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Outsourcing is the act of obtaining goods or services from outside suppliers (especially, in place of one or more internal sources).

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Is it a good idea to hire an outsourced freelancer directly?

Is it a good idea? Yes. Are there cons in working directly? Yes. When you work over freelancer websites, you can see what other clients said about the contractor, the money you load is guaranteed e.g …
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Should your client know that you intend to outsource several parts or the whole project

This all depends on your relations with the client and your own professional conduct. Many contractors will simply take and pile up jobs and subcontract them without informing clients or taking care …
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Is there any difference between outsourcing and subcontracting?

Outsourcing - usually smaller projects. Another team is hired and the project is outsourced to them. The real client is usually not aware that his project is done by 3rd party. … As I said, this may be my own interpretation, but each time someone approached to me with a term "outsourcing project", it was usually a smaller project. …
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How to find Web Development work outside the freelancing sites?

You can get work on different forums which deal with web development. All of them will have job sections where people look for programmers there, rather than on freelancing sites. But you need to have …
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How to find clients/companies with long-term projects and/or steady flow of work

Everyone of us has been asking himself the same question. I've seen people getting long-term good clients after only a couple of projects. Others, are still searching for them. I have only a few lon …
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Am I charging my clients too much?

As I can see, you charged them 8 pounds per hour, which is $13 per hour. This is a very good price and you definitely did not overcharge them. Your other mistake is that you investigated the price o …
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