Where to make money on freelance: list of services

Ukrainian companies massively transfer employees to a remote location. Some businesses have already begun to reduce or cut wages.

In these conditions, Ukrainians became more interested in freelance. So, according to the largest freelance exchange Freelancehunt, from March 16 to 22, 50% more new users joined the site. One in three indicated that they were registering "because of the situation in the country."

What is known about Ukrainian freelance

    At the end of 2019, the average fee of Ukrainian freelancers for a project grew to 2,000 UAH. Most often they order programming and design services.
    Freelancers who work in the local market began to earn more in 2019. Programmers on average receive 23,000 UAH per month, copywriters - about 14,000 UAH.
    Recruiting port hh.ua | grc also notes that freelancers are most active in IT, telecom, PR and marketing. At the same time, 53% of employers are willing to pay less than 16 500 UAH, and 29% - up to 27 900 UAH.

Freelancehunt

A large exchange on which 70% of performers live and work in Ukraine. He publishes a full range of projects: from programming to promotion, design and work on texts.

Payment takes place through the Safe system - the client publishes the project, selects the contractor and freezes the funds until they are completed. It costs 9%, which can be paid by one of the parties or divided.

Performers can pay a premium profile - 100 UAH / month or 500 UAH for six months. It gives advantages in rating, opens statistics and allows withdrawing funds to cards of Ukrainian banks without commission.
Freelance.ua

Another major exchange with a focus on Ukrainian performers and a full list of specializations.

Orders can also be carried out according to the “safe transaction” system - while funds are reserved until the task is completed and feedback is exchanged. Money is withdrawn within 2 business days, the commission is from 15 UAH to 10% of the project budget, it is paid by the customer. There are no commissions for the contractor.

Without the use of a “safe transaction”, the withdrawal fee will be 3%. You can also buy a Pro account. It costs 125 UAH / month and allows you to send an unlimited number of proposals for orders, respond to selected orders, improves ranking and increases the rating.

Kabanchik

This is an online service ordering service where you can find not only traditional freelance, but also orders for cleaning, repair, construction and so on. In 2019, Ukrainians ordered services of UAH 155 million on it.

According to the platform, since the beginning of March the number of registrations has increased by 25%, the number of online specialists is growing: copywriting, rewriting, typing, design, etc.

Growing and order statistics:

    30% more - in the courier delivery category. The average bill is 160 UAH.
    20% more - for repeaters for distance learning. The average bill is 320 UAH.
    Orders for hairdressing services increased by 60%. The average bill is 370 UAH.

To withdraw money from the balance, you need to tie the card to the profile and make a request for withdrawal of funds. After the money will go to the card.
The commission of the service is removed from the specialist after successful closing of the order - 5 to 20%, depending on the category.

Also, specialists have the opportunity to independently increase the commission from the base and thus receive newsletters with current orders earlier than others, as well as respond to orders in the first 5 minutes after publication.

Upwork

The largest international freelance exchange. To register, you will have to carefully fill out the profile and undergo preliminary moderation. In addition to experience, you need to specify the hourly rate, record a video about yourself and so on.

For example, the average rate of freelancers in the world according to Payoneer is $ 21 / hour. And Upwork itself published the top most paid professions for 2019 with rates up to $ 215 / hour.

Currency of the exchange - the so-called connections that allow you to place an order. Each costs $ 0.15, the required amount is calculated depending on the volume of the order. For example, for filing a fee in the amount of $ 50 to $ 599 you need to pay 4 connections.

There is also a paid Freelancer Plus account, which costs $ 15 / month and provides 70 connections, as well as other benefits. In addition, freelancers pay a commission for the work, depending on the amount of contracts with the customer. From the first $ 500, 20% will be taken, up to $ 10,000 - 10%, then - 5%.

Ukrainians most often withdraw money with Upwork through the Payoneer payment system. It also allows you to get a physical map for payment in terminals and stores. Its annual service will cost $ 30, and $ 3.15 will be written off for withdrawal from an ATM.

A free transfer from Upwork to Payoneer will take up to 2 days, a quick one will arrive in 2 hours and will cost $ 2.50. If you want to withdraw money to a bank account, you can generate a SWIFT payment in the amount of $ 300 and with a commission of 2%. Then the money will go up to 2 days. And you can withdraw earnings online by paying a commission of 3.6%.

Fiverr

Israeli online platform for freelancers. Here you need to sell your services, which are called gigs. For example: “I will quickly translate from English to Ukrainian and vice versa.”

The payment system is also unusual - a freelancer exposes several “packages” of services. Basic usually starts at $ 5 and provides a minimum amount of work with a long lead time. Standard and premium packages can cost several times more. Exchange commission will be 20%.

Withdrawals can be made through Payoneer or a bank transfer with a waiting period of about 2 days.