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Projects in Freelancer.com

by Theeban
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I was using this site(Freelancer.com) for couple of years to get some good projects in various sections, most of the projects were from US guys, But recently, I did not find such huge number of projects from US buyers who had several good reviews, the site is filled up with lots of Bangladeshi buyers with 0 reviews or so, and lots of data entry projects from them. I guess, it is not easy to trust them and work on. Anyone else noticed this?

Other than that, at the moment, I can locate some good Australia buyers as well. But US Buyers were huge plus for service providers of this site. Here, US people outsource for their small businesses. May be, outsource-restriction in US make very less US buyers on this site.

What do you guys think about it?
#freelancer.com #freelancercom #projects
  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    One guy who wrote comprehensive useful reviews of several of the big freelance marketplaces, called Freelancer the most like the "Wild west" where the most people are trying to scam each other and suggested it has the lowest price projects and lowest hourly rate bids.

    Elance produced some nicely detailed employment stats, here's part of their top employers by geographical location:
    https://www.elance.com/trends/skills...geo#GeoRanking

    Rank - Country - Jobs posted (last 18 months)
    1. United States 1,275,052
    2. United Kingdom 150,276
    3. Australia 124,442
    4. Canada 115,638
    5. India 30,350
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  • Profile picture of the author ThisTimeNextYear
    I agree - Freelancer is an absolute minefield.
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  • Profile picture of the author kochtgr
    Yes I agree too odesk and elance are much better...
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    • Profile picture of the author Theeban
      Originally Posted by kochtgr View Post

      Yes I agree too odesk and elance are much better...
      But I guess, there were lots of good service buyers in Freelancer compare to ODesk and Elance on various skills of IT other than SEO, Programming.... But now, I guess Freelancer.com people allow more spammers as service buyers than potential buyers..,
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