Freelancing can be a Source of Income Online

Freelance sites post jobs which have been outsourced to them by publishers. This is also a great way to use to make easy money online though as with many ventures on making money online it’s also very competitive. These jobs are of a wide range like web design, programming, article writing and many others.

What happens here is that you will first need to sign up for free to become a member. Before signing up make sure you identify what payment system they use to see if it’s available to you. After that you will now be able to bid for the advertised jobs from the category of your choice. The publisher bids usually have a time limit before they expire. Now, if the publisher likes your bid, you will be awarded the job.

To give you a competitive edge you will need to have a portfolio of yourself. This will comprise a detailed info of your profile and samples of the kind of work you have done previously. You can use a free blog to host this if you don’t have the resources to do it on a website. This is a very important aspect of freelancing because it will advertise you as well as give a professional impression to your would be employer.


Well, that’s just a brief intro but I will give you a list of a few sites which you can check out for more detailed info.
1.    Elance.com
2.    Guru.com
3.    Rentacoder.com
4.    Programmingbids.com
5.    Allfreelancework.com
6.    Freelancer.com

This list is not in order of ranking, popularity or size of company. For more companies, you can google “freelance sites”.