OneShift is an Australian online business websites that operates as an online job network by connecting over 414,453 job seekers and 36,183 businesses around Australia looking for one-off work shifts, casual jobs or permanent employment.  It helps employees meet employers by matching their skills, qualifications, location and job availability.

Any sort of job be it one-off shifts, casual work or permanent employment can be found here, allowing both job seekers and prospective employers to sign up for free. The closest example to how OneShift functions is a like a dating site. It seeks to bring potential employees and employers together, by being very timely and cost effective.  OneShift has been able to gain a reputable client base with the site currently having over 300,000 users across Australia, with nearly 30,000 businesses involved. The website’s recent launch in New Zealand was so successful with the it has been able to gather 900 job seekers looking for work in New Zealand and 210 businesses on the site within a short span of a single month. OneShift’s current expansion plans are to launch in the United States and the United Kingdom in the next few months. The site attracts mainly targets 18 to 24-year-olds, but has also helped teenagers and many seniors find work. OneShift within the two years of its launch has sought immense growth attracting more than 412,000 job seekers and 35,708 businesses to the service.

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia Car Next Door has changed the way one might think about their personal cars. This privately owned business provides services including peer-to-peer car rental, car sharing and collaborative consumption, allowing many individuals to rent privately owned vehicles on an hourly or daily basis to achieve a mutual economic and sustainability benefit. Although this new business’s influence is small but it is highly praised by the present customers. Currently operational in Sydney and Melbourne, this private startup has plans of expanding to other Australian cities and airports till 2016.

So what makes Car Next Door rank amongst the most successful Australian startups? Not only its highly affordable, but its environmental friendly too. The best part about it is it’s free of any complications or extensive paperwork that comes with average car rentals and a great way to get wheels when you want them. Car Next Door operates like a traditional car share company like GoGet, Hertz on Demand etc; with a minor difference that the car share vehicles belong to your neighbors, not a car share company. This neighbor-to-neighbor car sharing promises users a diverse range of vehicles to choose from and another considerable car rental option.

Operating currently in a car share network in the inner rings of Sydney and Melbourne, Car Next Door has built a significant client base and with the promise of constant expansion. It is no wonder that they are one to look out for.

Technology companies over the past decade have rapidly been on the incline, particularly with the rise of our dependency towards the internet and technology. It is now easier than ever to connect with people and businesses online. Social media has well and truly taken off and is here to stay with Facebook and Twitter really paving the way.

Entrepreneurs are really ceasing this moment in time and creating an opportunity for themselves to create a business that is of value to people and something that people will use. Uber has created fury in the world of taxis and airbnb has ruffled up the feathers of hotels. With an average of 6 smart devices between each household it is easy to understand why our lives are circled with our need for the internet and our technology devices so why wouldn’t you connect with a business through your smart phone rather than the traditional method of visiting the brick and mortar premises when it only takes a split second for a search on your smart device?

Over the past decade we can definitely see a trend in online businesses on the up but this also proves to be more challenging for brick and mortar businesses finding their feet especially if they do not do any online marketing or have a web presence. With that being said there are many online start ups fly by nights meaning they go up as quickly as they go down.

We will however look in our future posts which ones have started and gone and which have stood their ground and gone through their test of time.