Freelancing could become as big as outsourcing industry

Hi, Nice to see that you started this discussion. I am a freelancer myself and I had landed up winning a project on Freelancer and ever since then I have been working with that employer even after the project for which I was originally selected got over. We have built up a solid working relationship. I am very happy to read that India is the top country on the list of Freelancer.com. It gives me great satisfaction to hear good things about my country's achievements. I agree that many people are turning to freelancing work these days. Those who can write well need not look back due to the presence of such sites. I have not tried my luck at odesk yet but might try soon. I do article rewriting work basically and this is something I enjoy doing. However, I would like to mention that I get paid very low for the work I do. For instance, I get 80 cents for rewriting a 500 word article. However, I will stick to this work for the time being till I find an offline job which will only be possible after my teachers' training course is over next year.

Ravi, good to hear that most of the Indians are working in freelancer and odesk, i am a member in both of the sites, but not at all active there. For me mylot is best than any other sites

I was in freelancers as unactive member, never try to get any jobs in there. For the odesk, I forget whether I am a member or not. If yes, mean I was a member on both site and unactive member on both of them.

Thank you Ravi for the information.. Actually I'm a member of Odesk but not really active... because of some requirements that not approve. I know that some filipino's are working via odesk and they said the good money they get.. it is not possible that Indian are dominated the two online working place because Indian are talented and hardworking.

I just read the article through your link. It is very well written and if the data is correct then I am sure it will enhance the Indian traffic to the two sites they have mentioned. I am a member of the Odesk.com and I don't remember the last time I opened my profile. I opened it after reading this discussion. It was good to read your discussion. Thanks for sharing.

That's good to know that India nad my country is faring well in that sites. I can see it coming ravisivan. We are good in outsourcing and it really pays to be one of those who offer such service. Let's give freelancing a try regardless of what our age is.

I honestly think that freelancing could become an industry that is much bigger than outsourcing overall. The reason that I believe that this is going to be the case is because of the fact that when hiring people to do freelance work, there is much less overhead than there is to have people come in and work in company provided buildings. There is no need to have office space, you don't have to provide benefits for the employees and you don't have to provide paid time off. All of these things are things that will make freelancing or telecommuting to grow in the future.

I don't use either of those sites. I'm signed up with both but don't use them. I am signed up with another place, elance, but don't use it either. I'm satisfied to write for Yahoo voices.. sadly it doesn't pay people outside of the US for upfront payments. I make good page view money also... at least $50 a month for doing nothing.

I am from the Philippines and I have done tasks in odesk.com. At the start, it seems kind of hard because you need to build up your reputation so that more clients will give you work and will hire you. I started it when I was still in college. It can give you extra income more than you earn here in mylot if you have strong skills like blogging, SEO, marketing, article writing and etc. It has earned me a lot of income to add to my allowances in school. I suggest this for all the youngsters who are interested in making money online and as part time. Recently, I haven't got time to find work in odesk because I have been busy with my full time job. I don't think it can replace offline jobs.