[Hidden-tech] Elance

[Jen Kramer]

I would politely suggest running far, far away.
 
Their Joomla (web development) freelancers are mostly charging $10-$20/hr,
looking at the top 25 listings by earnings. Not surprisingly, most are based
overseas, since it would be very hard living on a rate like that in this
country. Keep in mind that is before any fee or commission.
 
(The cheapest Joomla developers I know in New England who actually know
their stuff are charging at least $50/hr, most $75/hr and up.)
 
I understand it's tough getting work in this economy, but I really think
ELance (scriptlance, and many others) are just not the way to go.
 
Jen
 
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Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Elance


Gee...you'd think they would post something about what they do on their
homepage, without requiring you to go to their FaceBook page. You
know...like an "About" button, or an About Elance statement. All I can tell
from their homepage is that people get paid doing something.
 
Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robin MacRostie <mailto:rmacr at choreographicdesign.com>  
To: Hidden Tech-discussion <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>  
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:30 PM
Subject: [Hidden-tech] Elance

  




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This topic may have come up before.   I am thinking of applying to
www.elance.com. They see to have a big education component to explain thier
huge bunch of proceedures.   

Is this the best site for freelance?  Would one in my field be better?

What do I need to know about them?   

Who's had experience as a vendor with ?   

How secure do you feel about getting paid?  How hard/easy is it?   

 I noticed that the smaller the fee, the larger the rate of commission for
elance.  Was it worth the comission?   

I  noted  if there was a rule that you had to agree not to ever deal with a
client obtained through elance, outside of elance.   Can they do that?

thanks
Robin


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