A tech start-up specializing in AI customer service tools, while preparing for an industry exhibition in San Francisco, quickly found a suitable designer through EPWK International (intl.epwk.com) with a budget of just a hundred dollars. They received a stand design that perfectly matched their brand's identity. This move not only solved an urgent problem but also validated EPWK's core value: empowering small and medium-sized enterprises to efficiently meet professional needs in a "lean asset" model by connecting them with global creative resources, allowing them to focus more on their core business growth.
When Professional Needs Meet Start-up Realities: Efficient Matching for Precise Solutions
For many startups, professional design needs are often difficult to satisfy with in-house resources. Traditional design firms can be expensive, while finding freelancers independently carries risks of low communication efficiency and inconsistent quality. In the case above, the startup focuses on AI customer service tool needed to complete a display stand design that aligned with their brand's "simple, modern, and tech-savvy" identity, all within a $100 budget. Facing this challenge, the company chose to post their request on EPWK International, quickly gaining access to a wide range of high-quality service providers from around the world.
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The entire service process is simple and efficient: first, the company clearly posts the task on the platform, specifying design requirements, style preferences, and content elements. EPWK then uses an intelligent matching system to quickly recommend multiple qualified service providers to bid on the project, giving the company a variety of options. Once a partnership is confirmed, EPWK provides an escrow service to ensure transaction security. The payment is released to the service provider only after the client is satisfied with the final delivery. Finally, both parties smoothly complete the project on the platform, achieving efficient collaboration. EPWK International successfully links creative talent across different regions, providing crucial support for the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Core Features and Global Strategy: Building a Trusted Creative Service Ecosystem
EPWK International has integrated several features, including task posting, talent recommendations, payment escrow, service marketplace, case showcases, and messaging, to build a full-chain, closed-loop creative service transaction environment. EPWK has initially launched an English version EPWK International, with a focus on expanding into international markets such as Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. Plans are in place to gradually support multiple languages in the future to further enhance the global user experience.
As a platform committed to expanding into the international market, EPWK International not only helps overseas clients acquire creative solutions more efficiently but also provides a channel for Chinese creative talent to go global. This collaboration fully demonstrates the platform's core value as a global digital work platform, which lies in its ability to "connect" and "empower." By connecting global talent, it significantly lowers the hiring threshold and operational costs for small and medium-sized enterprises, allowing them to flexibly leverage professional global resources in a "lean asset" model. Through standardized task flows and a payment security mechanism, it greatly reduces transaction risks, enhances trust, and empowers business growth.
On a broader digital ecosystem level, EPWK International is building an open, transparent, and efficient global creative service marketplace. The platform breaks down geographical barriers and promotes the optimal allocation of global intellectual resources. It not only creates value for businesses but also provides digital workers from all over the world with the opportunity to participate in international competition and realize their personal value through their skills.
Connecting Global Creative Resources to Build Digital Infrastructure
When discussing their experience with the collaboration, the startup's representative stated, "This was more than just a simple outsourcing partnership; it was an experience of a new way of working. Through EPWK International, our team of only few people could gain the ability to mobilize global resources. EPWK's professional services allowed us to focus more on development of our core business."
EPWK International is committed to becoming a hub for the efficient allocation of global creative resources, building an international exchange and transaction platform that connects creative needs with professional talent. This empowers small and medium-sized enterprises across all industries to achieve sustainable development. Regardless of a company's location, they can quickly find suitable creative service providers through the platform, enabling the efficient flow of resources.
Data shows that as of June 30, 2024, EPWKhas served over 8.74 million buyers and 16.92 million sellers. From 2019 to the first half of 2024, a cumulative total of 4.6 million projects was completed on the platform, with a gross merchandise volume exceeding $1.67 billion. These continuously growing operational metrics confirm the viability of its business model and its market recognition.
Looking ahead, EPWK International will continue to refine its platform, strengthen its multilingual and localized operational capabilities, and work to build a global creative service infrastructure. By using digital tools to break down barriers to the flow of creative resources, it aims to foster a borderless, highly efficient, and trustworthy collaborative network. This will help global businesses and talent connect seamlessly, moving together toward a new paradigm of "future work."
About EPWK:
Xiamen EPWK Network Technology Co., Ltd. (EPWK, Nasdaq: EPWK) was founded in March 2011. It is recognized as a National High-Tech Enterprise, a National Cultural and Technology Integration Demonstration Base, a National Ministry of Commerce E-commerce Demonstration Enterprise, and a contributor to a National Science and Technology Support Program. It was also featured as a model case in the National Development and Reform Commission's "China Sharing Economy Development Report" (2019). EPWK is also the initiator and a key drafter of "Creative Knowledge and Skills Sharing Platform Service Standards" in China. As the first digital creative service and e-commerce platform in China to be listed in the U.S., it is known as "China's first crowdsourcing platform stock."
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