Marketing translation rights through local translators

I came across a website proposing a new kind of utility for marketing the translation rights of your titles abroad, which they call translator-agent system. Basically, you hire a translator for your book, native in the target language and resident of that country. After he completes the translation, he markets the translation rights in his country, by contacting local publishers under your guidance. If he finds a buyer for the rights, he will be paid the translation work plus further agent commissions. In case of failure, you may offer some guarantees, like a portion of the translation fee or some royalties on a further foreign edition published under your own imprint. As the translation fee is paid by the foreign publisher, you can anticipate low costs – possibly no cost – for the campaigns. There are also other advantages, like being able to offer the completed translation to the foreign publishers, which increases their interest on publishing it. You can also run simultaneous campaigns in several countries.

There is a platform where to post such jobs at www.infarom.com/global_translations.html . If you know other platforms, please post them. Has anyone tested this system?