Questions tagged [freelance-websites]
This tag should be used for questions about freelancing problems that involve freelancing websites like oDesk, eLance, etc. For software support questions, see that vendor's customer support page. Do NOT use this tag for questions relating to developing websites for customers.
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Some guidance on how to start as a freelance Web Designer
I am pretty proficient with WordPress, I can make very good looking sites using heavily modified Themes, my camera and Photoshop.
I never thought my skills in website making could be worth a dime ...
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How are images, icons, videos, logos, etc. budgeted, and who chooses them, the developer or the client?
Are images, icons, videos, logos, etc. included in the final budget or are they charged later when the developer has to buy them?
And also, who chooses them? Are they chosen by the developer, taking ...
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Any ways to earn by getting clicks and views?
I can get a minimum of 5000 views/clicks per day. Is there any that I could use this skill?
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Upwork - How much to charge for an hourly rate if I'm new?
I'm looking to try freelancing to do technical writing so I can pay for college classes over the summer.
I'm a Biomedical Engineering student and have experience writing and explaining technical ...
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How to make sure I will get paid
I am a web developer and SEO for my brother.
He has an insurance company and specialises on a certain type of customers that I address with special websites and SEO for him.
I'm doing this for ...
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If I worked for clients at a marketing agency, am I allowed to say I worked for them now that I'm freelance?
I’m making a website and would like to add their logos to a “happy clients” section. I won't be including any of the work I did for them, just their logos.
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How do you keep track of the details for the different websites you maintain?
I have multiple websites, mainly in Wordpress, that I manage and I need to share the details of those sites and everything about the customer's online presence in a centralized location with the ...
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Is frontend web development worth learning in 2019?
I have basic knowledge of HTML5, CSS 3, and Bootstrap. Shall I learn the frontend thing completely?
Will it be worth the time and energy keeping the fact in mind that there are tons of frontend ...
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How do I notify my Client that my Consultancy Agreement is expiring & also I want them to renew it
I am a Consultant to a company whose HR, PD & other people have not notified me that the agreement is expiring in a few days. I want to send an email to the CEO, HR, PD and do the following:
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Freelancers, do you have any advice when clients cancel the project?
I joined a website design project for a client. I asked him to deposit 50% of the project's money.
I sent draft designs; they were almost complete. Suddenly, the client said he met a financial ...
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Wordpress website quote advice
I'm looking for some advice on a quote. I've previously quoted and built a wordpress website for a client, this website is now live, and now they want me to clone that website and create a new site in ...
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freelance portfolio youtube channel
I currently work as a full time freelancer. And I develop various applications within excel. I have created lot of applications for many clients. So I thought to create a Youtube channel showing the ...
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How do time tracking application for software development freelancer work? [closed]
I would like to understand how these companies who claim keeping track of the time a freelancer works on a project do their job. So far, I have learned that some just offer a timer in their app next ...
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How to become a freelance programmer without knowing much about Web Design?
I am an aerospace engineer, but I'm quite adept at programming I believe. I am very strong with C, C++ and Python. However, I use it for computational simulations and embedded systems in the aerospace ...
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Advertise thru email
So I'm starting a basic business of consulting for web, mobile, desktop, games development. I have seen some business website around my neighborhood that really need rework or upgrade, so i was ...
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how to open a web site for offer my service like freelancer in internet?
Hello everyone I am new how to freelancer and I would like to be start my own website where I offer my own server (make website,videogames,server,docker,copywriting,etc)
do you think is good idea ...
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How to write a good proposal as a freelancer on upwork?
I am new in freelancing community and don't know how to write a good and effective proposal to get more chances of getting job?I am student and don't have any job experience.
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Refudnable payment for new freelancer [duplicate]
I am a new freelancer looking for my first client. One employer contacted me through email (after I bid and passed their test)saying I have to pay in their skrill account (as you can see I have copied ...
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How to attract customers in the special field?
I am a freelancer in the design field for a while and now I want to go deeper with this profession but in the field of the blockchain.
I feel this is a special and potential job so I want to invest ...
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How to deal with a customer who get work and didn't gave payment?
I'm logo designer.
A few days ago a customer contacted me through a freelancing site he order me to make a logo for his product. I made a logo for him. He said to make it better. I did and ...
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Customer cancelled order and didn't paid for it? Can i take him to court
If a customer get the work from seller and in the end he cancelled what should seller do?what should be his action? Can he take him to court?
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Question is how to deal with customer that is not paying through proper website channel and goes on increasing his offer?
Yesterday i got an offer from a client to give 1500 reviews and 50 post on his social account,The client offered me $250 but he was saying that i will pay you by paypal not through website pay channel....
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Do I have to pay for a freelance contract?
They offered me a freelance job to do data entry. only that to be able to be with the work they demand me the payment of 32usd. who tell me what the contract is for?
Is this so or is it a scam?
I am ...
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Why are freelance rates for mobile developers on freelancer.com so low?
For example
here, someone likes to pay $140 for a chat application (iOS and Android)
here, someone like to have an audio streaming mobile application be built. He is willing to pay $8 - $15 per hour!
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Client has cancelled the project and asking for refund of payment
I have agreed for a mobile Application project where everything has to be managed by me only as development and programming designing concern. The only Designing part has been given to another ...
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Good Domain Name for Freelance Website [closed]
If Dr. Bob Batman would decide to launch a website where he blogs and does stuff about his freelancing website (PHP, MySQl programming) that is made up of his name, which of the following do you think ...
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Is it appropriate to ask my client for more money?
So I started taking work on Freelancer.com and got my first client 2 days ago. However, he sent me the project with all the default values. "I have a project for you..." $250 budget, etc. When I went ...
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How to ask for increase the budget for a freelancing project
I have agreed to work complete the mobile App project. The client had spoken to me expressing the idea of the App.
to give some Technical structure for their idea had designed supporting Database ...
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How to efficiently find graphic design opportunities
I am looking to do some freelance work as a graphic designer. I've been in the industry for 10+ years. I can make whatever a potential client is looking for. Where do you go when first starting out?...
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What can I do if underestimated the project ?
I took a project, and I estimate it at a certain price.
Problem is, I really largely underestimate it, because of me, and some area where the client was not very clear.
I did it on a freelancer ...
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Upwork no project still need to pay taxes
How does paypal work with upwork do they just send the money to Paypal and if you can't get project you still have to pay for taxes from upwork?
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How to find clients when you are a freelancer?
How do I find clients? I've created my own website where I offer my services, I've posted links to that website on Facebook sale groups and still no one is calling. I don't have a big and impressive ...
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Does the success of a website depend not only on the number of visits but on the target population too?
I think of building a website (may be with an android app too) that has games for kids (to train the brain, memory, attention ...etc). In case all goes well, how would the economic model be? I don't ...
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Develop for self or Freelance? [closed]
I am developer myself, intro aside I want to know people who have tried freelancing or uploaded own apps on stores. Which side is more favoring and rewarding (worth spending time), Thanks in advance ...
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I did some freelance work for someone who is a sole proprietor, how do I report on my taxes?
So, I recently finished a job with a friend who runs a business through his Sole Proprietorship (sp), and the sp is in his name (we both live in Pennsylvania). The job cost $6000 total, which we split ...
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Being safe as a client
The title may not be the best thing to describe my question and I apologize for that
I am a client with a project that is basically a private social network, the project is aimed at a certain family ...
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Can I sue my client for not paying?
So, I got a client through Freelancer about a year and a half ago who was not willing to pay me on the site because he said he had an accountant and company process that didn't allow that, but he was ...
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How to prepare a job to keep it on schedule?
I seem to be having the same problem with my projects, particularly my Wordpress website clients. I estimate the time it takes to complete the task but the project gets held up because the client ...
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Can I get into freelance web development with just basic web dev knowledge?
I'm not an experienced web developer but I'm in college and really needed a quick job as I'm in a financial pit. I can hack up a website in Python/Django in short time depending on complexity. (Eg. a ...
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How can a new programmer work from home as a freelancer
I'm a new programmer who lost his job(in a different field) recently due to a health issue. Now I can work from home only. So being a programmer I think it could be possible but since I'm new(21/male) ...
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Should I separate websites for blog and business?
I am a freelancer for web-development and I have currently 3 customers but no own homepage.
I want to create a blog in English. The main reasons for that are given in this short talk.
Secondly, I ...
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Is it unacceptable or not wise to email clients during the weekend?
This Exchange question here: Staying in contact with clients when I have a different sleep-wake rhythm (being a night owl or living in a different time zone) deals with the subject quite well, but it ...
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Freelancing for practice
I'm a beginner in web application development and I'm wondering if there are places to find smaller projects to practice one's skills. The reason I'm asking this is because where I'm from there used ...
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how to create a portfolio when you have never got hired?
I am training on converting PSD files To HTML , I get the PSDs from upwork ,
is it right to upload the done work in free domain and put it in my portfolio ?
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Is it possible to earn $200 a month by freelancing? [closed]
I've been trying to earn just $200 a month for five years now but I failed!
I tried tons of PTC and surveys websites and I found out that they are scam or they pay too low. They don't worth it. I ...
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Why < $10 per hour for freelancing?
I'm a freelancer myself for mobile apps and also frequently hire other freelancers for my works. Everytime when I make a bid, I receive bids from all over the world. Many of the bidders charge like $...
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How to charge complex development environment as a freelancer?
A project manager (client owner) hired me to work on his project w/o a signed contract. I gave him a quote about certains tasks.
I started working on the project and it turns out the environment (...
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Maintenance contract as a Full-Stack developer with big company
I know the question have been debated here, but I didn't quite find a lot of informations about developement (most was about CMS aka WordPress, Drupal)
So I did a mission of about 3 months with a big ...
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Getting payment outside of platform
If a client and freelancer agrees to pay outside of platform directly i don't see a problem.
But some sites just block the accounts ( they spy on your messages yeah).
Can anyone explain me how is ...
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Which website is best for freelancing?
I'm currently working as a freelancer at fiverr from the last few months. Now I've listen about many others sites for freelancers like freelancer,guru,upwork etc. I don't know which website is best ...
