freelancer.com ridiculous low bids, eroneously cut and dispute amounts due New South Wales Internet
www.freelancer.com gets most traffic of freelancers, old and new, in view of its convenient and easy to remember domain name. In my opinion, that's the first trap laid out.
I am seriously considering sticking to odesk.com and elance.com as they are more publicized, professional and have far more good reviews. I will close my www.freelancer.com account for good due to a couple of reasons.
First, freelancers on www.freelancer.com have to bid and compete for projects. Freelancers from third world nations, like India and Pakistan, have ruined the market.
They are more dominant in bidding as they can go really cheap to a level that is "ridiculously" low. They are able to stoop so low due to favorable exchange rates.
They surely need to establish “minimum bid” policy on projects and quality control on freelancers.
Second, www.freelancer.com takes such a long time to process my payment and at the end of it, it keeps disputing several payments on work done with all sorts of excuses.
As a result, this held back the whole sum that I have requested "cash out".
I have been doing freelancing as a full time job via www.freelancer.com for almost three years now. As my numbers add up, it keeps disputing and delaying payment of amounts due to me. It's habitual. Recently, they froze my account at their whims and fancy.
I give a big NO recommendation on www.freelancer.com to anybody. DO not waste your time and effort. Consider odesk.com or elance.com. They honor payments promptly.