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Are you a freelancer who worked independently beside working as a seller on marketplace like SEOLads?
If yes, please can your share your experience and which one is getting you more business or revenues?
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Beverly
Working inside a Marketplace is different than independent freelancing in some noticeable ways. Just to start things off, the communication style is differently. Almost all Marketplaces have Terms of Service that forbid outside contact and for good reason. An independent freelancer might have no qualms against adding a client on Skype for a meet and greet and this might work for their personsonal style. But working inside a Marketplace, you won't have that option.
The advantage of working within a Marketplace is how your money is protected as a seller, your funds are taken from buyer and held in escrow until the work is done. As an independent, the client can easily refuse to pay the balance and you're just out of luck unless you plan on taking them to court (and good luck with that if they're in another legal jurisdiction).
Now, with that being said, there are many freelancers who work on their own, no safety net, no Marketplace to fall back on. And, they do just fine. It will all depend on the individual as to which style of freelancing works best as some people are real go-getters, self motivated and no problem going out to find clients while others are more unsure of their marketing skills but have no problem actually doing the work once started. For this latter type of freelancer, a Marketplace is ideal as you can bid on Want to Buys and find clients that are coming to the site for work. Mostly, I have worked within a Marketplace type setting as a freelancer, even when I was writing full time for Hubpages - that's still a Marketplace except in that situation the goal was to publish good content that people wanted to read and the buyer was the site who purchased content. There was always good traffic to my published hubs, even when I didn't advertise. Working inside a Marketplace is different than independent freelancing in some noticeable ways. Just to start things off, the communication style is differently. Almost all Marketplaces have Terms of Service that forbid outside contact and for good reason. An independent freelancer might have no qualms against adding a client on Skype for a meet and greet and this might work for their personsonal style. But working inside a Marketplace, you won't have that option. The advantage of working within a Marketplace is how your money is protected as a seller, your funds are taken from buyer and held in escrow until the work is done. As an independent, the client can easily refuse to pay the balance and you're just out of luck unless you plan on taking them to court (and good luck with that if they're in another legal jurisdiction). Now, with that being said, there are many freelancers who work on their own, no safety net, no Marketplace to fall back on. And, they do just fine. It will all depend on the individual as to which style of freelancing works best as some people are real go-getters, self motivated and no problem going out to find clients while others are more unsure of their marketing skills but have no problem actually doing the work once started. For this latter type of freelancer, a Marketplace is ideal as you can bid on Want to Buys and find clients that are coming to the site for work.
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