Don’t you just hate it
when the freelancing platform you’ve been using for years suddenly raise their
platform fee to a ridiculous amount?
This not only forces us,
freelancers, to raise our prices but also cause us to lose our repeating
clients who often feel unhappy with sudden price changes.
Just recently, UpWork made
all of its users go through the same experience by introducing a new scheme of platform fees that aimed at charging
heavily from freelancers.
As soon as the news came out,
most UpWork freelancers started looking for alternative platforms to avoid
having to lose their money or having to raise their prices.
If you’re one of those
freelancers looking for a new platform to offer your services or even if you’re
just starting fresh as a beginner, then this list is for you.
As you know, joining a new freelancing platform can also bring you
a lot of benefits in many ways. So, have a look below and see if you can find a
suitable site to offer your services.
Followings are some of the
great new freelancing sites that are slowly rising to become big players in the
industry. As an added bonus, I checked each of the sites listed here to find
out their platform fees, so you don’t have to. You’re welcome!
Freelance
Myway is a brand new freelancing marketplace that focuses on 6 job categories,
including web development, design, writing, SEO, mobile, and data entry. The
platform carefully screens every freelancer to accept only the most qualified
professionals.
A
great feature of Freelance Myway is that it requires clients to verify payment
and make a deposit before the project begins to ensure that freelancers always
get paid on time. The platform charges a 20% fee from freelancers, which is the
same as UpWork.
FreeeUp
is a new freelancing platform that only accepts freelancers after putting them
through a vetting process. This ensures the platform is free of unqualified and
cheap freelancers. Which means you won’t have to compete in bidding wars to win
jobs in this site. Instead you will be rewarded for your skills and experience.
Getting
into the platform won’t be easy. But, if you have a good portfolio and
experience in your industry, give FreeeUp a try.
WorkRoll
is a website that features a roundup of all the best jobs from over 300
different job boards around the web. The platform features jobs from several
categories from app design to writing, logo design, marketing, SEO, and
more.
Freelancers
can join the platform for free and apply to jobs directly via email. The only
downside is that free plan users have to wait 7 days before applying for a job.
There are also premium plans for professional freelancers, which includes only
24-hour delay and a plan without delays as well.
Remote.com
is a well-established platform with more than 2 million registered freelancers.
The platform uses an interesting AI (artificial intelligence) technology to
match the freelancers with the right jobs and clients.
You
can join Remote.com and apply for jobs for free.
goLance
is one of the new freelancing platforms that’s quietly on the rise to fame.
It’s founder and CEO, Michael Brooks has quite an inspiring vision for
the future of this new site.
If
you’re looking for jobs related to marketing, programming, or web development,
this new platform will offer you plenty of jobs to select from.
goLance
also has a considerably low 10% platform fee.
How
would you like to work at a startup like Uber or Yelp? Then this is the site
you’ll want to explore.
AngelList
consists of a massive selection of jobs posted by popular and up and coming
startups around the world, including remote work.
Through
the Remote Jobs category, you’ll be able to find hundreds of job listings
posted by startups looking to hire freelancers. And the best part is you’ll see
what they’re offering to pay for the job upfront.
Work
Market is a platform that focuses on offering sales, marketing, communications
and other business development services through qualified freelancers.
The
platform charges a 10% fee, but it will be deducted from the client’s
transaction.
Gigster
is a unique freelancing platform made specifically for software developers. The
site focuses on delivering high-quality services at affordable fixed prices.
The pricing system on the
site also allows the employers to figure out the cost for the job based on the
type of project their building and the software platform.
Zappos,
AlJazeera, Forbes are only a few of the companies that are using Hired to find
freelancers.
If
you’re a skilled freelancer, this platform will prove to be quite profitable to
you. Also, on this platform, you don’t apply for random jobs. Instead, the
companies will come to you.
The
platform charges a 15% fee from the employers and get this, you’ll receive a
$1,000 signing bonus from the website once you bill 500 hours to a client. How
cool is that?
RemoteOK
is a massive job board for freelancers.
No
need to signup. You simply find the job you like, click the apply button, read
the description and apply for the job through the contact email. It’s as easy
as that.
Despite
the odd name, this site actually seems to offer a quality service to
freelancers.
Everyone
from copywriters to art directors and animators can join the site. But, all
have to go through a review before getting accepted into the platform.
Working
Not Working is free for creatives. It won’t charge a fee from freelancers.
Authentic
is a job board for freelancers in design, web development, marketing, and
copywriting industries.
The
site features jobs from a variety of respected clients like startups and even
universities. You’ll have to create an account at Authentic to apply to most
jobs. But, some of them will simply redirect you to the job pages of the
companies.
GitHub
is a no stranger to software and web developers out there.
This
official jobs board has been created by the same team behind GitHub, featuring
jobs specifically for software and web developers.
You
can click on a link for more info and apply for a job by emailing the company.
No platform fee charged for doing that.
This
is yet another jobs board setup by Inbound.org.
It’s
for freelancers who excel at marketing. The site features a massive collection
of jobs including freelance writing, social media management, SEO, and design.
All with pretty great pay rates.
You’ll
need to signup with Inbound.org before applying for jobs. There’s no platform
fee involved.
Parttimerz
is a community for freelancers. Mostly featuring jobs from Europe and the
Middle East.
After
registering with the site, users can create a profile, browse jobs, and apply.
Everything from consulting to web design and even jobs for nannies can be found
on this site.
The
platform is free to use for both freelancers and employers. However, the site
charges a “symbolic transactional fee” for each completed job.
This
is a site for gig-style freelancer living in the UK.
FiveSquid
is like Fiverr, but for the folks in the UK. Instead of gigs for $5 (USD),
you’ll find gigs for £5 (sterling pounds) on this site. The site is already
filled with plenty of gigs from different types of freelancers.
Even
if you’re not living in the UK, you can still join the site to offer your
services. I saw more than a few services offered by freelancers in Hong Kong,
India, and even the US.
The
platform fee depends on the price of your gig. For each £5 gig you complete,
the platform will keep £1. For each £10 gig you complete, the platform will
keep £2.
There
are two ways to find jobs on Jobspresso: 1. You can submit your resume to let
employers find you. 2. You can find jobs posted by companies and apply to them
directly.
Once
again, there’s no platform fee for this site either.
Landing
Jobs is a site dedicated to helping you land a job in software development,
UXD, design, and video production.
You
can sign up and apply for a job for free. The platform fee will be charged from
your clients.
Proz
is a platform made for freelance translators, which has been around since 1999.
If
you’re good at translating languages, you’ll find plenty of great jobs on this
site. Just click on the jobs tab to find a job and then submit your quote.
You’ll need an account on the site as well.
Non-paying
users will have to pay $1 per each quote you post when applying for a job.
Remotive
is a freelance jobs board that features jobs from highly reputable companies
like Automattic, Wikimedia, and Ghost. Web designers, developers, and software
engineers can find plenty of jobs on this site.
No platform
fee involved. The links on the site will redirect you to the jobs page of each
company.
Speedlancer
is worth a mention because the site is quickly growing in popularity.
This
site also focuses on featuring only the high-quality, or premium, freelancers.
You’ll find a lot of experienced freelancers in there. Apparently, delivering
the job in under 4 hours is the main selling point of this site.
The
only downside is its 20% platform fee. Which is pretty much the same as UpWork.
Workana
is a platform that features freelancers from Latin America.
If
you’re a Hispanic freelancer, you should definitely be on this site. I couldn’t
figure out the pricing system for the platform. Feel free to have a look
through this page.
Outsourcely is another new freelancing
site that rewards freelancers with amazing features and options. Outsourcely is
completely free to use and it lets you keep 100% of what you earn. No
platform fees. The site only charges employers for using the platform.
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