Freelancer marketplaces are markets for lemons. You should not sell your labor through them. I promise you: you CAN do better.
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The supply side gets even worse. The buyers respond by a) further lowering prices and b) clueful buyers exit, in search of capable teams.
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The ending equilibrium is low-savvy buyers getting scammed out of peanuts by low-quality sellers operating at scale.
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The platforms are not unaware of this. They design systems around this reality. If you are a seller, you will be judged by those systems.
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"Why does their dispute process treat me like I am a scammer?" Because they know you're selling on their platform. The shoe fits!
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Scammers they have in abundance but suckers they lack so they will take the sucker's side over the scammer's side every time.
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I understand that many folks feel like the platforms take all of the sales work out of getting gigs lined up for them, particularly overseas
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If you are capable of delivering a bespoke software engagement, you are more than capable of selling a bespoke software engagement.
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As somebody who sold quite a lot of those from Ogaki, I assure you that you can sell remotely. Skype and email work over borders.
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It's even less than that because you spend so much time responding to insane requests. Build me a custom app and an api for $50 in a day.
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