excellent. fiverr is nothing but trash and upwork only has tops 25/hour jobs in usa.
need a legit gig site.
need a legit gig site.
That said I loath upwork, the company has squeezed contractors for every possible drop, added subscriptions and all kinds of bullshit around communications.
I am no fan of LinkedIn, but would be happy to see Upwork have its lunch eaten.
Upwork - Biggest range. Can get a lot of crap, but the volume means a few diamonds. Better for open ended or larger engagements than Fiverr.
Individual freelancers - great if you find the right one that delivers. The downside, is without the middleman platform, there's more risk to the buyer of them disappearing or delivering late with now. BUT once you find indie freelancer they are gold.
Agencies - more expensive, but if the owner is in growth mode, they may end up being cheap for what they deliver. If already established, you get a risk-free transaction but more cost. Go to an agency if you have a big problem you want solved and handed off.
Manage collective of freelancers - if you're a killer project manager that can assemble and manage, go for it. Fiverr has a new Fiverr Business that seems to add a layer on this to help manage. Haven't tried.
TopTal - trying for the first time. Uncertain if worth it. They are good at sales, the floor seems much higher than Upwork. But if you're really good at filtering and interviewing, then you maybe should find your own as TopTal overcharges for the quality you get. Perhaps, still TBD.
I certainly get a "fast and simple" vibe from the app. But what is the experience in practice? Do you get (semi)functional work or just a 3rd country bot trying to upsale u ?
I agree you need to in a "good PM" mode for these services
There must be something that Fiverr is doing to incentivize the freelancers to deliver quickly. They are very fast.
I have yet to work on a complex project. What I would do would be to take tiny starting points of the complex project and test it with a few of them.
Anyway, I have good experience with Fiverr. Definitely has alot of amateurish people building a portfolio quickly though.
Honest question, but for IT stuff, why would it have stuff over $25/hour? It's going to be remote work, anyway, so there will be someone, somewhere, in a country with a lower cost of living, that will work for that money or even less. It's only normal that Americans won't be able to compete, over time :-)
The same is true of Upwork. I guess you're being sarcastic, because obviously many people do make more than $25 / hour through the platform.
There are good arguments against using Upwork, though these arguments are more for beginners who haven't yet found their footing as a business offering services.