Best Places To Offer Freelancer Services

[CleanWater]

So, that's it.

What are the best places to offer your work?
A place where you can divulge it and make sure someone will see it?

Before you ask, I'm a jack-of-all trades of sort. The idea is to work either with custom artwork, game designing, scripting, etc.

 

[HexMozart88]

Reddit's r/gamedevclassifieds is a good place to go. Usually posting every couple of months is a good idea. There are also jobs to apply for in the same subreddit. That's how I get my jobs.

 

[CleanWater]

Reddit's r/gamedevclassifieds is a good place to go. Usually posting every couple of months is a good idea. There are also jobs to apply for in the same subreddit. That's how I get my jobs.

For some reason, I never sympathized with Reddit rules. I often got banned there for sharing my work (past in the time of my Porradaria series). I'm not sure if it's a Reddit overall rule, or if it was something of the local groups I participated.

 

[TheAM-Dol]

There's been a few freelancer websites I've looked at over the years, but I've rarely been impressed with the results when searching (especially when it comes to art, but that's another story)
My vocalist and cellist both were found via Fiverr and were very valuable to my project. It was my first experience using Fiverr and it left a (false) positive impression. Using Fiverr some more, I quickly became unsatisfied with the results for the price and (low) quality work. Part of this reason I believe is that Fiverr and other similar sites like it require projects to have a deadline. I'm sure this ensures the contract workers won't slack off and deliver a product months later or never (which likely helps reduce the number of dispute tickets generated by users), but as a result, I think the freelancers feel more pressure to deliver something, even if it's low quality.

So far, I have had more success finding work from people just by reaching out to them on their platform of choice (for example, yourself. Though your work for me isn't finished, it's so far been a more positive experience than Fiverr).
I think having a publicly accessible portfolio along with making it known you're available for work is the best way to get contract work. Promote your portfolio and get your name out there and the people will come.
I found my current artist through this method and I really couldn't be happier with her work, especially for the price.

edit: way late edit on this post - I just re-read it and noticed the severe number of typos. I wrote this on my phone, sorry about that. I fixed some of them.

 

[Ellenor]

I used to do it on twitter.

 

[CleanWater]

Every year it seems to me that there are more and more freelancers. Because people want to be more free and try to manage their lives on their own. Thanks for the list. I've been looking for good sites for freelancers for a long time.

This is very true. I personally prefer to work on my own due to many reasons. Being freelancer though is no easy task as you don't have a fixed paycheck each month.

 

[sumeiaverage]

Hi there! Great question. The best places to offer your freelancing services and remote jobs really depend on what you're looking to get out of it. Again, some popular options include even remote jobs boards such as RemoteOK, We Work Remotely, or FlexJobs, freelance platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, or JobGether (check out this link: https://jobgether.com/), and social media platforms like LinkedIn or Twitter where you can network and showcase your portfolio. Remember, it's all about finding the right fit and audience for your work. Good luck!

 

[aztodio]

Social media, especially for artworks. Once you have a bit of online presence, customers'd come and ask you every day and night.

 

[SGHarlekin]

I'd say fiverr simply because you can set up multiple gigs, which would otherwise be your downfall. (Advertising yourself with every tag under the sun will not yield results, therefore you can set up individual gigs for all the areas you want to work on)

Of course twitter is also a thing. But if you don't have established yourself there as a freelancer, you may need to do some advertising first in order for your posts to have any reach.

Overall I'd say being cheaper than your peers will generally give you a good boost if you aren't already well known. And it works on pretty much any platform.

 

[HexMozart88]

Well that explains why I don't get too many takers. I'm a jack-of-all-trades.