2. WordPress Jobs
&
Freelance marketplaces
Mr. Yalamber Subba
yalamber.com
Engineering Director
iXOD llc.

3. What is Freelance
marketplace?
“Freelance marketplaces (or outsourcing
marketplaces) are websites that match buyers and
sellers of services provided via the internet.”
From Wikipedia.

4. Top Freelance marketplaces?

5. What most of them have in
common?
S Lots of WordPress projects
S Odesk (3,676 jobs)

6. WordPress Jobs &
Freelance marketplaces
S Elance.com (37,575 new jobs in last 15 days)

7. WordPress Jobs &
Freelance marketplaces
S vworker.com(212),
freelancer(347),
guru.com(273)
S Elance Job Trends
report
S 13% quarterly
growth on Elance

8. WordPress Jobs &
freelance marketplaces
S Demand for WordPress skill is always increasing
S Thousands of jobs are available for WordPress developers
S Many companies/organizations are switching to WordPress
as their cms platform
S WordPress is among top skills on most of the freelance
marketplaces

9. How to win WordPress Jobs
on these marketplaces?
S Portfolio or job history
S Proposal Specific to project
S Take WordPress Skill tests
S Improve Your Profile
S Ratings, reviews & testimonials

10. Limitations / Cons
S Project fees and transaction costs
S Competition
S Usually lower bids win
S Some clients are not easy to work with and disputes may
occur
S Not easy to get your first job

11. Alternatives
S jobs.wordpress.net or other job boards
S Codecanyon, themeforest, other marketplaces
S WordPress forums
S Start your own WP shop.

12. Thank you
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