Five Popular Websites to Get Freelance Work
By James Alina
The prevailing economic slowdown and resulting job layoffs have given a boost to
freelancing across the globe. To survive this financial turmoil, more and more people in
almost every business sector are heading towards doing freelance jobs.
There are a lot of options to start a freelance career, but the question arises: Where
to start from? Or which freelance marketplace to approach to get this kind of jobs?
There are many freelance job websites available to get freelance work. But only few of
them are worth working with. We have researched over some popular freelance job websites
based on their features and services, which may help you select the best place to get
title freelance projects.
Here are the five popular freelance websites with their respective features:
1. freelancer
LimeExchange, the first socially networked online services marketplace, which provides
a global platform to freelancers entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses
(SMBs) to work together and develop business networks. In a short span of one year this
website has exponentially grown its database to 40,000+ registered users, consistently
adding 300+ projects every month.
Not only this, it has an extensive database of projects posted by buyers in varied
categories from all across the globe. It has a broad array of collaboration features,
easy-to-use web interface, straightforward pricing, safe Escrow-based payments, cost-effective
modes of withdrawal of money, free online skill test and certifications, educational
credential verification, question and answers forum etc.
2. Elance
Elance being old in the market has strengthened its roots by providing its users
with excellent features. It offers hundreds of new freelance projects and skilled
professionals from across the globe. Some of its interesting services like Water Cooler
Community forums for Elance members and Elance University, which provides support and
information to freelance workers has made it popular among freelancers community.
3. guru
Guru is a trusted online services marketplace that offers a comprehensive database
of freelance projects and talented providers from around the globe. It is also known for
its interactive features like video profile for freelancers to acquire quality projects.
They provide effective collaboration tools to help buyers and service providers for
communicating effectively with each other. It also provides safe and secure Escrow
services to ensure smooth transaction of payments. There profile completeness section has
videos and photos uploading features and it also enables the buyers and service providers
to give mutual feedback across various parameters.
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