HelpX
HelpX, short for "Help Exchange", is a barter platform in which people offer or receive homestays, including lodging and food, in exchange for performing agreed-upon tasks for a few hours each day.[2][3] Types of work include gardening, animal welfare, cooking, and farming, among others.
| Area served | Worldwide |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Rob Prince |
| Industry | Tourism Volunteering |
| Products | Homestay |
| URL | www |
| Alexa rank | 172,009 (As of 3 May 2020)[1] |
| Launched | April 2001 |
History
HelpX was founded in April 2001 by Rob Prince, from England. Prince traveled in Australia and New Zealand, where he worked at several locations in exchange for room and board, inspiring him to develop the website.[4]
gollark: (The alternative of paying per middle node... fixes some problems and introduces exciting new ones)
gollark: (Although that breaks horribly too, since you're incentivized to run 10000 middle nodes which funnel money to you for your own connection)
gollark: (I'm assuming that you pay a fixed amount per packet or something which is split between all the nodes participating in sending that)
gollark: If I am paid for being a middle node, I would get money for going between A and B with a jammer, so that B can't connect with A directly, and providing a new node.
gollark: Let's say person A is connected to B, and A is also connected to the wider internet™ or something.
References
- "Alexa Internet: helpx.net". Alexa Internet.
- Cahalane, Claudia (August 12, 2011). "Working holidays made easy". The Guardian.
- Tigar, Lindsay (December 25, 2018). "How to Travel for Free—Seriously". Reader's Digest.
- "The adventure of helping out". Positive News. September 21, 2011.
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