AllBusiness.com: Can you outsource your life? David Davin thinks so.

Davin is COO of DoMyStuff.com, a Beverly Hills-based online community where busy people can find someone else to do their chores and errands. Need someone to fix a dripping faucet? Just post your task on DoMyStuff.com, wait for the community to bid, and pick your assistant.

"Our lives are supposedly getting simpler with the advent of technology, but most people find themselves busier than ever," Davin says. "Everything comes together to form a white noise that distracts you from what's important."

The site started as a joke between founders Darren Berkovitz and Stacy Stubblefield. "Berkovitz said he wished he could outsource finding a girlfriend," Davin says. "He and Stacy had a good chuckle but when the laughter subsided, they thought, 'Why not?'"

A DoMyStuff.com member can be an employer, an assistant, or both. Employers can choose based on price, location, expertise, satisfaction rating, or the assistant's job history. Once an assistant is chosen, the employer puts money into an escrow account so the assistant knows it's there. Then work can begin. Afterward, the employer releases the funds from escrow to the assistant's account and employer and assistant can rate each other. DoMyStuff.com takes a percentage of each transaction.

DoMyStuff.com: Let the World Be Your Assistant [AllBusiness.com]

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