I have heard this site mentioned somewhere on this forum, but I wondered if anyone uses this site to gain clients and if they would recommend the site for gaining work.
I have used this in the past for both web design and bookkeeping jobs.
The key to remember it that they charge you fees on both the deposit you take and the final amount. So if you ask for the full amount as a deposit you pay once.
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What I gather is you bid and pay a fee, then the person requesting help chooses the preferred bidder. Then what happens when you get paid?, I guess you are saying that you have to pay a % of your earnings.
The way it works is you, as a freelancer, see an ad for a bookkeeper. You apply and fill in your details, why you're the best person for the job etc. Then you put your fee, and the deposit you require.
This bit doesn't cost, but you are limited with the free account to applying for 10 jobs per month, which is fine for bookkeeping really.
The next bit is where it costs, and I got caught out. The buyer accepts you, and gives you your deposit which you are charged a 10% commission, with a minimum of £15. Then you complete the job and the buyer pays the rest which you get charged more commission again at 10% with a minimum of £15.
So bid for a £50 job, and you'll generally pay £30 fees.
The way round it is to get all the money upfront, therefore pay 1 fee. But some buyers wont like this.
Like I said, it's a loss leader, nothing more. The only folk who get rich are peopleperhour.
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