When you go to work online, where will you find work? Marketplaces are favorite places for people to find jobs online.
There are many types of marketplaces online. What is a marketplace should be discussed first?
What is The Marketplace?
Online websites where buyers come to find skilled people or freelancers to do their work. And those who are freelancers, they enter these sites to search for work. By screening from among the many freelancers, Bayer chooses someone who is qualified for his work. These sites are called marketplaces. Marketplaces act as a link between buyers and freelancers. Buyers basically pay these marketplaces. That payment is credited to the freelancer's Marketplace account. Those dollars can then be withdrawn in a variety of ways. These marketplaces have various rating systems based on freelancers' work. By looking at these, buyers can select the right freelancer for their work.
There are many marketplaces online. There are different types of marketplaces, with different characteristics. I will try to briefly introduce a few notable marketplaces. Future episodes will be posted in detail.🕸
Upwork:
Upwork is a popular marketplace name for the people of World.
Web address: upwork.com.
Here buyers post jobs on various tasks. Freelancers interested in working bid for that work. By looking at these bids, buyers select the right person for their job.
Here buyers work in two ways. One is fixed rate, another is hourly rate.
3 Tips for Success at Upwork:
- - Properly sorted profiles
- - Conducting various skill tests.
- - Cover letter for bidding
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Fiverr:
On Fiverr, buyers post freelancers looking for work. And in Fiver, the opposite happens.
Freelancers on Fiver post their service offerings, called gigs. These gigs sell for $5-$200. Link to this marketplace: fiverr.com
But in fiver you have to create a gig in advance and clients will buy it. Basically all kinds of jobs are available in fiver. You can work here after learning the work of any sector.
Those who are new to the market place can easily get jobs from fiver.
3 Tips for Success on Fiver:
- There is no need to bid on Fiver, so newbies do not have to worry about bidding.
- Special attention should be given to the gig, if you can create a gig with good keywords, it is possible to earn a lot of dollars.
- If the gig can be promoted on social media or any other way, then in the beginning the sales start in few days and sell well.
People Per Hour:
It is an online marketplace based in UK. Here the buyer can easily bid for the job. He who will work again can sell his skills. You can buy work from here and sell it again on this marketplace. Fixed and hourly jobs are available in this marketplace.
Link To Marketplace: peopleperhour.com
3 Tips for Success at People Per Hour:
- - Lots of jobs available in this marketplace.
- - The features of this marketplace are very simple. You don't need to use any separate software to work hourly.
- - The work is well remunerated and the acceptance of the work is high.
99 Designs :
A suitable marketplace for those who know graphic design. Only graphic designers can work on this site. Business card design, logo design, website design, button design etc. jobs are available in this marketplace. Here one has to earn by winning design related job competitions. Link to Marketplace: 99designs.com
Design competitions are held in this marketplace. If a buyer needs any design work, they come to this marketplace and organize a competition. Various freelancers participate in these competitions. The competition lasts until the appointed day, on the last day the winner is announced by the buyer, whose work is best. The declared amount is then paid to the winner. Bidding is not a problem in this marketplace. Usually, winning a logo contest can earn between $300 and $1,200.
3 Tips for Success at 99 Designs:
- - Competitions are open to everyone, old and new, and everyone has a chance to win.
- - A contestant can submit as many designs as he wants in the contest.
- - There is an opportunity to improve the design concept as other competitors' designs are also seen.
Invato:
Invato has several websites. Graphicriver (graphicriver.net) is for graphic designers, Themeforest (themeforest.net) is for web designers. Graphic designers can sell their designs like logos, visiting cards to all types of design related products here and web developers can sell HTML templates, CSS, WordPress themes. A lot of income is possible in Themeforest and Graphicriver if you can design creatively. Khimforest authorities will not approve the design if it is not of good quality. If a design is approved, the number of times it is sold throughout its life will generate income. That is, a design is a lifetime income.
3 Tips to Succeed at Invato:
- - It is better not to copy while working, it is more likely that the design will be approved.
- - If the design is creative, then it takes no time to get the sale.
- - Using social media marketing and other SEO processes to increase design sales can yield good results.
Microworkers:
All small jobs are available in this market place. Working in this market place is very easy for those who are new at once. Forum posting, sign up, facebook like-vote, twitter tweet-retweet, click-search, book mark, yahoo enser these tasks are very much available in micro worker. No need to bid for work. The tasks are very short and can be done within 5 to 30 minutes. Working in this market place is the easiest of all the market places. Link to Marketplace:
Web Site Link: Microworkers.com
3 Tips to Succeed in Microworking:
- - You can do it yourself, just apply to such jobs.
- - In the beginning try to get good feedback from the buyer by delivering work on time.
- - Read the job description carefully and then apply for the job.
Clickbank:
This is an affiliate marketplace. By becoming a member here, you can put various product promotion links on your site and if the product is sold by entering the main website through that link, the freelancers will get a fixed commission from the sale. Click Bank products are digital products. In other words, various digital products of different organizations such as ebooks, tutorial CDs, software CDs, etc. are available here. Clickbank is a marketplace. There different companies come up with different offers related to their products. Freelancers affiliate with those offers. The more products or services that can be sold, the more commissions will accrue. Link to this
Web Site Link: clickbank.com
3 Tips to Succeed in Click Bank:
- - Good knowledge of SEO and digital marketing will increase sales.
- - Target client and marketing plan accordingly will lead to more sales.
- - Choosing niche with less competition in the beginning gives better sales.
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Amazon:
Amazon is the largest store selling products online. Amazon is also the largest sector in terms of affiliation. Shipping products are more among the products here. Small to big daily use products are available on Amazon. Affiliates can be made to sell all those products.
Web Site Link: affiliate-program.amazon.com
It is better not to open an account on Amazon for affiliate without knowing it well. Because the account may be suspended if the product is not sold within 90 days. By creating your own website for affiliate marketing, that website needs to be promoted online.
3 Tips to Succeed on Amazon:
- - Must know the process of getting the website to the 1st position of Google search (SEO).
- - Blogging should be practiced.
- - Must have good skills in digital marketing.
Affiliates are one of the biggest ways to earn money online. However, there is no opportunity to work without acquiring the right skills.
There are many other types of marketplaces. For example, there are marketplaces where graphic designers can earn good income by designing and promoting gift products ranging from t-shirts, mugs and more.
Links to some such websites are:
There are also some marketplaces where websites can be sold. In this case only those sites which generate income through websites (income through adsense, income through affiliation or any other means) can be sold. A website that generates more revenue, can sell more. Notable names among such sites are:
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