Top Freelancing Sites

I am now going to tell how do I earn those paychecks every week. Here are the few links to the websites where you try your luck.

Elance – Find job. Deliver great work. Get paid for results.


This is one of the largest freelancing site in the internet, Many rich clients post projects here. There are more than 1,00,000 providers or freelancers in elance and more than 25K jobs are posted each month. This is one of the best freelancing site and there are both free and paid subscriptions available. For newbies you can try with the free account. 


To Join Elance you can click to this link : www.elance.com

Guru – Find Freelance Jobs at the World's Largest Online Marketplace.

Guru is another biggest freelancing site, with more than 1,10,000+ freelancers. It has an escrow integration which is is a plus point for both freelancers and employers. This site also has both free and premium membership based on categories of work which you’re willing to do. This is also one of the place you must try.

To Join Guru you can click to this link : www.guru.com

oDesk - Changing How the World Works.

oDesk is one of the best freelancing site I have ever used. It has both hourly and fixed paid jobs. They assure guaranteed payment to freelancers and guaranteed work to employers. The recommend newbies to join here.

To Join oDesk you can click to this link : www.odesk.com

Freelancer - Outsourcing for small business.

The name tells you all. This site is very popular for fixed projects, and the site claims to have most number of freelancers across the globe. They have recently introduced hourly jobs also.

This site has free membership and gold membership which costs around $25 a month. I suggest you to start with a free one first then paid membership.

To join Freelancer you can click to this link : www.freelancer.com

There are few other freelancing sites also. I will tell more about them in my next post. Till then keep checking the site. If you have any questions regarding these sites, please feel free to leave a comment. 

How to Make Sure You Get Paid for Your Freelance Jobs: 4 Important Tips

Internet is the most common place for scams, people here will use for their personal profits. This can be the most popular reason why people wont choose the path of working online as freelancer. But you can avoid this, if you take precautions and necessary steps. Everyone of us can be a victim of the online job scam but you act right and take proper decisions you can save your time and energy on those scams.

These are some common scams that you should be aware of :


= You will need to pay for membership or software before you can start working. 

Never do such stupid thing. It is an employers responsibility to provide with all the necessary things. You should not pay even a single rupee for this.


= Please start working now, we can discuss the payment later.
Never agree for work without talking about the payment terms. Make the payment terms very clear. Never let a cheater take advantage of this.

= Rush Job, Limited Positions.
This may be a scam. Lot of freelancers fall into this. The job which is rush to take contractors and dont talk much about the job but offers you high payments clearly shows false hopes.

= No Information about the company. Unknown
If ever you get an email about a company you never heard of, And even you can't search the company in the internet, then it is clearly a scam. Never click links on that email because it can be a web to trap you. They will steal your personal data and information.

Remember that you are a talented person. There will be lot of companies which will hire you and willing to pay you for your work. So never fall for the hypes of getting rich instantly.


I never experienced such scams and I also don't wont you all to fall in scams. When you are searching for jobs remember these points. If some of you have ever experienced scams and paid money to someone for getting job, then please share your views here. Please post comments on this.

5 Important Risks in Freelancing.

Before you even think in stepping into the world of freelancing, you need to know the risks involved. If you are unsuccessful you will lose big time but when you do well you earn a lot.

Here are a couple of the known risks that you must be prepared in case you opt a career as a freelancer.

1. A Freelancer will not get paid every month as a salary. Here, the more you work the more you gain.

2. Risk of financial security. You wont be getting and PF, DRA, HRA or stuff like that. You wont get any health and medical benefits or pension.

3.Freelancer means You are on your own. A freelancer works individually, he or she will not have any teammates to divide and split duties.You must be focused on the deadlines. If you fail to meet the deadline, it will be totally your fault. You are the sole responsible person.

4. Social Life.  This may be true may not be. It wont be an issue with some people. When you are on your own, you will not be meeting new friends. The best thing is you will be able to strengthen the bonds that you have with old friends.If this thing is troubling you then you can join many social networking sites like facebook, myspace, orkut and yahoo chats :)

5. We need a lot from you. This means taking decisions wisely, being responsible and become mature. You will need to face situations bravely and hope for the better day again.

As you all can see now there are tons of risks involved in freelancing. I didnt make this list to scare you but I am making you all prepared. The path will not be so easy but when you see the fruits of one's labor, you can surely state that it's all worth every paisa.

One Step Closer.

In the beginning when I was working as a full time freelancer I was roughly earning a very few US dollars. The money was enough to pay for the expenses like electricity and internet. But soon I moved up step by step similar like climbing the corporate ladder. These thing take time and if you are really hardworking and  know what you are really doing, then you can do this in less than a year. I did all kinds of jobs. I was previously working in GE - General Electric as a Technical Support Representative for 2 years. Then I worked as a Network Admin for a local firm for 2 years. But now, I am earning money from home. I am earning from the time I wake up, till I sleep. I love what I do and really do that as a hobby.
To tell you in simple words what I do now is " Support ". Yes, you won’t believe me but I give people technical and customer support to make a living. Since my childhood, I enjoyed computers and always wanted to learn how things work and I loved helping people having issues with their PC's and Gadgets. Though I took Commerce Stream, my passion for computers never ended. Now, I am happy that I am back to my passion - Technical Support. I know you might be wondering how I do that. No issues, Let me explain this to you. Success wont come to you in a day,  Sometimes you will even need to agree on gigs and contracts that gives very low money but at the same time it gives you a chance to prove that you are the best in this. And, sometimes you will experience disappointments but don’t worry guys, you should use them as lessons and challenges to make yourself better. Don't ever stop. Just keep going! In my next post I will tell you some resources and list of websites where you can try your luck and get started.

I Quit!!

After I resigned from my job, 3 months passed and  I never felt such monetary freedom. Many friends and my relatives asked me and also they were wondering how I do it and I had been kind to tell them about it. Now, I have made my mind to share it to everyone. But first of all , you need to know that my new job is not for every individual. It needs a certain percent of guts that not all people have. It is risky but it is very fruitful if done right.

Yeah, aside from the financial gain, I was able to get the most important and costly wealth in the universe " TIME ". I can now do lots of work because now I don't need to report from the routine 9am to 6pm in the office. I work on my own time and at my own schedule. I am now fully on my own. Through this blogsite, I will give my knowledge to people who want to break the barriers of the corporate bond. This is not at all  a marketing trick and I am not promoting or advertising anything or anyone here. And also keep in mind that everyone wont succeed in this thing. This is the start of my 3 months of the unemployment.

Close to a Small Payout.

On November 29th I was happy, as I got my first payment of $10.It was not at all bad as it was a very small gig. It was a job where I had to post comments in the forums, and also had to click some ads. I was excited to click on the withdraw button on PAYPAL. I will keep posting and sharing my freelancing experiences. I will also teach you the ways to earn online if you all want to make a career as a freelancer.

Be Myself.

One sunny morning on June 2009, I got up and got stuck with the reality that making money is very hard. Even with a technical degree and a good personal background, earning money required, lot more than that. This also includes investing your time and a lot of  brains. But may be this is what happens when you are starting something new. This is just like how your senior might have experienced before he reached the top of the corporate ladder or just as a website with high traffic and page rank like www.facebook.com or something.

As I was thinking with this reality, I made my online presence active. I started joining social networks, LinkedIn etc. and also joined many forums to learn this and chalked out the sites that were real and those who were fakes. I joined some PTC sites at start and participated in doing gigs. Also used Craglist and Ebay and applied for a couple of small time gigs. After few days I earned a small sum of $3, which was not even enough for a McDonalds Coke Float or a Burger, but spending about 2-3 hours in front of the computer. But since I just started this new journey, I knew that there were more money going to come in future.