getafreelancer.com

I am a work at home Mum and Getafreelancer.com is one of several sites I use to find work. THE BASICS The site is very easy to understand, though if you are new to Freelancing it can be confusing initially. BUYERS are in need a specific skill, for example; an Individual setting up a website may be in need of a Computer Programmer for specific coding to make his site behave a certain way, or, a Company may require an entire online directory presented in an excel spreadsheet. The Buyer will post the PROJECT, a brief description of the work they need doing and the skills they expect the ... more

If you are a writer who takes yourself seriously then this site is really not for you. In fact it seems to me that only robots can earn any kind of living freelance writing through GAF. With a GAF freelance opportunity you can expect to be paid on average somewhere between $.50 and $1(or maybe $1.50, if you're lucky) per 500 words. For this money, most employers or 'buyers' demand original, well researched, proofread and lucid prose at the rate of 10 articles per day! Competition for the jobs is fierce so to get you're foot in the door at all could take countless hours of reading and bidding ... more

Not only there are many legit people who try to get their job done, but also there are a lot of scam artists running afoul at getafreelancer.com website. I was scammed by one of those fraudsters, and getafreelancer.com will not do anything about it. Their getahelpdesk.com system is supposed to protect honest people and be an impartial arbitrator to an issue between the parties. However, its Staff often times leaves the dispute between fraudster and victim on their own to resolve the matter. Obviously, a fraudster being fraudster never admits their wrong doings, and the victim is forced to deal ... more