As a freelancer, you are selling your time by the hour. There’s only one of you, and you can only reasonably work a certain number of hours a week. So it is vitally important that you earn the best possible rate per hour.
Because of this, you need to be careful when choosing an online freelance marketplace to join. Although they can be great sources of work, some have significant disadvantages. For example, many sites force you to bid in the open market for work.
Why is this bad? Because it creates a ‘reverse auction’ environment, in which offering a low price becomes more important than offering value. Prices inevitably get forced down to the lowest level, which means you can end up working for peanuts.
Another problem is that the biggest marketplaces charge phenomenal monthly fees. One site charges members up to $240 a month - that’s a heck of a commitment to ask…and some ask for a commitment of months or even a year at a time.
Fortunately, there are alternatives. Freelance Work Exchange, for example, has no open bidding system. You negotiate directly and privately with the employer, so that you can agree a fair rate for the job. Rates stay high - and so does quality - so everyone comes out on top.
Better still, you can join Freelance Work Exchange, with no ongoing commitment. So don’t sell yourself short - join Freelance Work Exchange now to find work in the fairest marketplace on the web Get More Info