Freelance means self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments and projects while sitting on your couch at your home in your casuals at any hour of the day. You are your own boss. You can have multiple benefits of working as a freelancer such as flexibility and independence, you can control your workload, freedom of clients( you can choose clients). As it is pandemic time and everyone is sitting in their homes doing nothing and getting bored, they can start selling their skills online. Following is the list of the best platforms where you can buy and sell your skills. In this world of the internet, it is hard to find platforms where you can earn legitimately and easily. First thing first, there is no shortcut for earning money, usually, a website or advertisements that offer quick money in a brief time is a scam or illegal or based on subscriptions with less profit. These types of websites or advertisements are fake and trap the people and sell their personal data so, never fall for such advertisement and always do your research. So, the first step of starting freelancing is to do good research and find the best platform for your skills. The second thing is to join these websites or platforms. Thirdly, create an exceptionally good profile or bio that will attract the clients and buyers. The fourth thing is to create gigs or bidding requests. In the beginning, do not fix your rates higher. Once you build a good clientele then you can upgrade your rates. Following are the five best freelancer platform from where you can start your freelance career.
1. Fiverr
Fiverr Fiverr is an online platform for freelance services founded in 2010. It provides a platform for freelancers to buy and sell services to customers worldwide. You can sell your services related to graphic design, website development, writing & translation, voice-over, programming and tech, social media management, virtual assistant, digital marketing, mobile app development, lifestyle, data entry, SEO, video, and animation, and many more. You can sell your skill from $5 to $5000. Fiverr also provides many courses to enhance your skills. It is the best platform for beginners. One can also join Fiverr affiliate programs to start their earnings.
2. Upwork
Upwork is an American freelancing platform for the freelancer to sell their skills at a high price than Fiverr. In comparison to Fiverr, you can sell your skills at a relatively high price. Here you get 20 free contacts that you must use to send bidding requests. After that, you must buy these contacts to send more bidding requests. You can sell skills like website development, programming and tech, data entry, animation, transcriptionist, digital marketing, mobile app development, teaching, content writing, virtual assistant, SEO, voice-over, and many more. It has more than twelve Million freelancers and more than 5 million clients.
PeoplePerHour is a UK based online community of freelance talent that helps freelancers and companies to sell and buy skills, respectively. After Fiverr and Upwork, it is one of the most rising freelance platforms to sell your skills on. Depending on your skills, you can earn from $5 to more than $1000 based on the project. Here Jobs start from little as an hour “Offers” and can be ramped up as needed to build whole teams online. You are charged for your work hourly here. It has around 3 million registered freelancers. You can sell skills like website development, programming and tech, teaching, digital marketing, mobile app development, data entry, content writing, animation, transcriptionist, virtual assistant, SEO, voice-over, and many more.
4. Guru.com
It is also one of the largest freelance marketplaces. It allows companies to find a freelancer. It is one of the top 100 freelance websites with around 1 million freelancers. It is easy to use and good for a beginner. After Fiverr, Upwork, PeoplePerHour, it is one of the best platforms to initiate your career with. You can earn from $10 to $1000 or above depending on the skills and project. You can sell skills related to sales and marketing, programming and technology, digital marketing, Website development, eCommerce, graphic designing, transcriptionist, cv or resume writer, music and audio, video and animation, voice-over, content writing, and many more.
5. Freelancer
Founded in 2009, the freelancer is one of the best websites to earn money by selling your skill legally. It is in the top 100 freelance platforms from where you can start your earning. It allows potential employers to post jobs that freelancers can then bid to complete. You can earn from $50 to $1000 or above based on your skills and projects. You can sell your skills like content writing, website development, mobile app development, marketing and sales, eCommerce, video and animation, audio and music, research writing, cv writing, virtual assistant, social media management, SEO optimization, data entry, and many more.
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Sabahat Tahir Malik
