Upwork

It is an awesome platform to do your business, easy to use, present great opportunities for working.

Upwork is by far my favorite freelance platform. They are the best way to declare yourself to the world (as a freelancer / individual specialist...)

Upwork allows me to work from home and make decent money. I recommend it to all workers around the world, you will not be disappointed.

It helps me find a client that is awesome, hope to get more client and earn money while at home. Highly recommended for job seekers.

I am thoroughly enjoying my experience with upwork as this website helps me to make some extra money online without much hassle. Thank you upwork!

Hi,

Upwork is a good site but their are some fake clients present like Reid Barkley. He didn't pay the freelancer for the work.

Contradictory to what they claim, Upwork does not offer any protection to writers against dishonest clients. I had a client who was paying me $10 for small content writing projects. The problem here was that for each project, I had to purchase some material which went up to $3 in some cases.

As a service provider, I believed I was within my rights to ask her how much profits I will make because of this -

Total paid - $10
(-)Cost of purchase - $2 to $3
(-)Upwork fee of 20% - $2 of $10
How much I actually make/project - $6 or lesser for more expensive material

And these were projects that took a consistent work of at least 6 hours at a stretch, plus all the actual publishing and other things.

Upwork promptly sends me an email saying I asked to be paid outside of the website when in fact the CONTRACT was STARTED ON THE SITE and work was submitted through it!

The client said that they pay direct, which being an experienced writer, I assumed to mean that she had some understanding with Upwork for lesser paying projects. Now I don't know what happened of her but she may probably just start another profile or so. However, one of my sources of income is lost because such a big website cannot protects its writers from whom it takes a 20% commission EACH TIME when they have voiced a genuine concern and HAVE A WORKING CONTRACT. Plus, there's barely any well-paying projects there and most clients are not payment verified. Disgusted and thoroughly disappointed and would discourage anyone who asks from making a profile there.

It seems difficult in starting to gain the trust of clients without any reviews & ratings on profile. But once you have successfully completed a few jobs game changes. Upwork support is helpful. I can recommend it as a safe & secure platform.