Earning money from home, I completely forgot to talk about foreign freelance exchanges. In the meantime, such information will be very useful for those who already have sufficient experience in the chosen field and have a good knowledge of a foreign language (mostly, of course, English is required) to communicate with a customer from the other side of the world.
Why do overseas shores attract Russian freelancers so much? First of all, it is worth noting a purely subconscious reason, mentality. It may be sad to say this, but our country is by no means full of patriots. Both here and there we constantly hear: “And in America...”, “And in Europe...”, “And the Chinese...”. At a subconscious level, a point is put aside that it is necessary by all means to get out of the country and work for foreign companies. This is especially strong among modern youth. And since everyone makes their way in their own ways, then freelancers also find practical applications for realizing their “American dream.”
Now about the practical aspects of the issue. First of all, the cash rate on foreign freelance resources is much higher than on domestic ones, even popular ones that are not deprived of wealthy customers. As a rule, Western freelancers receive twice the salary for a completed project. Foreign customers understand that the quality of work directly depends on the cost, unlike domestic representatives who want to get more and cheaper. In addition, payment is often made not for the fact of completing the work, but on an hourly basis, which, in a sense, is much fairer in relation to the employee, albeit a remote one.
Since freelance exchanges appeared abroad much earlier than here, their service for secure transactions is more thoughtful. In our country, such a service is used quite rarely (it is not free, and you have to pay a commission), usually you have to ask the customer for such a manifestation of business. In Europe and America this has already become a habit. The “escrow” system, popular on overseas exchanges, will be an excellent guarantee that you will receive your payment. And there are more orders there.
However, there are downsides here too. First of all, of course, it is worth mentioning the language barrier. If you do not speak a foreign language, no electronic translators like Google Translate or PROMT will help you. You are unlikely to even be able to come to a normal agreement with the customer, let alone constant cooperation.
Hello, dear readers and guests.
For those who have not yet worked with exchanges and do not know where to start, I advise you to read my previous article, in which I talk in more detail about.
Exchanges and freelance sites by category
The best freelance exchanges
Here are the most popular sites among freelancers and clients, where you can find tasks in all possible ways:
- fl.ru is the No. 1 freelance exchange in Russia and the CIS. More suitable for professionals with a good portfolio and experience; it’s difficult for beginners to get into it. To fully operate, you need to pay your account monthly.
- weblancer.net is, in my opinion, the second most popular site for freelancers and offering their services. Currently there are more than 3 thousand open orders.
- work-zilla.com is an exchange for beginners, you can find thousands of different simple tasks and try your hand at freelancing. Read.
- freelancejob.ru – remote work for professional freelancers with a good portfolio.
- kwork.ru - the site allows you to offer and sell your services at a single price of 500 rubles.
Exchanges for copywriters and rewriters
If you can write and know how to type on a keyboard, then on these exchanges you can easily find tasks for writing texts, selling articles, translations, etc.
- etxt.ru is a popular remote work exchange for copywriters, rewriters and translators. Order and sell articles on any topic. Check out the details.
- text.ru is a large service for copywriters and rewriters. There is also an article store and various scripts for checking texts. Read.
- textsale.ru is a website for selling texts, there is a rating of popular topics on which you can write articles and sell them at competitive prices.
- advego.ru is the No. 1 content exchange. Many different tasks for text authors, there is a store for buying and selling articles.
- copylancer.ru is a rewriting and copywriting exchange with low prices for articles.
- turbotext.ru is a relatively young project, orders for copywriting, rewriting, naming and other micro-tasks. See.
- qcomment.ru is a service with microtasks, you can earn money by writing comments.
- textbroker.ru is a bureau of professional copywriters, here you can sell texts from 100 rubles per 1000 characters.
- contentmonster.ru is a very popular exchange, there are a lot of orders. To become a performer, you need to pass a test in the Russian language. Also on the site you can study several courses on copywriting for free. See.
- smart-copywriting.com – on this exchange there are 16 types of specialization, orders for articles, poetry, naming, resumes, etc.
- miratext.ru is a simple and very convenient copywriting exchange. The main types of orders are copywriting, text rewriting, articles in a foreign language.
- snipercontent.ru is a site that brings together webmasters and copywriters.
- fll.ru is a service for posting tasks and searching for remote work in the field of writing texts.
- neotext.ru is a content exchange and article store.
Websites for 1C specialists and programmers
I didn’t find many specialized sites for IT specialists and programmers. Later, when we look at these professions in more detail, I will give many more examples of various forums and portals where you can find good remote work for programmers.
- 1clancer.ru— an exchange for programmers and 1C specialists from all CIS countries.
- devhuman.com— a service for IT specialists, programmers, startupers and other specialists that allows you to quickly create a team for your project.
- modber.ru— another site for 1C professionals.
Our freelancers have long discovered foreign sites. Moreover, immigrants from Eastern Europe are highly valued by foreign customers for their reasonable prices and high level of work.
But foreign freelancing is not limited to Freelancer.com and Upwork.
Freelance. Today will tell you about little-known foreign exchanges in our open spaces. Perhaps this is where you will find a good job or see an interesting idea.
This is an exchange for translators. Don't look at the unpretentious design - there is a lot of work here, and customers come from all over Europe. You know the language well - why not make money?
ProZ.com offers large catalog of professional translation services . There are freelance translators working here from Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese and other languages, as well as those specializing in legal, medical, technical and other fields, who can be contacted directly. There are no commissions or fees for customers on the site.
Professional translators use the site for collaboration, dictionary translation, training, and much more. Various competitions and events are also held here.
You can become a full member of the community to maximize your opportunities to communicate with other freelancers and get translation work after registering for free.
SEOClerks is SEO services market
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Those wishing to purchase or sell services submit advertisements that are visible immediately on the main page.
Users communicate through personal messages, after completing the service, leave reviews for each other and make payments through the service. The system works with PayPal, Bitcoin and AlertPay.
The price is written next to each advertisement - it is indicated by the “clerks” themselves. The buyer can only choose the best offer.
To work here, you need not only to speak English, but also to be able to sell yourself well and make a tempting offer.
The buyer can also place a request, write what services he needs, and how much he is willing to pay.
FlexJobs is the leading job search site. His specialization is work in the telecommunications sector, freelance projects, remote work and flexible work
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Each vacancy is checked and selected literally by hand: the service takes care of applicants and protects them from scammers and scammers, offering only real projects.
New tasks appear in dozens every day, in every category. A little-known exchange – but why is it bad enough to start with?
And this service PHelps you find a freelancer in your city
. The purpose of the resource is to maintain connections between businesses and top-level freelancers in major cities. That is, if a company needs to attract real talent to solve a problem, this is the place for them.
Offers two options for cooperation - publish a task or find a performer in the catalogue.
The site itself determines your location when you enter, but I wouldn’t rely on the system: for some reason they put me in Tallinn :)
Registration and work on the exchange is free, the service does not take a commission from performers. Working directly with your clients.
The exchange does not interfere with payments, rates, or operations. You are in control from the very beginning.
Essentially, this is a directory of freelancers, broken down by city and specialization, with the ability to publish a project. By the way, I didn’t find representatives of Russian and Ukrainian cities - maybe it’s worth adding a little geographical diversity to the exchange?
Earning money abroad has always attracted the attention of domestic freelancers. In popular blogs, authors highlight the achievements of foreign colleagues and advise adopting their experience. Masters of various industries cooperate with customers in Europe and America, succeed and have a good income.
I was struck by the idea of making a close acquaintance with foreign freelance exchanges. I wonder if any of you have already studied their principles and structure? If not, let’s start right now, and if yes, I’ll share my own impressions with you.
The first thing I will mention is salaries. From newcomers you can hear talk about “heavenly places” where specialists receive exorbitant sums. In fact, in order to count on a decent salary, you need to correctly assess your strengths. Exchanges are international, and they employ people from hundreds of corners of the Earth. Fierce competition is present in every segment:
- programming,
- design,
- copywriting,
- 3D modeling,
- engineering, etc.
Indian, Chinese and Pakistani specialists especially drive down prices. These “daredevils” are ready to make websites for 30-50 dollars and for the same price they will create an architectural design for a two-story cottage. For Europeans, this “oriental flavor” makes their hair stand on end. And Internet migrant workers from Russia will find such prices ridiculous.
But there is also good news. There are more offers on foreign sites. And if employers need really high-quality work, then they try not to turn to comrades from China or India, but look for experienced professionals, even for serious money. Next we move on to specific examples.
One of the most famous English-language exchanges, owned by the Australian company Freelancer Limited. Positions itself as the first largest crowdsourcing site in the world. At the time of writing, the number of completed projects is about 11 million, and registered users are 22,500,000. Since its founding, this colossus has absorbed several projects:
- vWorker (USA),
- LimeExchange (USA),
- Scriptlance (Canada),
- EUFreelance (Sweden),
- GetAFreelancer (Sweden),
- Freelancer.de Booking Center (Germany),
- Freelancer.co.uk (UK).
Among similar resources, the platform has the highest Alexa rank (an indirect assessment of site traffic). This means that it is “live” and is of interest to employers. Agree, the statistics are impressive.
The main areas of cooperation are the following:
- web development,
- software creation,
- services of lawyers and legal consultants,
- Accounting,
- mobile games and applications,
- writing texts,
- marketing,
- engineering,
- content management.
The specialization is varied. There are projects for 15 USD. e., and within 200-500 USD.
A large, young and ambitious resource. The company merged two popular freelance exchanges, oDesk and Elance, and entered the market in the spring of 2015. A unique feature of Upwork is that an agent can be booked with an hourly rate or a fixed budget. In the first case, the system requires the contractor to install a special program on the PC to enter screenshots into his diary, where the stages of the work being performed are visible. Therefore, you won’t be able to sit back and procrastinate. Only hardcore.
There is something here for those who are knowledgeable about:
- web design,
- mobile applications,
- programming,
- creating articles,
- accounting,
- marketing,
- graphic design,
- management and sales.
You are allowed to use useful tools on the exchange:
- Jira: an issue tracking system used to organize interaction between users;
- Google Drive (“Google Drive”): for storing and sharing information;
- GitHub: online service for hosting and joint development of IT projects.
Specialists can form groups, collaborate, show the customer statistics of successfully completed tasks, and supplement their portfolio with a video presentation.
This resource has existed for ten years, but it caught my eye recently. What I noticed on this exchange really surprised me. I will say more, I began to respect the Western approach to business. So, let's move on to the review.
The profile of this site is narrower than those previously discussed. She specializes in creating and selling content. Therefore, the lion's share of orders is for those who write, that is, for copywriters. But not only. There are also vacancies available for:
- SEO optimizers,
- webmasters,
- translators,
- photographers,
- text designers.
At first it seems that there are no differences from Russian text platforms. But then I noticed one thing. Can you imagine? They have three content acquisition schemes:
- Usage: The article is purchased for publication only, but you do not have ownership rights to it. The same text can be purchased by other persons.
- Unique: you get a guarantee that the project has not been published anywhere or by anyone before. But full copyright does not apply, and the buyer is obliged to use the content in its original form.
- Full Right: The owner is given full control over the text and can do whatever they want with it.
The first type is the cheapest, the last is the most expensive. In this case, the author independently decides under which license to put the product up for sale. The price for an average article (3000-4000 characters) is $35-65. But there are pearls for 100-200 USD.
A copywriter abroad is not just a person who has a good command of words. This requires knowledge of accepted terminology, understanding of the mentality of the target audience, and the ability to use metaphors and lexical units. With a school level of English, there is frankly no chance of success.
Another nuance of the site: the calculation is carried out not by characters, but by the number of words. At the first stages, this approach will be unusual. But then you get involved and start counting in “other categories.”
Also on Constant Content there is a store of images, drawings and videos. A very smart business move. Why scour the Internet looking for media files if everything is collected in one place? In this section you will find part-time jobs for photographers and videographers.
To summarize: what does a freelancer’s earnings depend on?
Registering on a foreign exchange does not mean starting to make good money. Fees depend on the following factors:
- qualifications and the ability to improve them;
- ability to concentrate;
- the time you are willing to devote to work;
- ability to find customers and negotiate with them;
- presence of experience, positive reviews;
- meaningful portfolio.
The better you do with the above, the higher the potential opportunities. Good luck!
Do you feel like you’re ready to quit your job, take control of your day, fight for your clients, and work only on interesting tasks? It's time to try your hand at freelancing. This is not easy at all, and more often than not it is more difficult than the office routine. In order not to be disappointed in the choice of work format, give yourself a test drive - on holidays or on weekends. We have collected sites where you will find tasks to your liking.
For those who have been in the subject for a long time // The largest and most visited
Weblancer.net- a large remote work exchange. After registration, be sure to fill out your portfolio - it will help you get more orders.Freelance.ru- one of the largest freelance exchanges. Initially it was a forum.
FL.ru- an exchange for freelancers of various specializations. To effectively promote your services, you need to buy a PRO account.
Freelancehunt.com- labor exchange for programmers, designers, copywriters, and other specialists.
FreelanceJob.ru- is positioned as an exchange for professional freelancers with a good portfolio.
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1clancer.ru- remote work for 1C specialists. Lots of jobs with good budgets.Devhuman.com- service for developers, startupers and IT companies. You can quickly assemble a team of any specialists to complete any IT project.
Modber.ru- another exchange for 1C developers.
Freelansim.ru- an exchange for developers with a large number of interesting tasks and projects. We are sure that Khabrovsk residents are well acquainted with it.
FreelanceWebmarket- a foreign platform for developers.
Toptal- a closed platform, to start working you need to go through a selection process consisting of four stages: checking your English level, online coding test, technical interview with screen sharing and a test project. After this, the freelancer signs a contract and becomes one of the Toptal developers, who looks for projects for him and tries to load him with work. It is the exchange, and not the client, that pays developers for work on projects.
Play with fonts // For designers and illustrators
Illustrators.ru- work for illustrators, new projects almost every day.99designs- for each order, a competition is held, where participants send their solutions to the problem (an example of a logo or a website layout). The winner is chosen by the customer. The winner receives a predetermined fee, transfers rights to the project to the client, and becomes a priority contractor for subsequent orders from that employer.
Crowd Spring– a huge platform for designers and illustrators. It works according to the service principle above.
Coroflot- here is a list of vacancies and projects for designers that you can apply for. Coroflot does not charge a commission from either party, but does not provide any guarantees.
Krop- many tasks for web designers.
DesignCrowd- freelancers offer prices to the client, after which the client selects a contractor and pays for the services. Then work on the project begins.
LogoMyWay- orders for logo creators. To receive an order, you need to win a competition.
Shutterstock.com- exchange of images, illustrations.
Istockphoto.com- exchange of images, illustrations. There are entrance exams on the photo stock site. You must provide three photographs and pass a theory test.
All sorts of miscellaneous // Platforms with different types of tasks and useful services
Programmer Meet Designer- the platform helps designers and programmers find each other to work together on projects.Workzilla- orders are very different: from video editing to creating one-page websites. The customer creates a task, the performers respond and name their terms and price, after which the customer selects the contractor.
