Looking to start freelancing but don’t where to find work? We’ve got you covered.
Whether you’re looking to make some extra income, seeking a professional career, or simply enjoy the flexibility of freelancing, there’s never been a better time to be a freelancer.
As a freelancer, you’re creating your own job and you become your own boss.
From choosing the types of projects to the location and time of work, you decide!
To get started with freelancing, all you need is a laptop and Internet connection.
After spending hours researching plus years of experience, I’ve compiled a list of 49 best freelance job websites to help find your online jobs and start making money in no time.
Stop wasting time looking elsewhere, I’ve done the hard work. Now all you need to do is get out there, build a freelancing portfolio and find jobs that fit your skills and interests.
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If so, the world of freelancing as a transcriptionist, captioner, or subtitle translator is calling your name!
And if you’re a talented typist seeking an online freelancing job to boost your income, look no further than Rev.com.
This platform is your gateway to transforming your keyboard wizardry into a lucrative career. Sign up today, become a Revver, and unlock a world of opportunities!
All you need are strong English skills, a computer, and a reliable internet connection.
Rev currently accepts freelancers from the following countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- The United States (except California)
With thousands of new jobs posted every day, divided into easy to browse categories, there’s always something for everyone at Upwork, whether you’re a beginner or you’ve been freelancing for years.
Sign up for their free membership, shop around and bid on projects that you like. It can be hourly or fixed priced project, short or long-term work, and works for entry, intermediate or expert-level users.
You can also choose to upgrade to paid membership starts at $10/month, which will give you more exposure and more bids.
Similar to Upwork, you can create a freelancer profile for free, browse the latest jobs posted and start bidding on projects that interest you.
As a free member, you’re able to bid on projects for only 8 bids per month.
To increase your monthly bid limit, you’ll need to pay for their premium membership which will give you hundreds to thousands of extra bids per month according to the plans.
Comparing in term of free membership, Upwork has a better offer that allows you to bid up to 60 projects every month. Though there’s no harm in signing up a free account with Freelance.com too.
Same as the previous sites, Guru’s using bidding system too. You’ll have to compete with many other freelancers.
The great thing about Guru is that they offer a much better payment option compared to Upwork. The only fee charged is 8.95% job fee. While Upwork will charge you a very high commission 20% of your total earnings.
Thus, it’s a great place to start for beginners, but be prepared to take some low-paid jobs and slowly build up a great portfolio.
As you’re growing your freelance business, you can opt for the paid membership to enjoy benefits like lower job fees, more bids and free skill tests.
5. iFreelance
What makes iFreelance different from other platforms is that you’ll keep 100% of your earnings, nothing less!
However there’s no free membership, you’ll need to pay a monthly membership fee at just $6.25/month to start making money on the site.
Their biggest categories are web & mobile development and design. Other popular job listings on the site include social media, online advertising, admin support, writing, translation, video and audio editing.
7. Craigslist
To do a quick job search on Craigslist, look at the section “jobs” and “gigs” of the city you’re targeting and enter relevant keywords into the search box.
Do note that everyone can post a listing, to avoid scams you’ll have to do some research on the client, meet up via Skype or face-to-face (if possible) and set up a contract.
Hubstaff Talents is a relatively new freelancing platform that has much smaller job listings. But the number of people competing for the same gig is lesser too.
Compared to its established counterparts like Upwork, Hubstaff Talents lets you open an account and work directly with businesses all for free.
Take 10 minutes to register a free account, fill out your profile includes a short bio, skills, experience and hourly rate. You can either wait for potential employers to contact you or apply for the jobs posted.
9.Cloudpeeps
This site focuses on a variety of projects like social media, online marketing, copywriting, web development, and graphic design.
You’ll need to have some previous work experience and portfolio items to join Cloudpeeps. Once you’ve completed your profile successfully, it’s quite easy to get jobs.
10. Project4Hire
If you have a hard time finding jobs on Upwork or Freelancer.com, why not give Project4Hire a try.
Do note that, there’s a 5% Project Acceptance Fee that you have to pay before you can start working on any project. Let’s say you won a bid and awarded with a project of $100, you’ll need to pay $5 to the site before working on the project.
What happened if (for any reason) the client fails to hire you? The acceptance fee will be refunded to your account.
11. Flexjobs
So why should you pay to get those online jobs? Well, at least I wouldn’t pay for that. After digging around, I found that the site is quite popular because they make sure the jobs posted are completely scam-free and there’s no advertisement on its site.
If you’re serious about freelancing, it’s worth testing out for one month and see how it works for you. They offer a 30-day money back guarantee. So if you’re not satisfied with their service, you can cancel the plan and request a full refund.
12. We Work Remotely
Here you can find all kinds of online jobs, ranging from business and management, customer support, programming, designing, copywriting to marketing.
13. Freelanced
What makes Freelanced unique is that they operate based on the social networking concept, where you can create a profile, update status, add friends, join groups and connect with people of same interest.
If you haven’t join Freelanced, you should check it out.
14. Working Nomads
Then definitely Working Nomads is for you. It’s a popular freelancing site among digital working nomads, which allows you to work while traveling around the world.
They have all sorts of job categories as well, including design, marketing, development, management, and writing.
15. JustAnswer
JustAnswer is a membership site, which allows users to ask almost any question and get an answer from experts. A range of topics includes tax, finance, law, computer and health.
You can sign up and become a Just Answer expert and start getting paid for answering questions on a freelance basis.
16. Onsite
It’s the place you’d want to go to find quality freelance and on-site jobs. As I’m writing now, they offer free membership and they don’t charge any fee for freelancers.
Here you can find jobs that match your skills. The main categories are management, development, design, illustration and motion.
If you’re serious about freelancing, it’s definitely worth a try.
17. YunoJuno
With the aim of providing freelancers a better experience, YunoJuno doesn’t charge freelancers for a membership plan. Instead, employers have to pay a fee of 9% on the project rates.
YunoJuno also promises that all freelancers will get paid on 14 days after job completion.
There are many job opportunities for creative, designers, developers, marketers, project managers and journalist.
If you’re interested in building a professional career, you should at least check out this site.
18.Folyo
Both businesses and freelancers can use the platform for absolutely free!
As a freelancer, you can choose to pay a small monthly fee to access additional features like attaching portfolio to your project reply.
What I like about Folyo is there’s no middleman. Once you’ve come to an agreement with a client, you can move on and communicate with your client elsewhere.
With over 50 job categories vary from virtual assistant, accounting, paralegal, graphic design, marketing to writing ones. You can easily find freelancing jobs that appeal to you. And rest assured that all the jobs posted are screened, legitimate and scam-free.
20.Remotive
If you’re interested in working from home, Remotive is definitely worth checking out.
21. Crowdsite
After 7 days, a winner will be chosen and be awarded prize money.
22. Krop
Krop is a portfolio hosting website, specially catered for the creative industries. If you’re a designer, developer, artist etc, you should give Krop a try.
Here you can find lots of opportunities to work with top tech companies like Twitter, Apple, HBO, Facebook, Netflix, The New York Times and many other big names.
Thus, you might need to have a certain level of experience and specific skill before considering to apply for jobs here.
23. Toptal
You might need to have some related work experience and acquire specific skillset before giving it a try. The 4 main job categories are for developers, finance experts, designers and project managers.
24. Angel List
Look no further, there are over 26,510 high-flying companies at Angel List that are constantly looking for talents to join their startups.
There are many open positions for data scientist, designer, developer, engineer, copywriter, and marketer. You can create an account for free and start applying for jobs directly with the founders.
If you want to get a taste of startup culture, or maybe secure a long-term employment, then you should definitely check out Angel List.
25. Indeed
Simply do a quick search by salary, job types, location, company names or experience level, it’ll show you the most relevant works.
You can also upload your resume so that prospective employers can find you. Or subscribe to their email list to get the latest remote job listing.
26. Aquent
You may search all the open job positions in your selected area, or do a quick search with keywords and location. Aquent not only allows you to find both remote and on-site jobs, but also provides free online courses to sharpen your skills.
28. Truelancer
It works more like “Upwork” plus “Fiverr”, where you can bid for proposals and selling your own custom services. Besides that, you can also make money by joining contests posted by employers. Of course, only the winner will get the prize money reward.
Its huge job opportunities attract freelancers of all levels from all across the world, majority of them are from India, USA, UK, Philippines and Bangladesh.
Here you can find all sorts of job categories as well, like data entry, writing, translation, graphic design, programing, sale and marketing, accounting, and social media management.
If you find it hard to get jobs at Upwork and other freelancing platforms, you may want to check out this site.
29. Skip The Drive
If you already have a LinkedIn account, all you need to do is link it to your LinkedIn Profinder profile.
Most of the prospective clients are looking for professionals with expertise. So you’ll need to have a great profile, showing off your experience, skills, and qualifications.
However, everything good things come at a price. To get access to these good quality freelance jobs, you’ll need to upgrade to LinkedIn Premium at a monthly fee of $59. If you’re still not sure whether it’s worth the investment, you can test out the system where you’ll be able to get 10 proposals for free.
Micro jobs
31. Fiverr
It works differently from Upwork and Freelancer.com. Instead of bidding for projects, you’re creating your own freelance service offerings and clients will then browse through a list of gigs.
If clients want to know about your gigs, they can message you or place the order directly if they want to buy your gigs.
Many people won’t focus much on this site because you have to sell your gigs at a very low price of $5.
At a first glance, it may not seem worthwhile but keep in mind you can actually add extra services on top of the base $5 option, this can add up quickly!
32. Microworkers
It focuses on micro jobs, like fill out a survey, write a short article, share links on social media or even test out a website. Most of these small tasks are pretty simple and take less than an hour to complete.
Thus, Microworkers is perfect for those just starting out and who are not ready to commit to larger projects.
It’s especially popular among freelancers in US because there are thousands of small jobs available that you can apply and make money instantly.
With just few clicks, you can easily find quick work called human intelligence tasks (HITs) on the site. The only downside is that most of the tasks are not really well paid.
Make use of your lunch breaks, TV commercial breaks or any free time, you can earn few extra bucks with Mturk.
34. Clickworker
Clickworker is another great place to earn quick cash by doing micro jobs.
Almost all the tasks are pretty simple, doesn’t require experience or specific skills. For example take a short survey, copy and paste text etc.
Doing micro jobs definitely can’t make you a full-time income, but still a good way to make easy money in your spare time.
35. Damongo
It works pretty similar to Fiverr where you will create a job profile like “I will design social media business card for $5”. You can sell your gigs from $5, $10, $20 and $50.
They cover a wide range of job categories, including online marketing, vide &animation, writing & translation, programming, and graphic design.
Don’t know where to start? Browse through the lists of gigs and get some inspiration of what you can offer.
Writing
36. ProBlogger
If you’re a blogger, this could be a good way to make some extra income online.
37.Textbroker
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced writer, there are loads of great writing opportunities for you. They have a fixed payment system, your earnings are affected by your rating and content quality. For example, you get 1.0 cents per word if your article is of 3-star quality and 5.0cents per word for 5-star article.
If you have a flair for writing, Textbroker is all you need! However, Textbroker is open to US citizens and residents only.
39. MediaBistro
It also includes a blog with career advice and training courses.
However, most of the jobs are looking for U.S freelancers only.
40. Writer Access
To become a member on the site, you need to take skill tests upon signing a free account. Then they’ll review your portfolio and give you an initial star rating that determines your hourly rate.
If you have a way with words, you should check this out.
Design & Tech
41. 99designs
At 99designs, things work differently compared to other freelancing sites. Instead of browsing through lists of jobs, you have to submit your design work to a contest and compete with top talents from all over the world. Client will choose the best design work and the winner will be paid very well.
It’s definitely a great place for experienced freelancers with a keen eye for design.
42.Behance
On the site, there’s a job section where you can find jobs based on your skills, location and experience.
It covers a wide array of creative fields, including animation, architecture, advertising, cinematography, cartooning, fashion, game design, music, UI/UX, web design, writing and much more.
Take some time to create a profile on Behance, upload your best online portfolios and build your personal branding, it helps to attract potential clients. And in the long run, it’d definitely paid off.
43.DesignHill
It works pretty much the same as 99designs where companies will post design contests to the marketplace, to which freelance designers can submit their works. At the end of the contest, the selected freelancer will receive a pre-specified monetary reward.
44. Dribbble
Yes, then you should definitely check out Dribbble.
Besides showcasing your work on the site for potential clients to peruse, you can also apply to the list of remote jobs under job board section.
To post a job on Dribbble, employer has to pay a monthly fee of $299. So you know that those businesses are seriously looking for talents and probably have a big budget.
45. ArtWanted
ArtWanted lets you create a personal portfolio website, display your artwork and sell originals, prints or digitals files of images online, all in one place.
You can use the platform for free, no commission and no membership fee. You get 100% of earnings.
46.DesignCrowd
There are many different types of design works, including clothing, logos, brochures, websites, business cards and book covers.
47.Gun.io
Tutoring
48. Tutor.com
There’s always something that you can teach. Become a tutor at Tutor.com, start coaching others on your favorite subjects on a freelance basis to earn some money.
49.TutorVista
If you’re looking to make money while imparting your knowledge, you should check out TutorVista too.
50. Chegg Tutors
If doing low-paying data entry job doesn’t appeal to you, you might want to consider becoming an online tutor. It doesn’t require previous experience and it’s a great way to build up your portfolio as a freelancer.
Conclusion
If you’ve been searching for ways to make money online, I hope this list of top 50 freelance websites will help you in jumpstarting your freelancing career.
So, which of the platforms are the best freelance sites for you?
There are always job opportunities for freelancers. In fact, more and more crowdsourcing sites are growing rapidly. Always choose to work only with legitimate websites.
For beginners, pick 3 marketplaces that are most relevant to your skill set and expertise. Focus on these chosen platforms, connect with clients and other freelancers and slowly build up your portfolio.
Great things definitely take time, so don’t expect that it’ll change your life overnight.
Personally, I like using Upwork, Freelancer.com, Fiverr and Angel List to hire freelancers.
If you like to make a living from home, check out this article 10 best work from home jobs that take little or no experience.
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