While, again, researching something else, Tank brought these websites to our attention:

• zhubajie
• k68.cn 
• taskcn.com
• witkey.com
• vikecn.com
• vake.com.cn

They seem to all be clones of the same idea: You post a task you want done and pay, in advance, a reward of your choice. The website keeps your cash, and advertises your tasks. Users submit their work, and you choose a winner. The winner gets 80% of the cash, the website the other 20%. Brilliant. So we tried it out... we needed a logo anyway. Spent USD 40 and a few minutes posting something. A day later, we have dozens of proposals, ranging from absolutely hideous to impressive efforts including philosophical thoughts about our company name and how it relates to life. The current proposals are at this URL, though probably not for long.

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