Want to add some extra income sitting home in your free time??
Then freelancing is the best way to do this to avoid number of scams, Here are Top 10 Best freelance sites to earn money sitting home.
1. Toptal
Toptal is
a freelance network of elite software engineers and digital designers
from over 100 countries around the world. The company’s screening
process weeds out all but the top 3 percent of talent in multiple
categories, which means that once accepted, you’ll join an exclusive
community of experts.
Toptal lets you decide if you want to work
hourly, part-time or full time, and you set your own rates so you’ll
never be stuck in a bidding war. What’s perhaps best for freelancers is
that Toptal also screens clients -- and works with top companies like
AirBnB, IDEO and JP Morgan -- so you’ll always have a steady supply of
interesting projects and clients who appreciate the value of your work.
2. Upwork
In 2014, two leading freelance networks, Elance and oDesk, merged to form
Upwork,
which is now the largest network for freelancers by a long shot. With
more than 10 million registered users, four million clients, and three
million jobs posted every year, Upwork has something to offer for
everyone from writers and architects to legal aides and photographers.
You
can sign up for short- or long-term projects, and elect to work by the
hour or be paid per-project. The site features an easy-to-use chat
feature, a time-tracker and a payment protection plan to make
communication and collaboration with your client a breeze.
3. 99Designs
I've had friends who've been using this one for years here
in the Bay Area, it's based in Oakland, and Tim Ferris mentions them all
the time on his podcast, so I can't escape this company.
99Designs
is exclusively for designers, but it puts a cool spin on the freelance
platform. Rather than let clients scroll through freelance profiles,
clients crowdsource their projects. Clients first fill out a brief
detailing their project, and then designers can submit work based on
that brief. Clients pick the best submission, and the winning designer
gets the money. If they so choose, clients can then continue to work
with that designer to design a fully-fledged version of what they did
for the contest.
99Designs has over a million designers in its network and
has completed over $100 million in transactions between clients and
designers, so the unusual business model is clearly working well for the
company.
4. PeoplePerHour
PeoplePerHour
is a freelance site for all skills related to web projects, including
software engineers, digital designers, SEO specialists and marketers.
5. FlexJobs
FlexJobs
stands out as a freelance job site by vetting jobs, not freelancers.
Instead, freelancers are the ones who pay for the platform. In return,
FlexJobs provides a list of jobs, currently just under 30,000 in number,
that the platform has vetted as legitimate. Freelancers can then apply
to those jobs through the contact information provided by FlexJobs. The
service also provides skill testing, job search tips, and special
members-only discounts through site partners to create loyalty among its
freelance network and provide them added benefits.
6. Guru
Since its inception in 2001,
Guru
has completed 1 million jobs and received $200 million in payout.
Today, Guru has 1.5 million freelancers on its platform. In order to
look through such a large number of freelancers effectively, clients can
look through freelancer portfolios that include previous earnings and
client reviews as well as skills and experience. Freelancers in turn can
get an idea of whether a client's job is viable by looking at how much
they have spent on freelancers in the past.
7. LinkedIn Profinder
With over 420 million members in over
200 countries, LinkedIn is indisputably the go-to place for learning
about all things job-related. Recently, LinkedIn decided to begin its
foray into the freelance economy by quietly launching
LinkedIn Profinder, which is helping freelance professionals find their next job.
8. SimplyHired
SimplyHired
offers the largest variety of freelance jobs of any site on this list.
From construction to concierge work, the site boasts a bounty of
opportunities for anyone seeking extra work, and it helps freelancers
find jobs in over 24 countries. It also isn’t limited to
English-language work, offering 12 different languages in which you can
find jobs.
9. Crowded
A self-described "marketplace for on-demand workers,"
Crowded
aims to fix the supply and demand problem with freelance job
opportunities: how do freelancers find job opportunities, and where do
companies hire effective freelancers? Crowded pulls freelance job
postings from several on-demand platforms and makes them available to
its network of freelancers. The company was just founded in 2015, and
even with its soft launch, the platform already has over 11,000
freelancers and 400 platform partners. Don't be surprised if this
freelance site becomes much bigger in 2016, just based on the growth
we've seen so far.
10. Freelancer
Freelancer
boasts 17 million registered users, but not all of them are active.
Regardless, what separates it from other job sites is its competitive
edge. Freelancer regularly hosts contests in which employers post a
project with a money prize, and freelancers bid on the project with
their submissions. This serves as a way for freelancers to showcase
their talent and hone their skills and makes the hiring process easier
for employers as they can see different takes on their project. It
should be noted that this process may not be very conducive to people
just trying out freelancing or who are unsure of their skills.
