I believe he means which general ledger expense account should be used when paying a vendor like Fiver or Upwork or freelancer.com. These are third party services where you get projects done and they pay the contractor directly and issue 1099s to them. I think this more more be a general expense based on what you are getting done. For example if you are hiring a freelancer to do work vs creating a tool that will be used internally for your company, vs perhaps having someone write copy for your blog or website. It's important to emphasize that the third party is issuing the 1099 from their company to the contractor so it's not employment or a contractor payment.

Does anyone know the account to post to?