{"id":63884,"date":"2017-06-08T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T18:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=63884"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T18:41:28","slug":"gig-economy-meets-chorerelief-app-to-connect-with-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/gig-economy-meets-chorerelief-app-to-connect-with-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gig Economy Meets Chorerelief App To Connect With Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Beixi(Bessie) Xu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Chorerelief is a Chicago based company that connects customers and workers who do chores and small projects such as cleaning and handy work around the home. It now serves more than 17 hundred users across the country, and most of its customers are in the Chicago and New York City areas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Beixi Xu final version Chorerelief\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/220841348?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Customers can use this mobile app to set their own price, own time and add photos and different locations. These selections will screen different providers and call the nearby workers in less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">\u200bPhoto at top:Victoria Diouf(left) is talking to worker Cesar Ledezma(right) and his helper Selene Tub(middle), they are helping her clean the apartment. 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