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By: » High-Quality Writing Is Natural Marketing

» High-Quality Writing Is Natural Marketing — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:09:13 +0000

[...] customer support request that I sent to Elance. I had contacted them about a years-old blog post on Scrawlbug about scams and, quite apart from being willing to provide official input into the debate, [...]

By: » When Opinion Becomes Defamation

» When Opinion Becomes Defamation — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:01:56 +0000

[...] this before. There’s a post over on my personal blog about a scam on Elance and Freelancer (this one) that has attracted the ranters and ravers for the last two years. They leap into the comments and [...]

By: spikethelobster

spikethelobster — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:46:36 +0000

Ignoring the part of your comment that makes it sound like spam (the bit I've italicised), there are several things I can think of that might help. Firstly, don't give up! It often takes more than a month of bidding on every decent project you see to land your first client. The first is the hardest because you have no feedback. Secondly, if most of your work's copyrights are owned by other people, ask their permission to use them in your portfolio. Alternatively, create new things based around random ideas and show those in your portfolio. And always attach examples to a bid - don't tell people to check out your website (they won't: they have too many bids to read through). Finally, if you don't win a bid and the reason given is vague (i.e. it's not "too expensive" or something obvious), consider contacting the client and asking why you didn't win. Ask politely if they can spare a minute to give you feedback. If you can find out WHY you're being refused, you can fix it. Hope it helps. Also, read this and this.

By: Asia Web Design

Asia Web Design — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:17:22 +0000

i never won a bid on elance. there once was a client who expressed interest in hiring me, but after promising to pick my bid in a few days time, the project got canceled. if you need a highly-skilled and experienced coder / designer who will never scam you, check out my website. unfortunately, i cannot display most of my projects due to non-disclosure agreement from clients.

By: spikethelobster

spikethelobster — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:37:18 +0000

I keep hearing individual stories from people who believe they’ve been scammed by the big freelancing sites. If you have a story and are willing to be completely open about it (i.e. give me access to emails and solid proof, as well as your opinion, and tell the site’s staff that you’re happy to have me investigate with them), I’d love to hear from you. I’d treat all material in strict confidence (and change names/dates/figures if and when I published anything anywhere). Contact me.

By: Nikolaj

Nikolaj — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:33:49 +0000

Be carefull, they are SCAM. I opened account for our legally registered company, hire one person for one work and put $150 in milestone. Day after this they immediately suspend our account with $200 in full balance, after I provide ID from me and they still refuse to reinstate account with our money in. They need to reply/if 2-3 days, before I upload funds in account they reply in less than 1hr always. They can not require any ID from own customers as they dont have this in terms of service and they are not any type of bank.

THEY JUST WANT THAT YOU UPLOAD FUNDS AND THEN YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN, I already call my bank for Chargeback so I will not have loss, but il never again use it!!

FREELANCER.COM SCAM REVIEW

By: 10 Common Freelance Scams (And How To Avoid Them) « ScrawlBug

10 Common Freelance Scams (And How To Avoid Them) « ScrawlBug — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:29:27 +0000

[...] Here’s a bonus 11th scam – the one I already wrote about on this post. [...]