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Freelancer

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Overview

Freelancer has a rating of 4.69 stars from 17,098 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.

  • Service
    969
  • Value
    843
  • Shipping
    579
  • Returns
    653
  • Quality
    856

Proactively asks for customer feedback

This company responds to reviews on average within 2 days

Positive reviews (last 12 months): 95.9%
Positive
2,228
Neutral
18
Negative
78
363
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • The support team is so helpful and the response is so quick.
  • All appreciation and gratitude for the high-end customer service.
  • 2022 Customer Choice Winner

Critical highlights

  • I accidentally pressed the Sponsor Bid button for one project and my credit card got charged.
  • Whats worse is that they had failed to credit my Freelancer account with the funds - 5 DAYS after the smash and grab!
  • I understand being cautious but not after verifying my identity including my bank account.
How would you rate Freelancer?
Top Positive Review

“Thanks”

Michael J.
3/9/24

I recently experienced exceptional customer support at Freelancer.com that I wish to commend. Reaching out through their live chat, I was quickly connected with a representative, demonstrating Freelancer.com's commitment to prompt service. The representative, Jewel, provided a warm and attentive response, thoroughly understanding my issue without rushing the conversation. Their expertise shone through as they offered clear, actionable solutions, simplifying complex procedures with ease.

Top Critical Review

“Freelancer does not protect their clients from being ripped off by Freelancers!”

John B.
4/14/24

I'm out of pocket for hundreds of dollars and I have no digital selling website I can use. This Freelancer website has no protection in place for clients ripped off by Freelancers. You can't trust a system that doesn't protect their clients! You simply have no way of knowing whom to trust. The Freelancer Company ignored my pleas for a full refund of all fees paid to the Freelancer under Australian law for a service she never delivered. This site operates more like a scam company with no protection in place for people that do the honest thing.

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Thumbnail of user wayl1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

Recommand project in Recent Updates is a pretty awesome feature, but why keep push 'php' keyword project to me, that I don't have any information talk about php, that may almost 90% recomanded projects not match to me.
And in Proposals, in my opinion, that should have more tags or recent status to show difference.
May a filter for client will be better, or it seems all the same in so much proposals if you don't look at the Description.
Even you do, the description seem so long and personal, not good for quick browse.

Thumbnail of user lindas4344
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 11th, 2022
Verified purchase

It took a few emails back and forth, but the agent resolved my issue, which was an erroneous charge for a project.

Thumbnail of user bol40
1 review
3 helpful votes
July 26th, 2020

When I initially opened an account on Freelancer, I was excited because there were a plethora of prospective creative projects. Yet, when I started to dig in, I quickly realized just how commoditized creative projects (on this platform) have become, as the bidding process is a race to the bottom. I soon discovered that the rate of compensation was way too low for my ongoing involvement, and my account sat inactive for 11 months. I then experienced Freelancer automatically charging me without advanced notice, and then refusing to refund due to their oppressive policies, which wasn't cool. Through the actions of one Support person, Byron, he took it upon himself to make things right... which he did. I give Freelancer a 2, Bryon a 5, averaging 3.5, rounding up to 4 because of him. In these crazy times, it's people like Byron who make a difference. Thank you, Byron.

Thumbnail of user abdullaho12
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 4th, 2023
Verified purchase

Everything is perfect, but there are two things;
First, you can new service that for Arabic countries because I suffered until my identity verified.
Second, I know you help a lot of people but at lest response fastest than now.
Finally, thanks a lot for helping me

Thumbnail of user alib338
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 13th, 2023
Verified purchase

My experience with Freelancer was quite good. Working as a freelancer helps to hone one's skills. In particular, the Freelancer.com team are very professional and supportive.

Thumbnail of user minnien15
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 22nd, 2022
Verified purchase

Your service is really good. You answer every question and help timely. Hope your company will more develop in the future.

Thumbnail of user angelinem32
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

Freelancer.com has amazing customer support agents. They've helped me many times when I had a problem or needed something clarified. For instance, Macall (a customer support agent) helped me understand the verification process and get started. Overall, Freelancer.com is a great place to find jobs that match your skills.

Thumbnail of user dawnw750
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 1st, 2022
Verified purchase

First of all, I have no complaints with the conduct of my interviewer, Chelsea. My concerns are process-related. When I had to schedule the interview, all my options were after midnight. I can function on very little sleep, but prefer not to and would have appreciated being offered different time slots, even if that meant handing my case over to another interviewer. It also felt jarring that on our video call, the interviewer could see me, but I couldn't see her.

Thumbnail of user muhammadu148
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 4th, 2023
Verified purchase

The customer support provided by Freelancer.com is top-notch. They respond promptly to inquiries, are always helpful, and have effectively resolved any issues I've encountered.

Russell V. and I recently engaged in a brief video call. The process for verification by Freelancer Staff is truly impressive. During our call, I had a couple of inquiries concerning the technologies I've been actively involved with, and the experience was genuinely enjoyable.

Thumbnail of user ceciliaa123
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

So I actually first of well and happy my funds has been reverted. I signed up to your platform in the past days and my first encounter was with a scammer which I reported. I felt the platform wasn't genuine that is why when I mistakenly deposited, I requested out of fear. But I'm still doing my research on how it works and everything about this then commit fully. Overall, I'm happy with the prompt replies and feedback. I truly like and appreciate that.

Regards,

Cecilia.

Thumbnail of user jessem324
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 4th, 2020

I've had problems with withdrawing my earned funds as a freelancer but one of their chat support helped me. Of all the other chat supports that I talked to, this one was the best. She helped me process my withdrawal step by step which really cleared some confusion, not unlike other chat supports that would tell me the same thing over and over again saying, "Check your details" without specifying which one was I supposed to correct. This one chat support really cared for their freelancers. She deserves an award!

Thumbnail of user selimy5
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

I just joined today on Freelancer.com as a freelancing writer, seriously bored, sick and tired of the unpleasant experiences I had in some other platforms. The prices seem to be high at first sight, but the customer service is incredibly fast (and effective) and the project opportunities I found here seem to be much better than some other places I don't want to name. I have a feeling that I will be working on Freelancer.com regularly from now on.

Thumbnail of user aljamiela
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 5th, 2023
Verified purchase

I was lost for words that I almost got scammed because of my desperation to land a paid commission in this platform and good thing the live support is indeed helpful for any fishy moves made by scammer.

Hope you will continue to help out people like me who just want to fill the scarcity of my day job.

Thanks

Thumbnail of user kumudk1
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 2nd, 2021
Verified purchase

I am associated with freelancer platform for the last 6 months or more and wanted to work on data entry, typing, data analysis and also PDF to word conversion like want to accomplish. Accordingly, I bid on too many projects. However, I left working for some time. As I mentioned about two mails which offered me the task and make a demand of security man.
I am an honest, hardworking and self-motivated person.

Thumbnail of user munkhtumurb
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

Support was good, i love how they were so calm and wise. Nice platform, but it wasnt for me. Thank you very much.

Thumbnail of user altafhussainl
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 7th, 2023
Verified purchase

In the initial stage, I had some confusion regarding bidding on projects. Hence I wanted to avoid scams because on freelancer.com there are a lot of people who are working with scams and divergent minds of true freelancers which ultimately leads to discouragement and disappointment.
However, I had great guidance here from Sir Kavin. R... Satisfactory

Thumbnail of user mohamadhafiza
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 30th, 2021
Verified purchase

Freelance support team members are actively supportive.
I am very glad that issue resolved in a quick time.

Thumbnail of user dmitryb38
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 23rd, 2022
Verified purchase

It's a pleasure to work on Freelancer.com.
It is easy to find a job and connect potential clients here. You can find any job for any price. So I'm very glad that I have joined Freelancer!
But there are some issues that I don't like:
• Currency conversion with lower rates than Forex
• Very long withdrawal time (maybe it will change because I still waiting for my FIRST withdrawal)

However, I really like how it is going here on Freelancer.com Hope to have a interesting and profitable projects for a long time here. Thanks!

Thumbnail of user liac26
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 17th, 2021
Verified purchase

I accidently clicked on a bid and got charged a fee (I did not know this since I was new to the platform). I received a message from a user that later got suspended by Freelancer. Their customer service was great at explaining what happened and they refunded my money right away. I think they need to be more careful as to who they accept as clients to their websites, but overall I was glad they got it taken care of immediately.

Thumbnail of user juanmanueli
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 21st, 2022
Verified purchase

Related to the case that happened to me, I think they should restrict an employer profile from being deleted, at least until it receives its respective evaluation. Imagine that you cannot make a negative comment to that employer because he no longer exists, and most likely he will create a new profile with you and mislead other freelancers.

Thumbnail of user karishmadograd
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

Overall an average experience when it comes to your formalities which are to be done via mails only. There has to be something called phone conversation or customer care services because people like me never take emails on the top of everything, I prefer to speak over a call and then discuss about writing an email for the issue/concern.
But none the less, it was a nice experience with freelancer.com and I would definitely recommend it to my mates.

Thumbnail of user nielsc17
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 7th, 2021
Verified purchase

When I got your last e-mail I instantly read 'Your payment has been cancelled' - at first I didn't notice your Re so I was quite baffled. It would be much better that you start a new e-mail row when things have changed profoundly as in my case where my payment has been accepted. Apart from that I am quite sure that I can address you and get a fine answer. And considering that I am not the brightest boy in the class I think I will need you also in future. Many thanks.

Thumbnail of user hayatf
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

Hello,
I finally was able to verify my identity although I applied many times. However, I am satisfied with the experience because I realized that this process is for our security as freelancers and users. Thank you all.

Thumbnail of user talhaa20
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 8th, 2022
Verified purchase

My client gave me a review but it didn't got published on my profile. Seems like there was some technical issue with the website but credit to Freelancer support staff for identifying and fixing the problem. It took them 2 weeks but they kept in touch with me and my client (apart for some communication delays), and were able to manually enter the feedback on my profile.

The review was important to me so I'm happy that they took the matter seriously and were able to find a solution to the problem.

Thumbnail of user mykolap4
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

I am grateful to the support team for their attention regarding my question about the ability to change the payment label through PayPal from commercial to personal. Unfortunately, if I understand correctly, this is not possible here. I hope the Skrill withdrawal works, but I would prefer Paypal because of the lower fees and the lack of additional currency conversion from USD to EUR. In any case, thanks for the support.

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Business History

Freelancer.com has acquired several outsourcing marketplaces including GetAFreelancer.com and EUFreelance.com (founded by Magnus Tibell in 2004, Sweden), LimeExchange (a former business of Lime Labs LLC, USA), Scriptlance.com (founded by Rene Trescases in 2001, Canada, one of the early pioneers in freelancing), Freelancer.de Booking Center (Germany), Freelancer.co.uk (United Kingdom), Webmaster-talk.com (USA), a forum for webmasters, Rent-A-Coder and vWorker (founded by Ian Ippolito, USA, another early innovator in the freelance marketplace space).

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Ayen T.
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