Comments on: You’re Worth How Much? Prove It! http://odeskinsider.com/blog/prove-it/ Freelancing is more fun with oDesk Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: meg http://odeskinsider.com/blog/prove-it/comment-page-1/#comment-633 meg Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:55:19 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=181#comment-633 In response to the first comment: I'm also irritated by how oDesk announced last year that they were no longer allowing employers to hire people for less than 3 dollars an hour. But clients are still hiring writers for under a dollar an hour. No one stops them, and the clients have great feedback! I'm a writer. I've been published (in my native country) and won some writing contests (in a foreign country) and my work is good. But I earn 3 dollars per 600 word article. An article that is well-researched and well-written. oDesk is crushing writers' hopes of making a living off of doing what they love and what they're best at. I'm making my own website and hopefully I'll be able to find clients without oDesk. In response to the first comment:

I’m also irritated by how oDesk announced last year that they were no longer allowing employers to hire people for less than 3 dollars an hour. But clients are still hiring writers for under a dollar an hour. No one stops them, and the clients have great feedback!

I’m a writer. I’ve been published (in my native country) and won some writing contests (in a foreign country) and my work is good. But I earn 3 dollars per 600 word article. An article that is well-researched and well-written. oDesk is crushing writers’ hopes of making a living off of doing what they love and what they’re best at. I’m making my own website and hopefully I’ll be able to find clients without oDesk.

]]> By: Cathy A. Fuller http://odeskinsider.com/blog/prove-it/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Cathy A. Fuller Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:57:03 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=181#comment-485 That was very enlightening. I thought that if I lowered my price that I would be lowering my standards for the quality of my work. I was just caught up in the gist of things. That was very enlightening. I thought that if I lowered my price that I would be lowering my standards for the quality of my work. I was just caught up in the gist of things.

]]> By: waterprise2 http://odeskinsider.com/blog/prove-it/comment-page-1/#comment-478 waterprise2 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:53:26 +0000 http://www.odeskinsider.com/?p=181#comment-478 Your articles are well thought out, but I am going to have to disagree with you re: rates. Writing an article of any size entails research, writing, editing, and often re-writing. A 250-word article takes a minimum of one hour to complete--for $8.00? Or even worse: $5.00? Even if a writer wrote every working hour of the day, s/he would earn $25 - $40 for a whole day's work? That is ridiculous. I have tried some of these sites, and the best client I have went off-site to hire me because the writing site blocked him thinking he was plagiarizing. He wasn't/isn't; he appreciates the skills and value I bring to his project, and he is paying me over $1,100/month for 20 hours work for a contract of 15 months; because I'm worth it. My other clients that I found myself also pay my stated rate. I am going to give this site a few weeks to see if they buyers here are also those who want something for almost nothing; if so, I will spend my time doing my own marketing. These prices for experienced, mature, and exceptional writers are ridiculous. Your articles are well thought out, but I am going to have to disagree with you re: rates. Writing an article of any size entails research, writing, editing, and often re-writing. A 250-word article takes a minimum of one hour to complete–for $8.00? Or even worse: $5.00? Even if a writer wrote every working hour of the day, s/he would earn $25 – $40 for a whole day’s work?

That is ridiculous. I have tried some of these sites, and the best client I have went off-site to hire me because the writing site blocked him thinking he was plagiarizing. He wasn’t/isn’t; he appreciates the skills and value I bring to his project, and he is paying me over $1,100/month for 20 hours work for a contract of 15 months; because I’m worth it.

My other clients that I found myself also pay my stated rate. I am going to give this site a few weeks to see if they buyers here are also those who want something for almost nothing; if so, I will spend my time doing my own marketing.

These prices for experienced, mature, and exceptional writers are ridiculous.

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