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udemzyudex you are missing the point here!. You have achieved alot for yourself by being able to build and flip websites, but there are people here who cannot but start out with writing, this is not because they do not want to earn as much as you do but because they need reviews to grow their profiles and build their confidence, a launching pad for bigger projects in the future.

I started out writing 500 word articles for 1 usd and also grew to write the same word lenght for 20 usd when i had something to show for it.

Dont relent if you are a newbie, forget the ridiculously low slave wages and work hard to build an admirable portfolio. You can only get repeat work most times at the price you dictate when you do excellent work. I have lost well paying customers by doing certain jobs half hazardly, and i wouldn't want you to make the same mistake.

Cheers!

ok

Paid to write jobs truly pays. In the end you don't only earn extra money, you improve on yourself too. I do write articles too, mostly product reviews online. Not much these days sha. I've found another passion - Video animation.

webcraftz:
Paid to write jobs truly pays. In the end you don't only earn extra money, you improve on yourself too. I do write articles too, mostly product reviews online. Not much these days sha. I've found another passion - Video animation.

Badt guy...animation rocks...you are sighted

udemzyudex:
STFU.... Who is discouraging who? If u find it hard to comprehend my post or probably don't know what to type,just move on bro... Haba

You don't really have to start from the bottom to make it,if thats what u want to know bro..
some of those who started from the bottom could not even make it to the middle.... The fact that you recieve $2 for a start doesn't neccesarily mean others should accept that too. I'm not discouraging anybody,cos i believe no one is a kid here.

You can go ahead and beg for $0.5 job,thats your own biz....

Oga, you just keep ranting .......
If you have better offers, bring it here. If you don't sit still and let people who have offers help others.

udemzyudex:
STFU.... Who is discouraging who? If u find it hard to comprehend my post or probably don't know what to type,just move on bro... Haba

You don't really have to start from the bottom to make it,if thats what u want to know bro..
some of those who started from the bottom could not even make it to the middle.... The fact that you recieve $2 for a start doesn't neccesarily mean others should accept that too. I'm not discouraging anybody,cos i believe no one is a kid here.

You can go ahead and beg for $0.5 job,thats your own biz....

Oh, and you used the STFU word on me? Trust me, you really don't wanna go down that route with me.
Just drag yourself outta here and stop constituting nuisance.
You have nothing to offer and you keep attacking people who do.

ogalawyer:
Bros can you please throw more light on the exact steps involved in withdrawing through him and how much he exchanges per dollar? Cos I'm thinking of giving him a trial too.

I just transacted a withdrawal through him yesterday. It was very smooth and painless lol. I didn't even have to leave the house, saw my deposit right in my balance.

Steps
- Contact him. I used his WhatsApp contact.
- He will give you a PayPal ID to use for withdrawal straight from your Freelancer account
- wait a day or two for the withdrawal to be processed from Freelancer
- Once you are your Freelancer account has been debited of the needed amount you can be sure he will convey your funds into your account same day. Mainly in minutes

Today is Wednesday, one of the days for applying for withdrawal on Freelancer (the next will be Sunday). If you do a withdrawal application today you can get your money on Friday. I definitely recommend @hisenjos.

Aida13:


I just transacted a withdrawal through him yesterday. It was very smooth and painless lol. I didn't even have to leave the house, saw my deposit right in my balance. .

what is his dollar rate

tranxo:
what is his dollar rate

Since my tranx was above $200 it was at $170 which isn't bad. The summary below:

Paypal up to $200 165
Above $200 170
Above $1000 negotiable
Transfer fee as charged by bank.

----- I normally use my debit card but this was an emergency so I was really glad. Also, it saves me having to go to the local bank and deposit my cash lol. While I wait for a new card I'll be using this option. My last one was compromised hackers.

ogalawyer:
Hello all, one rajat07me offered me a job to write 500 words articles for $1.25. I'm to write about 2500 words per day and the contract, as he says, should last for a month. Out of beginner's naivety, I accepted the project. Yesterday, I received my first two jobs on the project. The jobs were two 1000 words articles which I was instructed to submit in 20 hours. However, I quickly realised that the jobs were not worth the pay at all. In fact, the time it took me working on them almost made me not the deadlines set for me on the two other (better paying) jobs I'm presently handling, plus the fact that the said rajat07me is quite overbearing in his mode of communication. Another issue is that the jobs were sent to me by mail, and the said rajat07me insisted I submit by mail, without making provisions for payment, which I initially objected to, but had to succumb after viewing the myriad of positive reviews on his profile. However, though I have submitted the first of the two articles, but he has not acknowledged receipt ever since. Thus, I didn't bother sending in the second and the deadline for submission has since elapsed. I want to opt out of the project. Is this possible? Especially considering the fact that the price on the initial bid made by the said rajat07me was $88 and freelancer have already deducted $8.8 from my balance. I'm really confused on which step to take now. Peeps in the house should please help out brother. Thanks all.
cc ladywriter, jonaboy, okunrimeta etc.

I just h8 these kinds of people. This has happened to me in the beginning. I didn't just let it go though. I made sure I stalked the client's profile and bid on all his jobs so that I could badmouth him in the message box where people could see I even stated that the user was using a fake country, that he is not from US but from one of those Indian Asian countries. It was after those complaints and the ones I sent to Freelancer that I noticed Freelancer found a way to make sure you can't choose a fake country in your profile mission accomplished!!!

Hi house,
i have a job currently posted on Freelancer. If you are an expert in posting book reviews on Amazon then you are welcome. I give these jobs to Asians, so why not my own folks. I pay $1 per 25 words review. I set milestones immediately job is approved. My username on Freelancer is Macbernard. Current project tittle is GOOD REVIEWS. Pls dont bother bidding if you know you have not posted reviews on Amazon before.

Nairaland PMs rarely reach me so you can go on and bid on the project. Send me a message on Freelancer so that i'll know you are from this thread.

I posted my email here and a maga is currently using it to advertise on OLX. pleas stop that!

Chidinho10:
I posted my email here and a maga is currently using it to advertise on OLX. pleas stop that!

The same thing happened to me. I blocked OLX emails instantly and changed my password.

Aida13:


I just h8 these kinds of people. This has happened to me in the beginning. I didn't just let it go though. I made sure I stalked the client's profile and bid on all his jobs so that I could badmouth him in the message box where people could see I even stated that the user was using a fake country, that he is not from US but from one of those Indian Asian countries. It was after those complaints and the ones I sent to Freelancer that I noticed Freelancer found a way to make sure you can't choose a fake country in your profile mission accomplished!!!

lolz..I just decided to abandon the guy's work, after sending him the first article though. Seems he was impressed by the article, because when I told him I won't work with him again, he was almost pleading. His dictatorial attitude suddenly changed. After harassing me with emails for about two days, he finally gave up. It seems they think every writer in freelancer is hungry. I have personally stopped bidding on articles, they offer peanuts for them and the competition is very high. I'm now more into ebooks, academic writing, research and legal writing. They generally pay higher and are not that much difficult than article writing, considering the fact that most times, those articles must be 100% plagiarism free. That was what even made me finally decide to breach the contract with rajat. After sending him a travel article I wrote on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, he subjected it to copyscape and said it was 19% plagiarized, that I shouldn't use any internet material at all. I was almost tempted to ask him where he expects me to get information on St. Lucia from. Shey I don set my feet for St. Lucia before ni

Aida13:


I just transacted a withdrawal through him yesterday. It was very smooth and painless lol. I didn't even have to leave the house, saw my deposit right in my balance.

Steps
- Contact him. I used his WhatsApp contact.
- He will give you a PayPal ID to use for withdrawal straight from your Freelancer account
- wait a day or two for the withdrawal to be processed from Freelancer
- Once you are your Freelancer account has been debited of the needed amount you can be sure he will convey your funds into your account same day. Mainly in minutes

Today is Wednesday, one of the days for applying for withdrawal on Freelancer (the next will be Sunday). If you do a withdrawal application today you can get your money on Friday. I definitely recommend @hisenjos.

Thanks. I tried withdrawing on my account, but I was told I have to complete my profile before I could do so. Seems I need to take the U.S. and U.K. English tests before my profile can be completed. I'm quite reluctant to do this, as freelancer have already deducted so much of my hard earned from my account, through fees and subscriptions. But anyhow, I have to withdraw soon, as I wish to get a generator. I just hope the amount in my account when converted to naira would be sufficient considering Mr. hisenjos' exchange rates.

ladywriter:


The same thing happened to me. I blocked OLX emails instantly and changed my password.

. Same thing happened to me someone was complaining of looking for reviews here and I dropped my email here for him to contact me so I can give me a little research job so that he would get a review up to this moment he yet to contact me, the next morning I received close to 20 junk mails in my inbox I have to modify my post and remove my email.

ogalawyer:
Thanks. I tried withdrawing on my account, but I was told I have to complete my profile before I could do so. Seems I need to take the U.S. and U.K. English tests before my profile can be completed. I'm quite reluctant to do this, as freelancer have already deducted so much of my hard earned from my account, through fees and subscriptions. But anyhow, I have to withdraw soon, as I wish to get a generator. I just hope the amount in my account when converted to naira would be sufficient considering Mr. hisenjos' exchange rates.

You don't need to take any tests. As for your profile, what is missing? If it's something you can fill-in easily why not just fill in the details they want, like portfolio and CV, education bio and such? My Bro has only half filled his profile and he withdraws all the time

I know the normal exchange rate is much higher than going through hisenjos method but considering its saving me a lot of stress and effort I just put it down as necessary cost. Until I get my card back.

ogalawyer:
lolz..I just decided to abandon the guy's work, after sending him the first article though. Seems he was impressed by the article, because when I told him I won't work with him again, he was almost pleading. His dictatorial attitude suddenly changed. After harassing me with emails for about two days, he finally gave up. It seems they think every writer in freelancer is hungry. I have personally stopped bidding on articles, they offer peanuts for them and the competition is very high. I'm now more into ebooks, academic writing, research and legal writing. They generally pay higher and are not that much difficult than article writing, considering the fact that most times, those articles must be 100% plagiarism free. That was what even made me finally decide to breach the contract with rajat. After sending him a travel article I wrote on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, he subjected it to copyscape and said it was 19% plagiarized, that I shouldn't use any internet material at all. I was almost tempted to ask him where he expects me to get information on St. Lucia from. Shey I don set my feet for St. Lucia before ni

Ugh at the risk of being racist I so detest those guys. If I just see an invite to bid from anyone from those Asian countries I will just vex lol. I can never ever bid on their projects EVERRR. Its good you dumped the project. Everyone knows their rep now so it would not look too bad that you have one or two abandoned projects.

Just avoid them in future and never do those off site interactions thru email unless you are close to the client. Do everything thru Freelancer and make sure the 100% milestone has been paid even before pressing that ACCEPT PROJECT button.

ogalawyer:
Thanks. I tried withdrawing on my account, butI just hope the amount in my account when converted to naira would be sufficient considering Mr. hisenjos' exchange rates.

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At wat rate do you want to sell your funds. I have pm'ed you.

Aida13:


Ugh at the risk of being racist I so detest those guys. If I just see an invite to bid from anyone from those Asian countries I will just vex lol. I can never ever bid on their projects EVERRR. Its good you dumped the project. Everyone knows their rep now so it would not look too bad that you have one or two abandoned projects.

Just avoid them in future and never do those off site interactions thru email unless you are close to the client. Do everything thru Freelancer and make sure the 100% milestone has been paid even before pressing that ACCEPT PROJECT button.

But l will make an exception of the Philippines as the guy l did a data mining job for 4000 Philippine Peso ($90) after freelancer had collected their cut of 500 Philippine Peso. He had paid 100% upfront even without asking for milestone. The guy was so nice as he loved the pace and quality of work that he gave me a bonus of 1000 Philippine Peso. na im freelancer bounced on top of it and deducted 100 Philippine Peso as their own cut. and forwarded me $109.13 as my total pay!

Though l am not a full time freelancer but when l want to work, l go for data mining/webscraping as the pay is bulk as against article writing!

Jdesigns:
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At wat rate do you want to sell your funds. I have pm'ed you.

OK..will reply asap
modified* I ve been trying to reply you. But it is returning a failure message.

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Aida13:


Ugh at the risk of being racist I so detest those guys. If I just see an invite to bid from anyone from those Asian countries I will just vex lol. I can never ever bid on their projects EVERRR. Its good you dumped the project. Everyone knows their rep now so it would not look too bad that you have one or two abandoned projects.

Just avoid them in future and never do those off site interactions thru email unless you are close to the client. Do everything thru Freelancer and make sure the 100% milestone has been paid even before pressing that ACCEPT PROJECT button.

Thanks a lot..advice taken..before I go fall mugu for one Indian wey nor even sabi type correct English.

Pavore9:


But l will make an exception of the Philippines as the guy l did a data mining job for 4000 Philippine Peso ($90) after freelancer had collected their cut of 500 Philippine Peso. He had paid 100% upfront even without asking for milestone. The guy was so nice as he loved the pace and quality of work that he gave me a bonus of 1000 Philippine Peso. na im freelancer bounced on top of it and deducted 100 Philippine Peso as their own cut. and forwarded me $109.13 as my total pay!

Though l am not a full time freelancer but when l want to work, l go for data mining/webscraping as the pay is bulk as against article writing!

Phillipines sounds OK, I just dislike those South Asians such as Bangladesh Pakistan Indian Omg. They've taken over the whole site and even look down on Africans like us yet we are more intelligent and educated. Well well you're lucky you don't have to do articles they can be stressful. Stopped those long time ago too.

Those Freelancer fees are not a joke ooo but what can we do, they help us find work unlike this our Naija of a country

ogalawyer:
Thanks a lot..advice taken..before I go fall mugu for one Indian wey nor even sabi type correct English.

You are so correct, I said the same thing in my last post. They can't even surpass us brain wise. They are just smart I'm cheating and deceiving others.

Aida13:


You don't need to take any tests. As for your profile, what is missing? If it's something you can fill-in easily why not just fill in the details they want, like portfolio and CV, education bio and such? My Bro has only half filled his profile and he withdraws all the time

I know the normal exchange rate is much higher than going through hisenjos method but considering its saving me a lot of stress and effort I just put it down as necessary cost. Until I get my card back.

OK..I will try again..maybe I wasn't doing something right. Thank you.

Aida13:


Phillipines sounds OK, I just dislike those South Asians such as Bangladesh Pakistan Indian Omg. They've taken over the whole site and even look down on Africans like us yet we are more intelligent and educated. Well well you're lucky you don't have to do articles they can be stressful. Stopped those long time ago too.

Those Freelancer fees are not a joke ooo but what can we do, they help us find work unlike this our Naija of a country

They feel they are superior but better English dem no fit speak wetin person go understand! Yeah, freelancer's fees are crazy but like you said they help many earn an income. At least with the $105.13 l got it has covered my Cable TV subscription and electricity bill for the next 12 months!

Can you pls be of help to me on data mining/webscraping?. how do I go about it? what does it entails? Teach me so dat I can freelance with it bro... More grace...

hi. guys , i need someone to put me through on e-books content writing, pls i really it !!!!!!!!

You can exchange your freelancer Paypal withdrawals with hisenjos. He is reliable.

Pavore9:


But l will make an exception of the Philippines as the guy l did a data mining job for 4000 Philippine Peso ($90) after freelancer had collected their cut of 500 Philippine Peso. He had paid 100% upfront even without asking for milestone. The guy was so nice as he loved the pace and quality of work that he gave me a bonus of 1000 Philippine Peso. na im freelancer bounced on top of it and deducted 100 Philippine Peso as their own cut. and forwarded me $109.13 as my total pay!

Though l am not a full time freelancer but when l want to work, l go for data mining/webscraping as the pay is bulk as against article writing!

Hmmm. Me I do article writing jeje . being doing it since 2011

tonytony208:

Hmmm. Me I do article writing jeje . being doing it since 2011

lt is good to focus where you have your strength. l personally love working on anything database as it also have reseller value. l did a database of about 20,000 business enterprises within a certain business niche in Nigeria for my brother which comprises business name, physical address, phone numbers and email addresses, he uses the database to sell what he is producing. l know people who will comfortably pay me N50k for that database but l no fit spoil my brother's business!

ogalawyer:
OK..will reply asap
modified* I ve been trying to reply you. But it is returning a failure message.

Apologies dat am just replying you, the browser on my fone as been crashing sins and I can't log into nairaland from my lappy don't no why. You can reach me on 0 8 0 9 8 5 7 2 7 four two, same number for whatsapp.

Or let me av ur digits so I can call u.

Thanks