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Do i need to pay to get the employers software and stuff to do the job?
Asked by Madhu R. on 9/19/2015
7 Answers
Martin T.9/19/2015
I am an employer. Two freelancers that worked for me did not get their money because Freelancer.com refuses to verify my account.
Read the reviews on this site, do not trust this company with your money!
Read the reviews on this site, do not trust this company with your money!
namita j.9/22/2015
If you do not wish to pay before receiving payment from employer, do the following:
1) Opt for free membership. It gives you only 8 bids per month though/ If you want more bids, opt for the basic membership that comes as around INR250.
2) Bid only for hourly projects where commission is deducted only when payment is released. MOST IMPORTANT: Do not accept a project unless and until the employer has set full milestone as advance payment to the site.
1) Opt for free membership. It gives you only 8 bids per month though/ If you want more bids, opt for the basic membership that comes as around INR250.
2) Bid only for hourly projects where commission is deducted only when payment is released. MOST IMPORTANT: Do not accept a project unless and until the employer has set full milestone as advance payment to the site.
Fiona M.9/20/2015
Noooo it's a scam. Don't pay any refundable deposits either for a novel typing project. I got stung by one of those and spent hours typing and didn't get paid. Both of these scammers are always posting projects - be careful of them but you can tell it's them by the tone of the job advert.
Rinkusu R.9/19/2015
Yes, you have to pay to get the ANY job on Freelancer.com.
When you bid on any(!) job on Freelancer.com, 10% of the job price ($10 at $100 job, $100 at $1000 job and so on) is subtracted from your account automatically at the moment your bid is was accepted.
You will lost this 10% even if employer would cancel the job, after failing to persuade to give him job for free for example.
So basically process of gaining profits for Freelancer.com is rather simple:
Create fake job, lure freelancer with some live money on account, and then cancel the job -- voila Freelancer.com got 10% of job bid in its deep pockets from freelancer.
P.S. Even if you got lucky and got paid by employer, Freelancer.com can simply refuse to transfer funds to you, like: "Employer did not verified his phone number we can't release funds to you. And this is not our problem, you contact employer by yourself and ask him to do this by yourself".
Avoid Freelancer.com like a plague.
When you bid on any(!) job on Freelancer.com, 10% of the job price ($10 at $100 job, $100 at $1000 job and so on) is subtracted from your account automatically at the moment your bid is was accepted.
You will lost this 10% even if employer would cancel the job, after failing to persuade to give him job for free for example.
So basically process of gaining profits for Freelancer.com is rather simple:
Create fake job, lure freelancer with some live money on account, and then cancel the job -- voila Freelancer.com got 10% of job bid in its deep pockets from freelancer.
P.S. Even if you got lucky and got paid by employer, Freelancer.com can simply refuse to transfer funds to you, like: "Employer did not verified his phone number we can't release funds to you. And this is not our problem, you contact employer by yourself and ask him to do this by yourself".
Avoid Freelancer.com like a plague.
Harley A.9/19/2015
No you don't. And I have found that even though they have policies I don't like and some other problems, if you complaint persistently, they will usually do the right thing. Signing up as a freelancer is free (but limited opportunities for free). I couldn't say for sure about as an employer, but I think that is free also.
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