With the gig economy in full swing, almost every task you can get your hands can now be outsourced.

From the more complicated ones like web development to the simplest tasks like email management, technology has come a long way in allowing things to be done virtually.

While some businesses require a more specialized skills, most entrepreneurs (and other busy people!) could benefit from a personal assistant.

The good news is there are a handful of options to find a competent and effective virtual personal assistant.

Before we jump right in, it would be best for us to define what a virtual personal assistant does and how they can help you.

What is a Virtual Personal Assistant?

It goes without saying that the life of a business owner can be a very hectic one. Not only is their day filled with operations-related to-do lists but they also have family-related concerns to keep in mind.

How do their schedules look like?

What time is their kid’s recital?

When’s the next interview?

Have the groceries been taken care of?

Is today’s client meeting pushing through?

It’s hard to navigate these daily tasks without help. This is where virtual personal assistants come in.

A virtual assistant or a virtual personal assistant is an independent contractor who offers administrative services to clients remotely. They usually handle clerical tasks that aim to help business owners lighten their load so they can focus on growing their business.

Some of these tasks may include:

• bookkeeping
• updating social media
• basic data entry
• helping with travel arrangements
• managing email
• and more

Think Beyond Alexa. This is Real Human Support

For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when talking about virtual assistants is Amazon’s very own virtual assistant AI technology called Alexa.

Initially used in the Amazon Echo smart speakers, Alexa is capable of performing many things through voice command. It can play music, provide weather and traffic updates, set alarms and even make to-do lists.

It even has a Business version that allows people to use Alexa to schedule meeting rooms, join conference calls, and other custom skills designed by third-party vendors.

While Alexa does a good job of performing such simple tasks, you and I can both agree that it lacks the human element to do more advanced tasks.

If you want to take full advantage of what a virtual personal assistant has to offer, you’ll need real human support.

Fortunately, there are a handful of personal assistant services you can rely on. The best choice will depend on the kind of assistance you’ll need.

What Tasks Does a Virtual Personal Assistant Do?

A virtual personal assistant has a lot to offer. As mentioned, most of the tasks they perform are clerical in nature, though much of it depends on the kind of tasks you need help with–and how fast you need them done.

Some virtual assistants can function as your own personal secretary who’s dedicated to you and you alone. There are also personal assistants that you can hire on-demand to help you with one-time tasks.

You can also rely on the power of AI and other human-powered personal assistant apps to help you with tasks that require a “quick fix.”

If you need help with an errand or some very specific task, there are virtual concierge services that are available to do such.

The 5 Different Types of Personal Assistant Services

Nowadays, a virtual personal assistant can also come in other forms. Apart from independent contractors, personal assistants now also come in the form of application programs and/or artificial intelligence that can understand voice commands and perform tasks for users.

There are several options you can choose from when it comes to virtual personal assistants.

The 5 main types of personal assistant services I’ll cover here are:

1. Dedicated, remote executive assistants
2. On-demand, task-based assistants
3. Artificial intelligence apps
4. Human-powered personal assistant apps
5. Personal concierge services

You just need to figure out which option is best for you. Read on to explore each.

1. Dedicated, Remote Executive Assistants

This is the most common type of virtual assistant business owners looks for.

These personal assistants function more like a personal secretary or remote team member who’s in charge of anything you assign them.

As you can imagine, having a dedicated resource is extremely valuable because you know that they’ll always be there when you need them.

Below are some of the popular and well-rated virtual assistant companies that provide such services.

ClearDesk

ClearDesk promises that you will love your Virtual Assistant! Packages start at $500 per month for 30 hours with a VA that has a minimum 3 years of experience – highly rated and reliable! Free consultation call and 7-day free trial!

Our full ClearDesk review | Visit ClearDesk

Time Etc

Founded by Barnaby Lashbrooke, this US and UK-based company has been making life easier since 2007.

The company only employs assistants with at least 5 years of experience and accepts just roughly 2% of applicants.

Some of the tasks Time Etc virtual assistants can handle include:

• customer service
• administrative assistance
• sales and lead generation
• marketing support and writing
• recruiting
• accounting and bookkeeping

Our full Time Etc review | Visit Time Etc

BELAY

Formerly known as eaHelp, BELAY jumped into the scene in 2010, initially helping churches and pastors outsource their bookkeeping and administrative work. The company has expanded since and is now catering to both small and large businesses nationwide.

BELAY employs US-based assistants, and has earned endorsements from author Michael Hyatt and several Fortune 500 companies.

Our full BELAY review | Visit BELAY

Boldly

Founded in 2012, the company formerly known as Worldwide 101 is a premium subscription staffing company with clients and team members in North America and Europe.

What sets Boldly apart from its competitors is that it caters specifically to demanding founders and executives by providing them a highly-skilled remote staff.

Unlike other providers whose virtual assistants are considered contractors, Boldly’s US-based staff are actual employees, making sure that each of their staff will work with you for the long term.

Our full Boldly review | Visit Boldly

Uassist

Established in 2009, Uassist.ME is a virtual assistant company that provides remote administrative services to clients in the US and around the world.

The company has offices in both Miami and El Salvador, making it a “nearshoring” option rather than “offshoring” because of this location and timezone close to the US.

Our full Uassist review | Visit Uassist

My Tasker

My Tasker is an India-based company that began in 2012. This is one of the top-rated overseas virtual personal assistant options.

The company has since grown and now has over 100 professional virtual assistants under its fold providing services like customer support, online research, and much more.

Our full My Tasker review | Visit My Tasker

2. On-Demand, Task-Based Assistants

There are also virtual assistant services that offer task-based and on-demand assistants.

This is an excellent option for business owners looking for help with quick, one-off assignments such as travel planning or online research — at a lower cost than the dedicated options above.

These services are usually offered through a monthly description that comes with a set number of requests. If you have an urgent need for a specific task and you’re not willing to pay a dedicated assistant for it, this is your best choice.

Fancy Hands

Fancy Hands is a virtual assistant company founded in 2010. Based in New York, what sets the company apart is its use of US-based, native-English speaking assistants.

Unlike a dedicated part-time virtual assistant, Fancy Hands is more of a time-saving tool for small one-time tasks. Tasks are limited to 20 minutes, but you can approve assistants to spend multiple task credits on one project.

You can use the service for tasks like restaurant reservations, online research, and conference call setup, just to name a few. I tend to use Fancy Hands for flight check-ins, online research, and proofreading articles.

Our full Fancy Hands review | Visit Fancy Hands

Okay Relax

Similar to Fancy Hands, OkayRelax is a task-based virtual assistant company founded in 2015 in Florida.

The company’s mission is to help people save time by setting up mini-projects of up to 30 minutes. Unlike most competitors in this space, OkayRelax does give you the option to upgrade to a dedicated assistant (for a price).

I’ve been an OkayRelax customer for years, and my virtual personal assistant has become an integrated part of several ongoing processes.

Our full OkayRelax review | Visit OkayRelax

Efficise

Established in 2012, Efficise is a Pakistan-based virtual assistant company whose goal is to help people around the world improve their efficiency and productivity.

Much like Fancy Hands, the company employs virtual assistants who can help clients complete quick, one-off assignments. Because of the workers’ location, the price is much lower.

Our full Efficise review | Visit Efficise

3. Artificial Intelligence Apps

While hiring a personal assistant can do wonders for your business, it can get pricey too.

If you don’t have to spend a lot of money, you might take a look at these next two categories: AI and human-powered personal assistant apps.

Many of these apps are free of charge and may even come pre-installed in the mobile device you use.

Not only are they able to perform simple voice commands, but most of them can also do more advanced tasks like controlling your appliances, managing your calendar, requesting an uber, and connect to other apps like Skype and WhatsApp.

Still, there are some serious limitations here where a real human assistant might make more sense.

Google Assistant

Google Assistant is a popular app that comes with your phone, speaker, laptop, and other similar devices and connects to smart home devices to help make your life easier.

Cortana

Cortana is Microsoft’s answer to Google Assistant and is designed to learn from your commands so you can personalize your experience. Dubbed by Microsoft as its “digital agent,” Cortana is available on Microsoft devices, including Windows phones and operating systems.

Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa functions similarly to that of Google Assistant. This voice-controlled assistant has the power to connect your entire life through simple voice commands. It allows you to control your home through its smart home features, check the weather, and play your favorite music among others.

4. Human-Powered Personal Assistant Apps

Some apps combine the power of AI and human support. These are generally fairly affordable, and can be a great way to get stuff off your plate.

Delegate

Dubbed as the ‘Chief of Stuff,” Delegate combines advanced AI technology with humans who care by allowing you to text and record what you need so a human virtual assistant can fulfill them for you.

The app aims to let you take your life back by making it more balanced, meaningful and productive.

Magic

Much like Delegate, Magic is a personal assistant on-demand app that allows you to accomplish tasks by simply texting what you need.

Magic then sends you a team of skilled human assistants who will make sure to get your requests done 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The app charges you $0.50 per minute assistants spend working on your tasks. Some users complain that this can add up fast, but $30 an hour isn’t out of line for US-based support.

Wing

Wing is a new app that combines artificial intelligence, human assistants, and “a myriad of partnerships around the world” to provide you with the best personal assistant service.

All you need to do is send them a message and tell them whatever you need and their team of assistants and technologies will figure out how to best handle it.

The best part? Wing starts at just $9.99 a month.

5. Concierge Services

The beauty of a concierge service is that you’re able to get help for just about anything, anytime. Think like the concierge desk in a fancy hotel.

Another example of this kind of service would be your credit card’s concierge service, which can help you in a variety of ways. They can help you with restaurant reservations, event bookings, gift-buying, appointment-setting, and more.

Whether it’s a personal errand, an information request, or setting travel arrangements, you can rely on a virtual concierge service to deliver 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Here are a couple of the popular nationwide options.

One Concierge

One Concierge is considered a global leader in concierge, VIP event access, and lifestyle management services in more than a hundred countries.

This US-based luxury personal assistant company offers a range of high-end concierge services and operates on a membership model.

Founded in 2008, One Concierge handles common requests like personal errands, event coordination, and travel arrangements.

Maestro Personal Assistants

Maestro Personal Assistants prides itself on its “branded” personal assistance and concierge programs that are simple yet powerful and effective.

What makes them so effective is that they introduce your customers to your own personal assistant, one that carries your company name. This personal assistant will then fulfill any request your customers will send them.

Final Thoughts

Gone are the days when we have to do everything manually. With technology on our side, we can do pretty much everything without leaving the comfort of our homes.

Virtual personal assistants now exist to make our lives easier and more productive. Whether you require a dedicated assistant or someone who can do tasks on-demand, there’s a personal assistant service that can cater to your needs.

The information provided should give you more than enough information to pick and hire the best personal assistant solution that’s right for you.

The choice is yours so make it count!

Read More

While I’m striving to build the most comprehensive virtual assistant company directory and review platform out there, there will always be certain companies I haven’t had a chance to fully research yet.

Still, visitors are searching for information on these companies so I don’t want their search to come up with the disappointing “no results found.”

Here are some of the VA companies people have searched for over the past few months and what limited information I could find. Sometimes it’s just first impressions.

If you have any experience with any of the companies below, please leave a comment to help others in their search. Thanks!

365 Outsource

365Outsource or 365Outsource.com is a BPO provider in the Philippines specializing in SEO and web development.

7 Virtual Assistant Services

7VirtualAssistantServices.com is an India-based VA firm. They didn’t respond to my request for information to add them to this site, then several months later sent me a spam email out of the blue offering their services.

72 Solutions

72Solutions or 72Solutions.com is a call center in the Philippines specializing in outbound telemarketing and lead generation.

ACstant

ACstant.com is “your assistant via email.” This company has gone through a couple pivots over the years and it looks like their current service is by-invitation only at the moment.

AgentAnything

Agent Anything, or AgentAnything.com is a go-fer and errand-running service similar to TaskRabbit, but specializing in using local students. As of 2019, it appears to be out of business.

AllDayPA

UK-based call-answering service similar to Call Ruby in the US. Virtual assistant service is also available but no price estimate is given.

AnswerFirst

AnswerFirst.com is another virtual receptionist service.

AS Direct VA Services

ASDirectVAServices.com is a UK-centered VA company. They’re a little coy about where their workers are actually based, but for 5 quid an hour, it’s definitely not the UK! An email to the contact address provided bounced back immediately so I’m guessing they’re no longer in operation.

AssistantToGo

A virtual assistant company with a crazy 100% flash-based website. You don’t see that too often anymore! In business since 2001, (although the site has only been around since 2004).  I believe the company is owned by Fran Esposito and based in New York. Assistant ToGo and Assistant To Go are possible variations. No relation to the owner of the Twitter handle AssistantToGo.

August 99

August99 specializes in website design and development from their office in Manila.

Azure

Azure VA Services was a small Canadian virtual assistant firm. They appear to be out of business.

Backup Men

BackupMen, or BackupMen.com is a task-based virtual assistant service similar to Fancy Hands or My Tasker. I haven’t heard anything from them since late 2011.

Bay Tree VA

Baytree VA is a 10-person UK-based virtual assistant agency.

BestJobs.ph

A popular job board in the Philippines, with the MAJOR downside it is against their terms to post work-from-home overseas jobs. My account was shut down without notice or warning when I went to test out the site. No idea why they have that rule! An alternative would be OnlineJobs.ph.

BizEBee Consulting

Biz E Bee Consulting is a US-based virtual assistant service for real estate agents.

BPO24Hour.com

BPO 24 Hour — start-up VA company in the Philippines.

BrightDrop

Brightdrop connects small and medium-sized US-based companies with talented virtual assistants in the Philippines.

bsetc

Bsetc, as in they’ll take care of all your BS, etc, is a popular virtual assistant company based in Ottawa, Canada. Founder Erin Blaskie is a well-known entrepreneur.

Burn Your To Do List

BurnYourToDoList or BurnYourToDoList.com appears to be out of business. Rough since it sold for $85,000 not too long ago!

Buying Time LLC

“Virtual support for your business” from $50-250 an hour.

Call Arup

CallArup is a newer VA company founded by Arup Seth. The virtual admin support is just $6 per hour.

CatchVPA

Catch VPA or CatchVPA.com is a personal outsourcing company in India that appears to be out of business. They were a very affordable service, with full-time monthly plans beginning at just $640.

Chatterboss

Chatterboss is an app-based (iOS and coming soon to Android) virtual assistant service where you can buy blocks of VA time and send requests via messages to your on-demand assistant team.

Clear View Administration

Clear View provides administrative support to individuals and organisations in the UK.

Cogneesol

Cogneesol.com is a trusted ISO 9001:2008 BPO company out of Northern India. They focus on larger clients; 35% of their revenue comes from Fortune 500 companies.

Consider It Done

A small, US-based VA company and virtual concierge.

CrewBloom

CrewBloom.com promises sales outsourcing that works.

CrowdPlat

An enterprise freelance platform with backing from 500 Startups.

Csquires

Georgia-based outsourced admin company.

Daybreak Virtual

US-based assistants from $50/week.

DesignContest

DesignContest.com is a crowdsourced graphic design platform similar to 99designs.

Design Tasker

As the name suggests, DesignTasker.com provides on-demand graphic design help starting at $49 per task.

Designated PA

DesignatedPA is a London-based virtual personal assistant service specialising in digital marketing and bookkeeping.

DistantSupport

Distant Support, or DistantSupport.com is a virtual assistant company in the Philippines. Their website hasn’t been updated since 2010, and they offer no hint as to what kind of rates they charge (or charged, as my guess is they might be shut down).

Dolancing

Dolancing.com is a freelance marketplace trying to gain traction against more established players like Upwork.

Related: Here are a bunch of other freelancing sites like Upwork.

DoMyStuff.com

DoMyStuff was a virtual and in-person errand-running service. It appears they’ve had their lunch eaten by TaskRabbit and are all but out of business.

DoNanza

DoNanza.com was a freelance site that ultimately failed to compete with Upwork and went out of business.

Eagle Virtual Assistant

Real estate VAs from Real estate investor Ron LeGrand.

Easy Virtual Assistant

EasyVirtualAssistant.com is a small US-based VA firm.

eCyberGurus

A recruiting company in India. Their site has not been updated since 2008 so I’m not sure if they are still around or not.

Elite VA

A small VA shop owned by Maria Novey and based in Pennsylvania. No updates to her site since 2006 so not sure if she’s still in business.

Elite-Virtual Assistants

A one-woman show based in Wisconsin. The yahoo email address and stock photos and text on the about us page would be red flags for me.

Elite Virtual-Assistants

Scammy looking VA site (that’s actually offline now). Appears to be owned by a scammy-looking get-rich-quick-type Internet marketer.

eSupportGuru

eSupportGuru.com is a small virtual assistant company in India. Their website looks pretty crappy and hasn’t been updated since 2009. I got attacked by the floating chat-invite box (which was offline) and it wouldn’t close when I hit the “x”.

EVAS

EVAS could stand for Executive Virtual Assistant Services, a tiny one-woman VA company out of Yorkshire, England. Or it could reference the EVA virtual assistant app for android smartphones.

EXEC

EXEC was an on-demand house-cleaning and errand-running service. They were based in San Francisco and charged a flat rate of $25/hr. The company does not appear to be in operation any longer. Handy might be considered the primary alternative.

FlatWorld Solutions

A legitimate outsourcing provider aimed at larger companies.

Folyo

Folyo.me promises to match you with a qualified freelancer from their “private network of top talent” for a $299 one-time fee.

FreelanceAssistant.co.uk

Freelance Assistant is aimed at signing up workers to become assistants. It’s unclear where the clients come from.

Fyxer

London-based virtual admin assistant start-up.

GeekyStaff

Geeky Staff or GeekyStaff.com was a Filipino VA company. Now out of business.

GenieTime

Genie Time or GenieTime.com is a VA service supposedly offering “free” assistance by taking advantage of some referral arrangements with their “partners.” I’m unclear on how this works, but they’ve been on radio silence for at least 6 months so the Genie might be back in the lamp.

Ghost Concierge

Personal concierge service for busy individuals. The CEO sent me a spam email pitch out of the blue. Curious why he didn’t have his ghost concierge send it.

GlobolStaff

Globol Staff, or GlobolStaff.com, is a small outsourcing company in Singapore that specializes in SEO.

Go to Girls

Several companies are using this name or a variation such as Go2Girls or GoToGirls. There is a Denver, Colorado-based VA service from $40/hr, and also a Jacksonville, Florida service from $18/hr.

GraphicsZoo

Graphics Zoo is a service offering unlimited graphic design tasks for a flat monthly fee.

Hatchwise

Hatchwise.com hosts facilitates logo design contests and other graphic design services starting at $189.

Hello Smarter

HelloSmarter or HelloSmarter.com is a virtual assistant company in India that looked similar to My Tasker before they went out of business.

Hire Iris

HireIris.com offers a team of all-female virtual assistants starting at $75 a week. How many hours of support included in that $75 is a little harder to tell.

Hit Rate Solutions

Call center operation in the Philippines, that also offers virtual assistants. Pretty bare bones website, with no pricing estimates given for VA service.

HRFAX

Or HR Fax. There are several Ripoff Reports of this company being a giant scam. I would stay away.

iWork Virtual

Several scam complaints about this one too. For legit VA training, check VirtualAssistantForums.com.

JobbaJob

JobbaJob is/was a personal assistant service you interface with through Facebook Messenger. They appear to be out of business though. For a similar service, check out Magic.

Jplayers

An mid-sized Indian outsourcing shop that does web development, design, and more. Looking through their portfolio though, I’m not loving their work.

Kaori-san

Kaori virtual assistants (meetkaori.com) specialize in bilingual English and Japanese service for personal and small business tasks.

Kloned

Kloned.co is a London-based virtual PA firm.

Lifebushido

Life Bushido is (or was — it’s hard to say if they’re still in operation) a $25/hour VA service aimed at businesses between $100,000 and $1 million in revenue. Fun fact: “bushido” is the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.

Live2Care

Part of the Live2Sell group is a call center operation in the Philippines.  The CEO, Chris Ducker, also runs Virtual Staff Finder, which might be worth a look for smaller businesses.

LiveHelpIndia

I had to test the “Get a Quote in 5 Minutes” box on the LiveHelpIndia.com website. I did get a response with 24-hours, but not within 5 minutes. That’s a tough promise to deliver on for anything that’s not automated. After that though, my subsequent emails have been ignored. Check out other India virtual assistant companies.

LRN LLC

Also doing business as LRN.biz. The content of this site is almost identical to the HRFAX site, and has received similar scam complaints. Stay away.

MaaSil Inc

MaaSil is a Paris-based consulting firm that provides highly-skilled employees who speak both French and English. Most of the team is based in Madagascar.

Maxim Liberty

Virtual bookkeeping service in India, with rates starting at $5 per hour.

MBX Assistants

Looks like a scam.

MiPA

Or Mi PA. Virtual assistant company in India, appears to be out of business. Now MIPA seems to be some sort of AI personal assistant for Microsoft Office.

Miracle Assistant

US-based admin support by Stacey Normandy and team since 2001.

My365Assistant.com

My 365 Assistant, or My365Assistant was a New York-based VA company that has gone out of business.

My VA Team

I contacted them via the form on their website and never heard anything back.

Need a VA

NeedaVA.com offers virtual assistants in the Philippines starting at $495 a month for 10 hours a week of support.

The Offline Assistant

TheOfflineAssistant.com provides support for ecommerce companies, dropshippers, Amazon sellers, and digital marketers. Given the name, I shouldn’t have been surprised when their live chat was “offline” when I visited.

One Virtual Solutions

According to their website, OneVirtualSolutions.com out of the Philippines is a leading provider of virtual assistant services and other business solutions for business professionals, start-ups, and entrepreneurs across the US, UK and Canada.

Out of the Box Virtual Assistant

I couldn’t find any information on this company so I can’t really say anything.

OutsourceEverything.co

Virtual assistant company gobbled up by Zirtual.

Outsource Office Staff

Global outsourcing firm (Philippines, Pakistan, Nicaragua) with incredibly low rates if you can hire 6 or more full-time VAs. Site hasn’t been updated since 2012 though.

Outsourcing2Vietnam.com

Startup virtual assistant and outsourcing company in Vietnam with a background in SEO service.

Outsourcing Capital

OutsourcingCapital.com provides web design, online marketing, and virtual assistant solutions for startups and small and large businesses.

Outturn

According to Outturn.ph, “Millions of small businesses use Outturn for Top Quality Talents.” Millions of clients? I don’t believe it for a second.

PAEveryday.com

PA Everyday or PAEveryday is a virtual assistant company in the Philippines. I was in touch with the CEO, Tim Reading, earlier this year, but after a couple emails neither him nor his team continued to reply.

Paragon Planners

ParagonPlanners at ParagonPlanners.com is a US-based support service for sales professionals. When I checked in late 2017 though, their site hadn’t been updated since 2010, so I’m not sure they’re still business.

Pebbled

Pebbled.io offers unlimited graphic and web design tasks for a flat monthly fee. At press time, the rate of $69 AUD a month for unlimited graphic design seems to fall under “too good to be true” range.

Philippine Online Writers

You can probably guess what service these guys offer, but according to their site they have more than just writers. I found out about them after they left a spam comment on this site.

Premier VEBA

PremierVEBA.com is a US-based VA service specializing in “providing entrepreneurs, independent professionals and companies with a comprehensive suite of customized business services.” They’ll quote custom packages based on your needs.

RemoteJobs.ph

RemoteJobs is a job board in the Philippines that can be more effective than Craigslist in finding qualified virtual assistant candidates. The site is similar in function to OnlineJobs.ph, only it appears to be completely free to use.

REVAS

Revas offers Real Estate Virtual Assistant Solutions.

RGB Virtual Assistants

Appears to be a scam.

Rightly Written

Rightlywritten or RightlyWritten.com is an on-demand content writing service.

Sales Rain VAs

Also listed as salesrainvas. Newer VA company in the Philippines. Nicely designed site with rates from $250 per month for 5 hrs a week, up to $850 for a full time dedicated VA.

Sherpa

Sher.pa is a new artificial intelligence app: “Everything you need to know without having to ask.” Based in Spain, the app is the #1 personal assistant in the Spanish speaking world with over 1 million users. It doesn’t look like something you can request tasks on, but more of a curation tool to help manage your calendar and attention.

Smart to Finish

SmarttoFinish.com focuses on Infusionsoft support and Internet marketing virtual assistance for coaches and entrepreneurs worldwide.

Sourcefit

An outsourcing / staff leasing company in the Philippines. They’ve been in business since 2007 and serve the mid-size business market with professional in-office staff.

STAFFVIRTUAL

Staff Virtual at StaffVirtual.com is a big business process outsourcing firm in the Philippines. They primarily cater to larger companies in need of dedicated remote staff for back office support.

Sun LLC

Another scammy operation promising work-from-home jobs.

Superior Task

SuperiorTask.com is a new virtual assistant company in India, with rates starting at $5 an hour. They claim to have over 1600 clients, but the site is riddled with typos.

Supreme Outsourcing

A virtual assistant company in the Philippines, founded in 2011 by Louis Lautman. For full-time VAs, the pricing is pretty attractive, especially for the longer-term contracts.

Supreme Support Service

Outsourcing company in the Philippines

Systems Junction

SystemsJunction.com is a BPO and virtual assistant company in India. They’ve attempted to drop spam comments on this site more than once.

Talk2Assistant

Talk2Assistant.com never responded to my request for information. Check out their flash intro for a good example of a bad example.

Task Angels

TaskAngels.net is a small virtual assistant company in the Philippines from the makers of Task Army.

TaskAnything

TaskAnything.com or Task Anything was a small VA company that now appears to be out of business.

TaskBucket

Outsource your coding tasks to Task Bucket. They appear to be out of business.

TaskEater

Task Eater (Bangladesh) specializes in offshore team-building service for startups.

TaskHire

TaskHire.com or TaskHire.ca is a Canadian errand-running service similar to TaskRabbit.

TaskHusky

TaskHusky.com offers virtual support for Shopify websites.

TheHour.co

This VA company’s site is riddled with typos and sent me a cold pitch email that opened with “I must say you have awesome products listed” on my site. Of course there are no products listed on my site.

Thumbtack

Find specialists online or locally to get the help you need.

Today’s Admin

Today’s Admin is a US-based virtual assistant company that charges a flat rate of $55 an hour for their services.

Top Hat Concierge

An Atlanta-based virtual concierge service that appears to be out of business. I contacted them for more info several months ago and never got a response.

Trusty Oak

TrustyOak is a boutique VA firm offering all US-based support for small businesses.

Upswing

Upswing.today offers virtual assistants for real estate agents.

VA4Business

VA4Business.com is a virtual assistant company founded by Steve Arun and with assistants in India and the Philippines.

VAdirectory.net

VAdirectory is a network of virtual assistants where you can submit your VA job for proposals.

Velan Virtual Assistant

Velan offers back office support and virtual assistant services from their office in India.

VGofer

An affordable virtual assistant service for individuals and businesses based in New Jersey but primarily offering overseas (India?) VAs.

VirTasktic

Small New York-based virtual assistant company offering a variety of marketing and admin support functions.

Virtual Assistant Chick

Southern California virtual assistant company founded by April Sullivan. They specialize in helping real estate agents.

Virtual Assistant Forums

A popular and active forum for virtual assistants. You can also submit your request for proposal to the community to hire directly through the site.

Virtual Assistly

VirtualAssistly.com is a Silicon Valley-based startup offering virtual administrative and sales support.

Virtual Office SA

South Africa virtual assistant and virtual office admin company. Website could use a little love. All boilerplate content with no real USP.

Virtual Task Hub

VirtualTaskHub.com is another India-based VA company that attempted to leave spam comments on this site.

Virtual Web Outsourcing

Small virtual assistant company in Davao City, Philippines. No updates since 2011 so not sure if these guys are still in operation. Also VirtualWebOutsourcing or Virtualweboutsourcing.com.

VirtualJobs.ph

Filipino job board now redirects to RemoteJobs.ph.

WeWorkRemotely

We Work Remotely or WeWorkRemotely.com is a jobs board by the team at 37signals (creators of Basecamp) to promote full-time telecommuting positions.

Wonderful

Wonder assistants at GoWonderfully.com provide remote, dual-language, pay-the-minute support for customers in Korea.

Word Agents

WordAgents or WordAgents.com provides outsourced content writing service. I get the impressions it’s a little higher end than something like HireWriters but perhaps below a service like Scripted.

Workhoppers

This Canadian site will help you find local freelancers in a variety of skillsets.

WP Radius

WPRadius.com offers unlimited WordPress support for small jobs like Zen WP and Access WP.

WP Tangerine

WPTangerine.com provides WordPress and Woocommerce maintenance support on a monthly subscription.

Yantram

Yantram BPO, or YantramBPO.com is an outsourcing service in India. Their website is a little rough around the edges but their rates are very low.

YourUSAVA

YourUSAVA.com is a small California-based VA company. Rates are quoted on a one-on-one basis.

Zaarly

Zaarly started out as a competitor to Task Rabbit but has pivoted to be more of a peer-to-peer marketplace for goods and services.

Zapatask

Although Zapatask.com had one of my favorite names for an outsourcing company, the task-based VA service appears to be out of business.

Zeerk

Zeerk is a Fiverr clone except the prices can range from $2 all the way up to $100.

Have you worked with any of these companies? If so, please leave a quick note down below and let others know about your experience (good or bad!). Thanks!

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