FreelancerReviews 20,202

I got one contacted me saying you need to do all banking transaction for me from your bank account. Fool its money laundering if he is having company why not company account or why not account in his name. They don't have employer verification. And for bidding they want to get paid extra. Pathetic All these online project providers are same they dont give any projects or classes just want to take us premium member ship and invest for their business like fools.

I had a query about something I thought had been removed from the site, but has actually merely been relocated. All resolved.

I wanted a real estate website and i wrote all the details i need in a docx file where i mention to freelancers. Many of them (indians, pakistans e. T. c) they didn't understand that i want a simple agent real estate site with affiliate section. One other accepted to do the job with $111 and after was asking me $100 more, after the agreement! And also had 5 star rating! I don't suggest to anybody this site, is very risky to loose your money and also to not have good job. One other thing, if you have a remained balance e. X $40, you can not withdraw but you must spend for other project to the site. Stay away!

The website is full of unqualified people trying to make a quick buck. You will receive too many bids for a project and then you will try to weed them out. I choose someone with a stellar review and the profile made it look very professional and qualified but what I received was complete garbage. I had to make a milestone (like a deposit that freelancer holds) and two 1/2 weeks later, I am still waiting for a refund! The freelancer that delivered the poorest quality of work, not near complete would not release the milestones and I had to dispute it. The disputing system takes forever. Then, the freelancer said he would cancel the milestones if I gave him a 5 star review. I agreed to get my money back but I won't be giving him a good review. Blackmail! I am still waiting to get a refund, which is a time consuming process. It is a complete waste of time and money. Terrible site, terrible experience. I need that $200! They have false advertising. I hope they are sued for all the problems they create or go out of business.

They are full of scammers and don't guarantee you pay from your employer. I worked for an employer a week and came payday he canceled his account, and I was never given the $350 I was owed. What I hate the most is that they started billing you for a portion of your earnings before you even get paid. I just accidentally accepted a $600 project and a fee of $61 came out of my account. I only hope I get it back because this project is a scam which I didn't mean to accept (I thought I was just viewing the proposal... I wanted to report it). They need to screen their employees to verify they are legit. Make your site work like Fiverr... the worker gets paid before they provide their service... if they don't complete it within the agreed period, the hirer gets their money back.

There are idea how to steal employee money at freelancer.com. I was its victim. I share it for employees to never user "hourly" billing.
So, when you create hourly project, you set price per hour and how much hours you permit to spend during a week. So, lets say, you have 4-hours project, you set $10 per hour, and you expect to spend $40 max.
However, freelancer.com hourly limits are BULL$#*!. These limits are not enforced. So, employee can manually add hours and you will be FORCED to pay them.
So, now employee adds 100 hours manually and your credit card is charged for $1000 now, even you set limit to $40 and never expected this fraud.
It is how it works. Freelancer.com encourages fraudulent guys to cheat the system by creating of limits (so you think you are protected) and making these limits not working (so fraudster can charge you as many money as he wants).

I'm a genuine person who provides a service on the site and HALF the people I have dealt with are thieves and they won't pay. The site is not worth your time and effort. The chances are that you won't get paid and that people will lie and say you didn't complete the project even when you did, and on brief. The site should be shut down. In fact all of these sites should be shut down. I'm closing my account. It's not worth my time when the only people who assign projects are thieving scumbags.

I've completed at least 40 projects and only been paid for 20. Avoid this site.