Freelancer has a rating of 4.7 stars from 19,048 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Freelancer most frequently mention support team, customer service and great experience. Freelancer ranks 1st among Freelancing sites.
The validation process was very straightforward, and the personnel/staff, Russell V. was very communicative, patient, and helpful.
If I have any issue or risk in freelancer usage, I think it is okay to ask to freelancer support team.
It will be good solution. Thanks
I had a problem to verify my identity, but now everything is oke.
Be the company said to withdraw the money i don't have to do that
Wow! The site is very prompt to respond when a complaint is sent through the support link. I was amazed at how quickly the issue was resolved.
I could get answers for my all questions that was in my mind. I had a copyright issue. So no I can understand what was going on.
Contact support to help me with some problems and it really helped me a lot, I appreciate your help and your efficient work, thank you very much!
Heather helped me a lot to resolve my issues. She is a great human being with a great personality! A bunch of good wishes for her career.
Whenever I contact the support team for help, they offer the best solution for my issue in a friendly manner. Well done Support team. Keep it up.
It's very professional to get in touch with the freelancers' team and these guys took my case and solve it in a very short time.
Thanks, Team.
I had an issue posting a project, it was my mistake and could not fix it. Contacted support and within a few minutes the problem was solved.
I asked if they could add an option for my education and they responded in a timely manner. They helped resolve my problem and were very respectful.
The was a support team member named Madison H. Who was very kind and humble to answer all my question and clarify all the doubts I had.
I was in talks with Russell V. It was amazing talking to her on call and she was super fast with the process. Happy to connect :)
But my payment issue not solve please find froud person I am poor lady please give me online typing work I knew you will find this person
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I'm facing hard issue that delay almost 5 days but I meet Sabrina G. And my issue is solved well. I recommend Sabrina G. Really 5+ support.
I am happy we are able to negotiate our prices fairly with the clients and the requirements are flexible to favor the Talents.
Cant I give 0 stars?
Whenever I try to do some work on Freelancer, something nasty happens.
I had a person who wanted some work done.
I did the work for him, he paid me the money.
Now after around 30 days Freelancer realises that the money was from a account which was fake so they just reverse the money back to the employers account.
Why should the employer get back the money? I worked for him, he paid me now its me who should get the money, but no, the money goes back to him.
Freelancer's useless STAFF says that the account is closed and that I should contact the employer directly to receive money from him. Why will the employer pay me if he is getting the work done for FREE?
They say their STUPID POLICY states that if the account cannot be verified then the money goes back to the employers card. IS FREELANCER for us or for EMPLOYERS?
Why dont you create a website EMPLOYERS.com instead?
They say Freelancer money system is the best and most trusted, my foot i think its the worst system. Even paypal listens to disputes more clearly and gives a decision which is technically right.
What does FREELANCER do?
What will they Do? Do they have BRAINS? NOPE.
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UPDATE:
NOW AFTER SUBMITTING A BANK STATEMENT THEY SAY THAT IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, AS IT DOESNT MEET THEIR STANDARDS.
I certainly think that BANKS should CALL Freelancer and see what their standards are and then start issuing Bank Statements to their consumers, so there wont be a problem.
A really great service We had with BRIAN A.He is understanding very much customer need and requirement and have solved our issue efficiently.
There was a billing issue and Lou C. Solved it promptly. He was friendly and helpful. Thank you again.
Answer: It is a PR platform that enables scammers to appear legitimate or verified. Freelancer doesn't care. They get a sizeable commission no matter if the posting is legitimate or not. Example: A fake ebook listing. Needs author to write 50000 words for US$ 2000. Unwitting freelancer bids and is 'awarded project' with message saying hurry up and accept. Once accepted, freelancer takes 'project fee' while you get tied up in their help callcenter trying to recoup not only the fee but potentially the fake employer gleaned from you using their platform. This site will be in the news soon. Trust me.
Answer: Hi Dejan. This happened to me in 2014, I lost a lot of money too, I withdrew the money on a Wednesday after the client had paid me $1000 in full. Then the next day, Thursday, I got a message that my withdrawal request was cancelled and the money reversed back to employer. My account was suspended and when I asked why, I was told that the employer looked like he was fraudulent and that the money might be fraud. Up to date, I am still bitter, angry and sad over that $1000 but I never got it back and Freelancer closed the person's account and that was that. So I hope this answers some of your questions and I am deeply sorry for your loss after such hard work. All the best
Answer: Freelancer.com focused on employer only, they just want as many employer and project as they can regardless of their country, verification status and deposits. However all the restriction is for employee. This is the reason Freelancer didn't stop them to post project without deposit. Almost 90% projects are fake (either posted by freelancer itself or fake/fraud employers). You have to be careful. Keep following things in mind will prevent you from fraud much. 1. Don't work for Employers from India/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka/Nigeria/Israel 2. Don't work for Employers whose name looks like Indian 3. Once the project is awarded to you, don't accept it unless the employer created initial milestone. Wait for at least 12 hours after milestone creation then accept it. 4. Ask for release step by step, don't work on next milestone unless previous is not released 5. Withdraw money from freelancer as fast as you can.
Answer: You can't say its fake but at the same time you can't just trust it fully. My point here is: people do get things done for the price but when it comes to money/payment, you can not trust freelancer. Sometimes it gets reversed from your account and you won't even get a satisfactory reason for it. I suffered a loss of 900 USD. All I get to hear that employer had some account issues and we can not disclose this any further. If you looking to work as a freelancer, go odesk or upwork and any other site first and then freelancer.com. Small incident: I worked for a client, designed the logo got the parent for it. Next day when looged in, my account showed negative balance ( payment reversed). Support: employer have acc. Issues Client: never came back or responded to any mails. Result: I worked and still in debt.
Answer: Dispute it with PayPal! Another beautiful example of why everyone hates Freelancer.
Answer: Freelancer is scam. I have very bad experience recently. "The payments you've received from your employer "-----------" were reversed due to their account issues. As a result, their account was closed" Lost over 800$. Freelancer also keep the fee for this job! Their support never answer. SCAM
Answer: Agree, do not use credit card details - freelancer is a terrible organisation when it comes to finances - they just debit your card at will, no warning, no opportunity to review the transaction, no notification of the charge - you just find out once you get your bank statement. Be very, very wary of this company - not saying their dodgy, BUT they are very devious when it comes to transactions. I think their motto is - "debit any time, just don't tell them and they wont complain"
Answer: Contact Paypal and file a dispute. I got a refund for the monthly amount that they should not have charged me for.
Answer: Good afternoon Rostyslav, unfortunately this has happened to most users of Freelancer including people who have been awarded projects. Ensure that you do not start any work or event accept a project until the following criteria have been met: 1. Project awarded 2. Initial milestone/deposit created 3. Client agrees to release the first payment immediately after you accepting the project. If they are unable to do this, tell then politely that you are unwilling to start on the project and keep looking for honest, legitimate clients. Be careful at all time on this website, even if you do vey thing by the book and the client still doesn't pay, the Freelancer support team will not help you. It is left to you to contact the client and chase the payment even of they delete their account.
Answer: Don't share you card. Use Paypal. First of all don't use freelancer they are scammers.
Hello Ankit, I understand how you feel and I regret to hear what has happened to your transactions with the two employer who have hired you. My name is Marcus and I'm from Freelancer.com. We greatly appreciate the feedback you have provided with regard to our system. I have sent you an email regarding this concern. For your reference, ticket ID is SPZ-167-20256. If you need further clarification about what has happened to the payments you've received, feel free to update the aforementioned ticket. Thanks.