Any Tips for Freelance Bidding Sites?
By cwilson26
@cwilson26 (2735)
United States
September 7, 2009 12:01pm CST
I have signed up for a few of those freelance bidding sites like Get a Freelancer and Odesk. I am looking for more writing work and some data entry work and I was wondering if anyone had any good tips to winning bids. I am starting to get frustrated because when I find a job I am interested in and click on it to bid, there are tons of bids already. I figure I don't have a chance in winning the bid with all of those bids on there already.
So does anyone have any tips on winning the bids easily? I know I have to keep trying but it really does get frustrating after a while when your bid does not get accepted. Another thing I don't like is that there are low bids on there and the only chance of winning is by bidding lower.
Any help from experienced users of these types of sites would be appreciated. Thanks. :)
2 responses
@lifeplayer (1007)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 09
To win the bid, basically your price can be high. And it will be better if you can provide previous work sample. At the beginning, you need to really make the lowest as you can, even though the cost is lower than your expectation, this is because you need to build up your reputation. Once you get a good reputation, then you can ask for higher price.
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@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
7 Sep 09
Thanks for the tips! I figured I would have to bid low in the beginning. Guess I better start bidding and building up my reputation. :)
@jewel102 (105)
• United States
14 Oct 09
I agree with lifeplayer, at the beginning you have to bid as low as you can, so you can have better changes to win a project. I tried Get a Freelancer and I don't like it at all, I didn't win any single project either and like you said is frustrating. I will recommend you to check other freelance sites like Guru.com and GenuineJobs.com and craigslist.com (check the area where you live) usually those are the ones I use and I saw a bunch of jobs for writers on those. Hope this help you.
