Hi, i am one of the preferred freelancer on freelancer.com/u/thesmartvmp.html
I been working with freelancer.com since an year and i would love to say that, they are just Awesome, specially their Supports system are prompt, you do not have to email them, you can directly chat with them by log on to https://support.freelancer.com/index.php.
Lets talk about the Recruitment Staff {only applicable if you are Preferred freelancer}
If you are working nature, quality of the works are really good and high ratings, you can apply for the preferred freelancer program, once your application has been approved, you will get the projects updates from freelancer.com executives/Representative.
I have had done several projects with Marcus, Alejendra, bryndis and Summer, these are among the highly motivated, Love able and skilled staff i ever seen, Marcus who is one of the best and friendly guy too, Yes they do laugh sometimes with a professional talk and what is amazing is. If you are able to finish the projects and able to satisfy the clients needs, you are always on the top race to get the huge amounts of the projects.
Generally you have to bid on 30 projects to get the job that worth somewhat 200 USD and its adorable, so you can daily wake up to getta the work finished that worth 200 $ and you can do it in max 2 days of time.
Regarding the Disputes, i m lil bit negative through the site, most of time decision in the favor of the employer even you met the criteria but some time not, this is aviodable, they are few odds employers who come for free stuff and might be they are getting, but if you are strong and delivered the exact work, you can win dispute too.
Nothing to comment on people who around here and filing the false reviews/negative reviews, i must say, you do not have the right skill set to get the job or may be you are not too smart :P lol.
Just kidding, trust me spend one month on freelancer.com and Analise the site, take a look at some bid, In the bid proposal you can ask you employer thing like "i wanted to get started with your task right away, as a noob freelancer over here, getting work is too hard, so i can promise about the deliverable and does not need to have the milestone, pay only after successfully getting the files over here " BAM!, if you are too good at work, you will receive the money and good ratings too and YOU START.
Try to place the bid, when there is less numbers of Dedicated/highly rated freelancers are off line so you will have more chances to get the job.
**I m neither wordsmith nor English speakers but you better understand what i am try to laid out
Regard
Vicky
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