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I've tended to avoid Upwork, because it seems onerous on Freelancers, and also seems to result in the commoditization of freelancers. Working with that kind of talent can be burdensome. The best results require you to be ultra specific in your requests. I guess I'd prefer spending a bit more on Smart people... but those guys aren't on Upwork.
Where are they?
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upwork has a non-circumvention clause with a minimal $3500 fee to break (it pretty much always scales to be not worth breaking). As to "how will they catch us" it would seem to fairly obvious from the freelancers schedule
They are not necessarily enforceable. It's probably just to scare the freelancers. Once upwork makes contact between freelancer and employers there's nothing they can do to really prevent them from talking between each others and agreeing on working on a new contract. (also I've been told this clause is only for the 2 first years.. ?)
Upwork (~$1000/month): Freelancers. I especially use Upwork because I don't have to think about all the billing stuff and time tracking, etc. The same for me, and they take a cut both sides (3% or 50 USD / month + 3% fees USD/EUR on my side and 5 to 10% on the freelancer side). I was wondering if there was an alternative to upwork for those who only need it for its automatic billing system + time tracking + weekly su…
* No billing support, but they do have an API.
Upwork (~$1000/month): Freelancers. I especially use Upwork because I don't have to think about all the billing stuff and time tracking, etc. The same for me, and they take a cut both sides (3% or 50 USD / month + 3% fees USD/EUR on my side and 5 to 10% on the freelancer side). I was wondering if there was an alternative to upwork for those who only need it for its automatic billing system + time tracking + weekly su…
how do you handle VAT / GST globally ? Are your customers restricted to some locations ? Do you file VAT / GST return only for a few states ?
I've read mixed reviews about Upwork (low quality work, people not being paid etc). What are better alternatives to find freelancers?
I’m going to be cynical and applaud the author at one of the most effective S.E.O. efforts I have seen lately: including his own app on a list of effective and well-curated apps for startups.
Here is the process for everyone. Insert your tool in #2
1) Create post about the tools you use 2) Include Webase [1] 3) Watch traffic roll in! :-)
In the end I subscribed to so many digital services that I made a tool for collecting email receipts for bookkeeping... If you think it's worth one more subscription to cut down the work bookkeeping for all the other subscriptions, then check out receiptrunner.com