Land a Project: Online Job Bidding Sites for Freelance Writers

Finding Work on Online Job Bidding Sites

By Jennifer, published Nov 21, 2005
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As a work at home parent, I am always searching for new ways to make money. Unfortunately due to financial situations, I am unable to start my own dream business; therefore, I have to relay on work being offered by others. With most work from home jobs requiring two phone lines or high speed internet, two things that I currently can not obtain, I find myself doing some freelance writing. Freelance writing is a fairly fun way to make money; however, many writers cannot make a full income off of it. One of the increasing popular ways for freelance writers to obtain work is by online bidding sites, also known as coding sites.

In addition to freelance writing, these online job bidding sites will offer projects on web design, computer programming, and much more. Some of the sites referred to as coding sites may have initially started out as a computer site and then later adapted to include freelance work. There are some online bidding websites that you may have to pay a subscription fee; however, there are various sites that are free. Since I just started participating in the online bidding programs, I have only joined the free membership sites. You begin by setting up your profile and stating your background in freelance writing. Once your profile is all set you can start searching for open jobs.

Takeaways
  • Some bidding sites will charge monthly fees and other will take a portion of your project profits.
  • Watch out for scammers, they are out there.
  • Asking a project poster to escrow the money will help to ensure you will be paid.
Did You Know?
There are online bidding sites for freelancers to find work.
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Thanks for the tips...great article!

Posted on 10/30/2007 at 3:10:00 PM

 
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Posted on 08/28/2007 at 1:08:00 PM

 
Hi Jennifer, How are you? hope doing well, I started my company year back, now doing well, i need your help. how to get project can you help me out. i am having good Development team. u can visit my web site. www.pratech.net and my contact id: shantanu@pratech.net

Posted on 05/17/2007 at 3:05:00 AM

 
I would recommend www.rentacoder.com and www.scriptlance.com. The only thing that you need to be careful with on ScriptLance is that the last time I checked, the clients were not required to escrow your money into an account. They make that a requirement on the Rent a Coder site. I did get scammed once because of that on the Scriptlance site, but after that I just made sure that I bid on projects run by clients that already had feedback in the system and I haven't had a problem since. Good luck.

Posted on 02/01/2007 at 7:02:00 PM

 
Are there any sites you recommend and some that you would avoid?

Posted on 02/01/2007 at 12:02:00 PM

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