Make Money Online by bidding on projects at Freelance Marketplaces
Freelance marketplaces (also known as outsourcing marketplaces) are such websites that match buyers and sellers of internet-provided services.
Freelance marketplaces are changing the ways of doing business and are growing at a rapid rate. These freelance marketplaces have immense potential, both for buyers and suppliers, this has been possible mainly due to their smooth transaction processes and global reach. These marketplaces have makes it easy for searching freelance jobs to make money online.
The buyers here are not consumers, they are actually like “businessman” who bid for the projects or stuff which the “seller” is asking for.These marketplace uses its potential for the benefits of buyers and sellers. It gives them instant access to the global audience.
Benefits to the Buyers:
A freelance marketplace removes all the geographical barriers and buyers get access to a number of new suppliers.
- Access to user friendly and smooth online transaction processing lowers the transaction costs and saves time.
- Buyers can compare the products and services offered on a marketplace for efficient purchasing decisions.
- Delivery tracking is also easier apart from assurance of quality by established freelance marketplaces having their own brand value.
Benefits to the Suppliers(Bidder) :
- When a supplier does business locally, his market is limited. A freelance marketplace gives an opportunity to do business globally and explore new markets.
- Online sales processing minimizes the need of other human and material resources thereby reducing overhead costs in a significant manner.
- Apart from product listings, freelance portals also include many other features such as discussion groups, latest industry news, and other business oriented information that can be used by the companies to expand their business.
According to me, these could be the best marketplaces where you start searching for freelance jobs immediately and start making money online.
1. GetAFreelancer.com
Getafreelancer is a very professional bidding site with classic theme. In fact, it is one of the leaders in the world of freelance industry. You can bid through thousands of projects on this site from various categories.
Bid on the projects in which you think you are best and make money online.
Sign up for GetAFreelancer.
2. LimeExchange
LimeExchange is new but a very good competitor in the freelance marketplace category. It is a Global Marketplace connecting Businesses and Professionals. I think many of you have seen it’s ads running on many sites via Google Adsense.
On LimeExchange you will see many projects by big companies paying a good amount for the work. I felt the Interface is really nice and easy to understand.
Sign Up for LimeExchange.
3. Webmaster Forums
Nowadays, you will find many webmaster forums like sitepoint have their own marketplace which also does have huge potential and could be a good way for you to search for your interested work.
Other than these there are many more freelance marketplaces which are highly popular but I don’t use them that’s why I have not included them here. Some of them are:
Freelance marketplaces have proved to be one-stop business solutions for buyers as well as suppliers and could help you make money online just by sitting at home.
“Freelancing is widely seen as the model for work in 21st century.”
What do you think about Freelance Marketplaces? Have you ever had any good or bad experience which you would like to share by commeting below?
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Twitter: @tycoonblogger
June 4, 2009
7:17 am
I hav been successful getting writing gigs at Digital Point. Another great outsourcing site tha I hae used in rentacoder.com. I have never heard of LimeExchange, I will have to check them out.
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June 4, 2009
3:48 pm
Great to see that you are earning a good from DP as freelance writer.
Well I know about rentacoder.com but I think it’s only specific to Software programming related area. Isn’t it?
Yup you should really chk LimeExchange. It is owned by Lime Labs LLC which owns many cool projects like limedomains.com.
June 4, 2009
2:41 pm
I like Freelance Marketplaces very much. They give a great chance to make money online easily. Everything is smooth to perform at these marketplaces.
Well like you, My favorite marketplace is also GetaFreelancer. It’s damn gr8.
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June 4, 2009
3:49 pm
Nice; you also like GetAfreelancer marketplace. Looking at your comment I think you are having a very good experience with these marketplaces.
Twitter: @arafat21
June 4, 2009
5:58 pm
I only aware of GetAfreelancer on your list. However, I never won a bid, perhaps I never tried to won it. I am pretty happy with my blogging earning. Anyway thanks for this info. My friends definitely going to love this article.
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June 4, 2009
8:18 pm
That’s great that you have good blogging earnings so you don’t need to visit freelance marketplaces for work. I hope your friend also would like this article very much.
Twitter: @gfserradinho
June 4, 2009
11:09 pm
Hi,
I have never really thought of making money on these sites before. Lets just say that my skills are not as good as others although I taught myself PHP and I love it.
Thanks for the links, I will have to go have a look and see what is it all about.
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Twitter: @smartbloggerz
June 5, 2009
3:22 pm
yes, I think you should really go and try your luck on making money online with your PHP skills. There are many jobs for PHP skilled people.
You can also try rentacoder.com which is Freelance Makretplace for software progrmmer.
Try your PHP skills in creating a software
Twitter: @curiouslp
June 5, 2009
12:16 am
I’ve never used them, thanks for letting us know
Cheers
Sandeep
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June 5, 2009
3:16 pm
Hope you earn something from those sites.
Twitter: @sensonize
June 6, 2009
5:36 am
Great tips! I’ve actually got an evil idea on my mind reading this. This is surely going to result in a blog post on my blog.
Cheers!
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June 6, 2009
8:10 pm
“Evil Idea”. Can you share it with us :0
Twitter: @sbunting108
June 7, 2009
12:32 am
Nice! But i dont know what it is, but i am sort of scared of hiring someone else the other side of the world to do work for me.
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June 8, 2009
1:05 pm
Don’t get scared. Always outsource your projects to those who got good feedback in past.
Twitter: @Brad Officer
June 7, 2009
5:57 pm
There is a great freelance place called Crowdspring.com. They do the freelance gig a little differently for graphic and web design. As a consumer you post a project, and the creatives submit their designs. You pick the best and pay a pre-set fee. Crowd Spring skims off the top.
Cool concept.
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June 8, 2009
1:04 pm
Thanks Jack. That site really looks awesome for creative freelancer.
Thanks again.
Twitter: @chotoan
June 8, 2009
12:51 pm
Great post, I had never hear LimExchange. Thanks a lot!
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June 8, 2009
1:01 pm
I am amazed that you didn’t heard about LimeExchange because they have spent thousands of dollars on advertising campaign but still they haven’t got your attention
September 14, 2009
5:05 am
You forgot to mention rentacoder which is the most popular website for software development in USA. So far elance is concern, i use to bid at this site. They are good in payments.
Twitter: @smartbloggerz
September 14, 2009
1:39 pm
Well I talked about in previous comments but it is only based on Two things i.e. “Software Development” and “Programming”. Other freelance marketplace have dozens of categories.