Hi! Would you guys recommend Upwork or Fiverr or any of those sites for graphic design work? I've never used any but I'm interested in doing some small jobs but i don't know how effective and trustworthy they are
Typically we don't love those sites because the pricing model tends to devalue the work of freelancers. HOWEVER, if you're just starting out they can be a great place to build your portfolio with small jobs and meet clients that you can then use to build your client base outside of those sites.
Here's more:
Stop Undervaluing Your Freelance Work, You Darling Fool
Should Artists Ever Work for Free?
Season 4, Episode 10: “I’m a Freelance Artist. How Do I Price My Work Fairly Without Losing Clients?”
Freelancer, Protect Thyself... With a Fair Contract
Becoming a Millennial Entrepreneur (In the Midst of a Pandemic) With Katelyn Magnuson
11 Awful Mistakes I Made as a Self-employed Freelancer, and How You Can Avoid Them
There’s apparently this $2000 online course called Fiction Profits Academy ‘teaching’ people how to make tons of passive income on Amazon as an ‘author’ by outsourcing everything. They’re being taught to squeeze writers and editors for everything they’ve got for the lowest possible price.
The students have flooded Upwork. You’ve probably seen all the many listings for ghost writing with infinitesimal budgets popping up. STAY AWAY.
These people are trying to flood the self publishing market with the sole purpose of making money. They are going to drive the cost of work way down, negatively affecting all freelancers whether they work directly with an FPA student or not.
I don’t know what makes them think this is a good idea. Authors who actually write books themselves and publish with the purpose of sharing their stories barely break even.
Readers aren’t stupid. They can tell if your story has heart or not, and these people trying to pay $300 for an entire novel? There’s no heart in that.
So good luck to these students, many of whom are already $10k+ in the red. And good luck to the freelancers they’re bleeding dry.
hi! I'm currently unemployed and kinda tight on funds so I'm hoping to take on editing gigs on fiverr til I can find a job. if you need anything edited, especially creative writing, hit me up here!
@joshcapilot is most likely a scammer. they messaged me on my alternate account, so i checked out their blog. it's only advertisements for their vrchat avatar business, but i noticed that none of the styles matched. i reversed image searched their banner...
and got hits. i couldn't determine the identity of the orange canid (it seems to be used in different fiverrs a lot), but the lizard guy is by Rone_Cam on furaffinity. (aka Cone_Ram on reddit and other things)
i've shot a friend request to them on their listed discord, while the joshcapilot account could not even give a reasonable explaination for why they couldn't access that dsc account (weirdly, they say it's not their account "yet")
btw, if you know the og artist personally it might be wise to bring this to their attention. if you know any other sources for the stuff on the blog, bring it to their attentions too, so maybe this guy can stop scamming people.
and josh, if you're reading this. stop using other people's art to advertise your work. if you use free models to showcase your rigging that's fine, but you have to make that clear. and using models you don't even own in your banner is a no-no.
Hey guys! I've decided to start doing tarot readings and bone throws starting at $5 on Fiverr! If you're interested, links are below! If you order a reading with me, it's greatly appreciated <3