing our free registration process and creating an Outsourcing.org user ID, you can start posting projects. Click the Post Project button on the projects home page to post a new project. If you are on a sub page, you may also click the Post Project link under Service Buyer in the left-hand "nav."

Start creating a new project by entering a project title in the Title field. The title should clearly explain what the project is about. The field has a limit of 100 characters. It is recommended that you capitalize all words in the title, except for articles, conjunctions, and prepositions of fewer than four letters. Do not enter superfluous keywords or spammy content in the title. Do not include unnecessary symbols and letters, punctuation marks, company slogans or promotional language.

Once you have created a title, check off all categories that apply to the project. You must check off at least one category. When you post your project, service providers that specialize in the categories will be alerted via email.

Next, enter the Database System, Operating System and Budget of the project. These optional fields help service providers qualify your project. If you enter a budget, make sure it is realistic. Projects with unrealistic budgets often receive unrealistic bids, which inevitably lead to scope change, quality and turnaround issues.

Finally, enter the bid duration and description of the project. The Bid Duration field is for how long you will accept bids from service providers (in days). The Description field is for a long text description of the project. The field has a limit of 1000 characters. Do not enter superfluous keywords or spammy content in the description, which is intended to help service providers better understand your requirements.

Once you have entered all of the required fields, click the Post button to submit your project. Your new project will be displayed under Latest Projects on the Outsourcing.org Projects home page. It will also be listed under all categories that you checked off. You may manage your new project (e.g. accept bids) by clicking the Manage Projects button on the home page or link in the left "nav."