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10/21/2010

I am now top worker at vWorker.com

As I could see this morning, vWorker has made me "top worker" on their platform because of my record that I have with projects I have done there.

That's very flattering and I hope it will help me to get some more interesting projects via this platform. As you may know, I'm using platforms like these when I don't have more urgent and well paid projects in the queue. It's a good pastime and I can also improve my skills by doing real projects for real people. It also helps to pay my bills as long as I can get enough projects done.

Here is a ranking of platforms that I like to use currently:

oDesk.com - I like this one most because of the good user interface and they don't take too much commission of off my bids (they charge employers a fee of 10% on top of my bid). There is a restriction of 20 bids per week, but I found that that is acceptable to keep me busy applying constantly to new projects.

vWorker.com - I like this also, but less than oDesk. Their advantage is, that they use an escrow service, so payment can be guaranteed as long as I deliver within the given time frame of the project. They take a higher commission though, for all my bids, I have to pay 15% or $3.00 (whichever is higher) if my bid gets accepted.

These two are my favorites. These I'm using too, but don't have much success there yet:

eLance.com - Too restrictive because I can only bid for 10 projects per month.

freelancer.com - A new platform that I'm trying out. They have a limit of 30 bids per months and I haven't won a bid yet. Most projects are for low budget (mostly $30) and I don't have a record there, so I don't expect to catch up on this platform soon.

scriptlance.com - Haven't found a lot of high-quality projects there. I'll keep watching this.