This blog throws light on the term freelancing and the authentic online freelancing platforms on which an individual can work as a freelancer and earn handsome amount of money to fulfill his daily needs.
Freelancing
Freelancing is a field in which an individual work for a number of companies for short duration and he is paid for his work just sitting at home. He does not need to go to office to perform office works.
Freelancing Platforms
As more people are opting freelancing field nowadays, so it is mandatory to know which online freelancing platforms are authentic in order to avoid scam. There are number of freelancing platforms but the most authentic famous ones are listed below.
- Upwork
- Freelancer
- Fiverr
- Guru
- People Per Hour
Upwork
Elance-oDesk was re-branded as Upwork in 2015. It is most authentic freelancing platform. A large number of professionals and business personals connect and collaborate remotely. Being so populated, Upwork hardly an individual account who wishes to earn through this platform. Upwork is looking for the freelancers who have up-to-date skills. Projects mostly requested here of long duration. Almost every field projects are posted here. Normally 20% service fee against each project is being charged by Upwork.
Freelancer.com
Freelancer.com is the second largest freelancing platform after Upwork.com. It was founded by Matt Barrie and its headquarter is in Sydney, Australia. Account on freelancer.com gets approved in no time. The freelancers looking for projects of large duration can find such projects easily. Hourly projects are also listed here in which an individual is getting paid for number of hours he worked on a single project. Almost every field projects are posted here. Freelancer.com awards 8 bids to each freelancer every month for bidding purpose. It has different badge levels. One can be upgraded to higher level by investing each level subscription fee. 20% service fee is charged by freelancer.com for long term project and for fixed budget projects, they charge $3 as a service fee for fixed costs project.
Join freelancer.com by visiting www.freelancer.com
Fiverr
Just like upwork and freelancer.com, fiverr is another freelancing platform on which an individual can earn handsome amount of money by utilizing their skills. It is very easy to use. The main feature of this platform is that it does not have any subscription charges for any badge level. Badge levels are awarded on the basis of number of projects completed with 5 star rating. This platform allows every freelancer the opportunity to bid on 10 projects daily. Projects posted here are of small duration. For students and office going people, this platform is recommended for part-time work. It charges 20% service fee against each project.
Guru
Guru is another authentic freelancing platform. It is one of the first freelancing site which has promising 2M authentic freelancers. It contains almost every duration project and it is still unknown most of the freelancers. So competition here is comparatively less than other freelancing sites. It gives 8 bids free of cost to each freelancer for bidding on their expertise field projects. Service fee is different for different level projects.
Join guru by visiting www.guru.com
People Per Hour
People Per Hour is a UK- based company founded in 2007. It is one of the promising freelancing platform in terms of hourlies projects. Freelancer are getting paid for number of hours done on a single project. But it charges more subscription fee as compared to other freelancing sites.
Join PeoplePerHour by visiting www.peopleperhour.com
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