To people that work on sites like: UpWork, Fiver, Freelancer, etc. / myLot

North Las Vegas, Nevada

July 27, 2016 6:49pm CST

How did you start at the beginning? I'm stuck. I put a low price 5$ for an good service. But still no one has even clicked it, because i'm a new member and my gig doesn't appear in the first pages. + Even if someone clicks, no one'd buy it because as a new user i have a rating of 0. They usually buy from the top rated sellers. How to get started?

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52996)

• Mojave, California

28 Jul 16

I think all those sites have to much competition period. Great for them bad for anyone trying to earn a living. Might be better offering your services on a blog or something.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52996)

• Mojave, California

28 Jul 16

@supervalon Ya, but the amount of time and effort, but if you enjoy it.

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@supervalon (1208)

• North Las Vegas, Nevada

28 Jul 16

@crossbones27 Depends on the job, if you love doing it and it's your every-day thing, like writing, editing photos and videos, then its sure worth haha.

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123playa123

@supervalon (1208)

• North Las Vegas, Nevada

28 Jul 16

Nope man, many people there earn great amount of money, i personally know some people that have gotten as much as up to 350$ monthly..

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minisam

@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

28 Jul 16

As someone who do outsource from upwork and Fiverr, will say you are right, l will rarely outsource from someone who has not been rated. But l do not always let myself decide only on this fact, l have outsourced from people with very low ratings and was very happy, outsourced from people with very high rankings/ratings and got rubbish. But as said,send me your link in PM. Im off to bed soon so l will only see your answer tomorrow

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123playa123

@supervalon (1208)

• North Las Vegas, Nevada

28 Jul 16

Alright i appreciate it very much! have a good night and a good rest

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snowy

@snowy22315 (209080)

• United States

28 Jul 16

I think it is hard to get started on those sites. I look in other areas to be honest, I think the people who do well on sites like that are those that are either very talented or who write for a niche market.

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123playa123

@supervalon (1208)

• North Las Vegas, Nevada

28 Jul 16

Yep you're right, by the way which areas if it's not a secret?

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@shivamani10 (11035)

• Hyderabad, India

28 Jul 16

Oh...No..Better you quit those sites. They are all meant for others. how do you expect orders? Another site is having a peculiar way. If you pay something you can be included in the list of rot rated writers. Then you may have a chance. Even then I am not sure. Just participating in the bids is totally useless. Still there are some reviews which say very high about these sites...Nothing..Better we write to some other sites Even if you get an opportunity to write the site will take some commission. They are actually not the real sites. They are mediators..or just say Agents...Broker sites..there are many such sites.