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Looking To Hire Freelancers?

Here are The Best Portals You Can Visit!

By Neha SainPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
Looking To Hire Freelancers?
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No matter how urgent your assignment is or trivial a job may sound, freelancers can get you across in a very short time so that you may concentrate on what’s more important. Freelancing is a superb way to supplement income and hence, professionals all over the world resort to freelancing after their regular day job or on weekends to earn some extra bucks. With a top-rated freelancer, you can rest assured that your PowerPoint presentations will be ready by the morning while you take your kids out for ice cream. Looking for a freelancer to get scripts ready for your YouTube channel?

Here are some of the best freelance portals on the internet.

Upwork

Previously Elance and perhaps the most widely known marketplace where professionals look for professionals. Many established freelancers today have tried their luck at Upwork at least once and hence there is a huge pool of freelancers trying to land jobs. A bidding system works here where freelancers send you proposals in reply to your job post. There is a 20 percent fee charged by the platform that gets reduced if you spend 500 USD with one particular freelancer.

Gig4U

A leading and popular portal that is based out of India and used by a lot of businesses and professionals. You get the chance to work with low-cost but talented freelancers with excellent skills in a variety of disciplines. Payments are protected by escrow with 24/7 customer support to assist you whenever you need help. Ranging from designing to mainstream business solutions such as marketing and cloud-based services, Gig4U freelance website is all you need to get your business up and running.

Fiverr

Unlike Upwork where there is no minimum amount that you can offer for your job, with Fiverr there is a fixed lower bracket you cannot go below for the jobs you post. This ensures a fair remuneration for freelancers and also ensures a minimum quality for the clients as well. Fiverr is suited well for small businesses and entrepreneurs looking to get one-time or smaller assignments done.

Freelancer

As competitive as Upwork, Freelancer also boasts a huge database of freelancers with almost every skill on the planet. You can check the profile and past ratings of freelancers applying for the jobs you post. The profiles are much more data-centric here with emphasis on the performance numbers of the freelancers. There is however again a commission that you would have to bear for any payments you make to the freelancers.

People Per Hour

As the name suggests, if you prefer to pay freelancers for only the hours they work, People Per Hour is the way to go. Although there are options to decide pricing on a per-project basis and if you are a business and looking to hire professionals then this is where you need to look for talent. There is anti-fraud protection in place and you can choose from a huge pool of freelancers expert in 400+ skills.

TaskRabbit

Enough of freelancers sitting behind a desk in some corner of the world. With TaskRabbit, you can have someone do the odd jobs for you physically. If you need to move your home or even plant flowers, you can hire experienced Taskers who would help you get the job done. TaskRabbit has a huge list of experienced individuals who can help you with a host of stuff you might need every day help with ranging from doing deliveries to cleaning your home and bathroom.

There you have it, some of the best portals on the internet from where you can hire freelancers to get your initiatives completed. When choosing the portal as long as there is a huge freelancer database, customer service, and escrow or other protected payment mechanisms, you are assured of quality business.

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About the Creator

Neha Sain

I am a freelance writer and blogger, and my passion lies in writing about health, fitness, food, travel, parenting, beauty & fashion. I love to write about things that make me happy and inspire others.

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