by Angilina

Created on: November 01, 2008   Last Updated: October 12, 2011

Online jobs at freelance sites are one of the ways to earn money while working from home. It gives flexibility of time and place. Person can choose and plan his own projects. There are many websites which provide a common platform for online job providers or job seekers as well as online job buyers. As a job provider one needs to create his profile on the site then start bidding for the particular job. Some of the online job providing sites allows free bidding; they incur the commission as a percentage of the total bid of the project. On the other hand some sites take membership fee for bidding.

To get the first project you need to fill the profile as much as possible. This will give a better picture to the buyer about you and help to build up their confidence in you. After filling out your profile, apply for as many projects as you can deliver with good quality. There are many subjects on which you can provide the help. Online marketing, Web designing, copy writing, software programming, market surveys, CAD modeling, data entry and administrative support are some of the major subjects. You can select your area of expertise. It is good idea to limit yourself to 3 to 4 subjects. There are certain company's who run their business on online job sites. They hire freelancers to support their projects. Good project delivery will give you better ratings and help you to get your next projects. If you are bidding for the first time you can go through the profiles of the other bidders see how they have done bidding. Then read the project description completely and place your bid.

To communicate with the buyer during the bid PMB used. PMB stands for personal message board. This is used for sending personal files as examples to buyer and to get clarification about the project. Transfer of data required for the projects is generally done through PMB, mail or ftp site.

After successful completion of project, it is time to get your earned money. Money can be transferred to your account through various ways. One way is to use Western money transfer; however it is little bit expensive. Another way is to use Moneybooker. It is comparatively a cheaper and safer way to get your money. You need to create the account with a Moneybooker. You need to give them your postal address. Account verification code will come to your postal address. You need to put this verification code to activate your account. Then you can use any bank's account number which has which SWIFT account number.

Online jobs portals are also useful for job buyers who want their jobs to get done at lower price. As a job buyer you should check history of the job provider. This can be done by reading reviews.

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