Hello there, I know that you must have been looking for ways
to make money online. I want to use this opportunity to tell you that once you
are done reading this, you would have found a solution to the question “How can
I make money online”.
Who is a
freelancer
A freelancer is an individual that works on his own and for
himself. According to Wikipedia, A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term.
How can I
be a freelancer
This question is a personal one. You ask yourself “Do I have
skills that I can use to render service to others who need it”, after you
realise what skills you possess, you look for how and where to make use of them
to make money on the internet.
Personally, I have made my research on freelancing sites and
have found many of them. I have chosen www.freelancer.com
for the following reasons:
- It is a user friendly freelancing website.
- It requires no registration fee.
- It includes a wide variety of job skills (more on that below).
- Varieties of currencies supported for transactions
- Withdrawal methods that are allowed all around the world.
- 24/7 live chat support system.
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What is
freelancer.com
Freelancer.com is a secured online marketplace that is
created for freelancers to use to make money using their skills. Freelancer.com
is the largest outsourcing marketplace with over 3.6 million registered users
all over the globe, and have paid over $131 million in total to users as at 7th
of June, 2012.
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Freelancer has been in existence since February 2004 and they have
decided to help people make money by connecting different people from different
continents all over the globe. Some more features have also been added to
freelancer which includes Freemarket.com and Tycoontalk.com.
Freemarket.com is a platform where people can buy and sell.
Therefore this gives users an edge to place items that they want to sell, these
items are submitted for approval and once approved, the items are placed where
they can be sold for them by freemarket.com.
Tycoontalk.com is a forum that has been set up for users to
be able to come together and share ideas and more ways to make money online.
Is freelancer.com a scam
To answer this common question that everyone who wants to make money online ask, I will
use myself as a living witness to the authenticity of freelancer.com. Towards the end of this
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How much
does it cost to join freelancer.com
It is absolutely FREE to join, all it takes is registration.
Who can join freelancer.com
Absolutely anyone can join www.freelancer.com
from anywhere in the globe. You can Join here.
How to make
money on freelancer
- Bidding on project, successfully completing and getting paid.
- Participating in any freelancer.com contest you are capable of.
- Selling your products on freemarket.com.
- As an affiliate
With all these, I can tell you that this is a four in one
package that freelancer has given to people all around the world.
What are
the skills that freelancer.com support
Freelancer.com supports a wide variety of skills which gives
opportunity to virtually everybody to participate in the program. Some of the
major categories of skills supported are:
- Website, IT and Software
- Mobile phones and computing
- Writing and content
- Design, Media and Architecture
- Data entry and Admin
- Engineering and Science
- Product Sourcing and Manufacturing
- Sales and Marketing
- Business, Accounting, Human Resources and Legal
You can check freelancer to see more categories and
sub-categories of types of projects to be done.
Easy steps
to make money
- Click on this link to join
- Confirm your email address
- Login and select your skills
- Start Bidding and start making money
- Sell products
- Participate in contests
How can I
be successful on freelancer.com
After registration on freelancer.com, you select all your
skills and subscribe for project and contest notifications, and monthly
newsletters. This would ensure that you receive notifications of new projects
and contests as soon as they are posted online so that you can start bidding as
soon as possible. Freelancer.com has also given different user levels, you can
check out the user levels to see the one you really need. Depending on your
user level, you can follow employers in order to be informed on each project
they post.
You can also send people to freelancer.com to make money for
you. This is where the aspect of affiliate comes in. You can invite friends to
freelancer.com using your affiliate URL that you will find in the affiliate
area after you login. You get 90% of the commission that freelancer.com collect
from them. I have tried this and it worked for me.
Can I be
cheated by an employer
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One of the reasons why I love using freelancer.com is that
they would always act as a middle man. Their secure method of transaction
between employers and freelancers is one of their good features. Freelancer.com
would advise you to use a milestone payment method; this method allows
freelancer.com to totally secure the transaction between both of you. This is
how it works; you ask the employer for a milestone payment, once payment is
made, the money is debited from the employer’s account but you are not credited,
you send files to the employer, and then the employer releases payment when
satisfied with your work. If the employer is not satisfied with the job, a
dispute has to be filed and agreed by both of you, before the money can be returned
so don’t be scared that they might withdraw the money after getting what they
want.
My Personal
Testimony about freelancer.com
Up till this point, you must have been wondering who the
person that is telling you about freelancer is. My name is Johnson Ayomide Michael,
a programmer by profession. I studied computer science and just graduated from
Babcock University in Nigeria. As I said earlier, freelancer allows anyone from
anywhere in the globe to participate. This is the reason why I could take part
in this even as a Nigerian.
I am one of many Nigerians that would like to change the
mentalities of people about Nigeria. I want Nigerians to know that even in the
hard economic days, you can be your own BOSS just by sitting at home and making
money using your computer, internet and your skills. Freelancer.com is one of
those sites that have given me the opportunity to achieve this.
I joined freelancer.com June 2010 and started
bidding on projects, as at then, I was in my second year in the university. It
was looking frustrating at first when I kept bidding and no one seem to even
respond to my bids, but I kept pressing on and I told myself not to give up.
was worth $55
which was my first income on the 26 of July 2010. And after
getting good reviews from my employer, other employers who needed services I
could render began to trust me better. I continued to get more and more
projects from different employers. I made over a thousand dollars ($1000) in my
third year in school, listen, I am sure I made this little because I was using
freelancer.com as a part-time job while I was in school so you can make more if
you put more effort because there are projects for $750 and above. The highest
I have done is a project worth $450. The most interesting thing is that I could
work for people that are not in my continent and get paid even without much
stress. I majorly worked for people in the United States of America.
Now, the most interesting part of this is the withdrawal
aspect. As a Nigerian, I am restricted from some payment sites like paypal.com
which is one of freelancer.com payment option. I decided to order for a
freelancer MasterCard, made by payoneer.com. My card was delivered to me
through DHL which was one of the delivery options available. Up until this
point, my friends were scared for me if this was a scam, but on receiving the
card, they were a little bit confident but still waiting for me to withdraw the
money before they finally believe.
I made my first withdrawal of a Hundred thousand naira which
was about $665, I bought all I needed for myself and spent the rest with my
friends. This was what made them believe in making money online on freelancer.com.
I kept working and before I graduated
from school, I made over two thousand dollars ($2000), meaning freelancer.com
has helped me to use what I have to get what I need at the age of 19.
Not to bore you too much with stories, below are screen shots
that show my transaction history both on freelancer.com and payoneer.com. You
can also go to freelancer.com and search me up to confirm all that I have
written here. My username is: jeal4real
Payment proof
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| Payoneer.com transaction history |
