Freelancer has a rating of 4.7 stars from 19,039 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.
Quick and pleasant. I cleared my cache and cookies, checked that my browser was up to date, rebooted only to find that the job had been deleted.
I got support from Daphne G in freelancer.com. She is very helpful and the grammer is perfect. She solved my problem and made my day. Thank you.
Betty was wonderful and helped me resolve my issue for the first time I used this I was scammed and she helped get it sorted right away.
I just want to say that your worker Katie R realy help me to solve my problem. So i am thankful. She was very kind to me.
The way he describes and clears my all queries and the question regarding the VARRIFIED FREELANCER PROGRAM! Was as simple as that.
Thank you for your support.
Her name is Janika, and she did a great job helping solve my problem, she gave the time and the effort needed, thank you so much Janika
My helper in costumer support team was Allie A. Who calmly guided me to solve my issue and her positive attitude was a real relief for me.
I got all of my queries sorted in a few time. I really appreciate the support and get a very nice experience with the support agent Farieda
For the first tiime using this platform,make me so confused me,and then i have any question to ask and then i got the answer what i need
With Criselda R. (Freelancer Support) is very helpful and resolved immediately. It only takes a few minutes, the problem is resolved immediately.
Freelancer.com simply refusing to refund project fees for an abandoned project. I was charged USD 311.08 as project fees for a project. Then client released 850 GBP as milestones. But after that client abandoned the project after filing a dispute. Now I am asking freelancer.com support staffs to refund me USD 241.73 as the project fees should now be calculated on milestones released, not on project amount as the project is now abandoned. But they all reply with me same old logic that they don't refund any project fees. And I did worked for this client earlier and got very good reviews from him. So its not a introduction fees any more, its project commission. We already knew each other very well. But freelancer.com support staffs don't understand this and keeps replying me same old statements. I am quite frustrated with this.
So if you accept a project and paid project fees. But after that client does not want to proceed for whatever reason, freelancer won't refund you! This is really surprising and surely not a fair practice. I am also surprised that they don't have any such clause in their TOS.
Further update on 27th March, 2015
Freelancer didn't refund me any fees as I mentioned above based on logic that I might have given project files to the client and I just checked with the client he is still unable to find suitable developer. The whole dispute was wrong, client didn't like the design later and started dispute, although he approved the design initially. He delayed the whole delivery because he didn't like the design later on and he can take me to dispute. I told repeatedly about those issues with client to Freelancer, but they never heed to it. So you can never expect fair dealing from freelancer.
Kayla is really experienced about her work.
She solved my problem very quickly. She has patient and very respectful.
Josie G was very helpfull and Responsive. He is very co-operative And nice.
I can use live chat again.
Very helpful, professional, no messing around. Answered my two issues very clearly and proficiently and I understood her answers.
It was nice to talk to Chelsea. She was supportive and interviewed me very clear manner. Great comminuication skills
Kayla B. Is very accommodating and efficient. She helped me and gave me tips on getting started in here.
I start my my first earning from freelacer.com a trusted freelancing marketplace. I want work with long time here.
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.
Hi there Krish, Marcus of Freelancer.com here. I acknowledge the receipt of your email. Thank you for sending me one. I have just responded to your email for clarifications about the issue. Feel free to update it should you need further assistance. Thank you, Krish.