Archive for the "Pricing" category

I was on the oDesk forums recently and came across a comment from a new provider who was worried by the ratio of working to registered providers. She couldn’t find the page, which was probably the main oConomy page here which currently shows 248 providers working and 95,545 registered int the system.  I admit that [...]

In my last few posts I’ve been focusing on how you can make money on oDesk.  However, as I read the oDesk community I’m coming more and more to the conclusion that not all the providers really understand how oDesk works. Let’s start with what I consider the three most important factors: oDesk is a [...]

I bet that title got your attention; I know it would get mine. I’ve been writing about money a lot lately, and not just because it’s one of my favorite things.   Today’s topic is a grab-bag of tips that can help you make more money for your work on oDesk. Let’s start with one obvious [...]

I was writing a post about the oDesk community when I saw something that made me realize there was something more important I needed to focus on first: Money. I bet that got your attention; it gets mine. We’ve talked about rates before, but what I want to discuss today is setting them.  One of [...]

I was browsing the oDesk Community recently and I came across this thread on low wages.  Threads on low wages are nothing new, and normally I’d hesitate to bring another to your attention.  However this one got me thinking about the issue in a slightly different fashion, so I thought it would be worth exploring [...]

I’m still fairly new at writing for money. I took the plunge January 1st, this year. In many ways, I’m still a rookie. So when buyers contact me directly with an invitation, I am delighted and a little amazed. The usual pattern is: read the job board, find something that I can do within a [...]

I don’t do all my work through oDesk.  Like many freelancers I use other sites too, and while I was checking out one of those other sites I came across an interesting piece of advice:  Don’t put a bid in your original comment. This was on Rent-a-Coder which uses  a different system than oDesk, but [...]

This time, I’m going to talk about money. I speak of “bling,” in the parlance of our times. How can you squeeze that extra buck out of a client while still keeping them happy? If you’re not too worried about the “happy” part, you can take a page from la famiglia and offer your client [...]

You’ve done what you said you would do. You took a few low-ball projects and got some decent feedback. You’ve taken some tests, posted a nice picture, and filled out your portfolio with examples of your best work. Time to raise your rates. Inertia is your enemy Remember when you first started out? How hard [...]

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”- Lewis Carroll In the end, I lost two working days, $25, and risked some bad feedback from an upset buyer. It started well enough… The job posting was to ghost a hundred page e-book. More details came after an inquiry: The buyer [...]