Types of Freelance Marketplaces
Types of Freelance Marketplaces
There are two types of freelance market places.
- Traditional
- Non Traditional
Traditional Freelance Market Places
Employer posts a project in freelance market. Freelancer bids on that project. Employer checks freelancer bid response, visits his profile, if he finds freelancer perfect for his job initiates communication with freelancer. After this employer discusses his project requirements with freelancer, if mentality of both sinks, he awards project to that one. After the accomplishment of project employer pays to freelancer for his work. This is traditional freelance market place. Following are popular Traditional Market Places.
Upwork
Freelancer.com
Guru.com
Non-Traditional Freelance Market Places
In this type of freelance market freelancer posts his packages and services . Employer visits and reviews that packages and services, if he founds suitable freelancer hires his services. In this process money is deposited in Escrow, when project is completed employer releases money to freelancer account.
Non-Traditional freelance market concept preliminary was introduced by fiverr and it’s still largest non traditional freelance market place.
SeoClerks
Both Traditional and Non-Traditional Freelance market places are of equal importance. But in first one, you as a freelancer make bids to grab project. In second one employer searches best freelancer for his work.
