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How do you trust the person you are outsourcing to?

by Scofield
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I can imagine sometimes when you outsource certain tasks you have to supply login information to certain accounts you have online to the person you are outsourcing to. How do you trust that the person you hire won't mess your stuff up, or worse?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dannyboyonline
    It depends what kind of accounts you're allowing the people you outsource to, if it's possible to create a separate acount for them it would be ideal but usually that is not possible, i think you just have to choose someone with a good reputation.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Raybould
    Hi Scofield,

    I'd start by outsourcing simple stuff to build up some trust and a relationship with the person. You'll probably know soon enough if they're worth your time if you start this way.

    Hope that helps

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    • Profile picture of the author affilcrazy
      i'm in total agreement with the_writer. Always start with simple stuff, such as basic article writing, etc. Over a short period of time, you will build trust and a working relationship with this person, which will allow you to look at meatier projects.
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      • Profile picture of the author Harvey Segal
        Originally Posted by affilcrazy View Post

        Over a short period of time, you will build trust and a working relationship with this person, which will allow you to look at meatier projects.
        This is ironic because it's exactly seven years to the day
        that someone contacted me after I posted at a forum asking
        for a way to do something at ClickBank.

        Purely based on the content of his email I found myself
        handing over the password to my site - to a stranger.

        By a million to one chance I had stumbled upon someone
        many of you may know as the most trustworthy and helpful
        person on the Net.

        It's been a privilege working with him as my partner on many
        projects for these 7 years

        His name is Adrian Ling.

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  • Profile picture of the author Teenage Genius
    Use eLance - they offer a service where if your not 100% happy with the work which is done for you, you don't pay. It's the best way to find reliable people to outsource to.

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  • Profile picture of the author wassim
    Do not start such projects with a new guy. Try to give the coder that you work with mini-tasks that do not require login to the system, and through the time you will figure out if that person is up to the challenge or not. Also, through time you will figure out if you can trust this person or not...

    I do not recommend that you give anyone your accounts details unless it's been a few months of successful and trustfully relationship.

    Regards,
    Wassim
    Originally Posted by Scofield View Post

    I can imagine sometimes when you outsource certain tasks you have to supply login information to certain accounts you have online to the person you are outsourcing to. How do you trust that the person you hire won't mess your stuff up, or worse?
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    • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
      I believe Timothy Ferris's book "4 Hour Work Week" has explored this issue. Several of the bigger outsourcing companies have "security measures" that your privacy be not abused.

      For sensitive projects, get him to sign a NDA?
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        NEVER give sensitive login information to anyone. Even though they may be trustworthy, carelessness may lead to inadvertant exposure. Set up a restricted project area or FTP on your website for outsourced vendors to use. When completed to your satisfaction, then move it to your main site. For example, I assign employees to manage vendors and outsource projects with restricted privileges.
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        • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
          Your question is hinting that you're more concerned with security over trust? After all, we can develop "relationships" with our VAs and still have them compromise our privacy?

          If the VA has any intention to scam you in the first place, no matter how slow the relationship building is, it still is going to happen? If you wish your VA to handle sensitive information, then it be best to look for Outsourcing Companies that offer a certain kind of security guarantee.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnathan
    Originally Posted by Scofield View Post

    I can imagine sometimes when you outsource certain tasks you have to supply login information to certain accounts you have online to the person you are outsourcing to. How do you trust that the person you hire won't mess your stuff up, or worse?
    You sometimes have to take a risk. and of course, if that person proves to be worthy of your trust, then you can entrust them with more information. Also, if you are providing account information, simply make sure you have a backup of your website, such that if they screw anything up, you don't lose everything.
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  • Profile picture of the author J. Barry Mandel
    This is something that I talked about here a while ago:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/39114-7-tips-hiring-virtual-assistant.html

    The fact is the more you trust your VA the more activities he/she can do for you unhindered.

    Start slow and build a relationship. As you feel more comfortable with them give them access to more usernames/passwords that they need to use for your tasks.

    Establishing trust is one of the most important parts of the relationship which takes...time.
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  • Profile picture of the author sushee
    it is very difficult to trust someone in this world.
    try to make friend first and see how that relationship growing.
    stop when you feel danger..
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  • Profile picture of the author GreatBiz
    Always test out the person with something that is expendable. If you have to rely on certain accounts for your livelihood, don't risk it. After the testing, you should be able to gauge if he or she is dependable and trustworthy.

    I will often test my outsourced guys out first with something simple and only entrust them with more important accounts (nothing to do with money) later on.
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    • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
      Originally Posted by GreatBiz View Post

      Always test out the person with something that is expendable. If you have to rely on certain accounts for your livelihood, don't risk it. After the testing, you should be able to gauge if he or she is dependable and trustworthy.

      I will often test my outsourced guys out first with something simple and only entrust them with more important accounts (nothing to do with money) later on.
      Definitely. This is the way to go. The only way to know "How do you trust the person you are outsourcing to?", is to entrust them with a small project first, test them out, and decide if you want to continue using them.

      And again if you're talking about 'trust', I'm still sticking to my suggestion of looking for Outsourcing Companies that offer a certain kind of security guarantee.
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  • Profile picture of the author lavaleekathy
    Would agree that you need to start with some small sourcing tasks first to build up some trust with your employee. There are some highly reccomended outsourcers mentioned in other threads on the warrior forum, so my advice would be to check out if other warriors trust these people and then think about offering them jobs! All of the information you need is right here on this forum, and the more experienced warriors are always willing to help you out!
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