Freelance Bidding/Work Sites

[Bit Com]

Does anyone use the bidding sites like Guru.com, Sologig.com, Elance.com, etc. What has been your experience? Are they worth joining?
Appreciate the advice.

[morea]

My opinion (and the general consensus of the people I have spoken to) is that these sites work by one designer trying to underbid the next.

Spend the money on marketing yourself with a postcard campaign or something instead, and you will get work with your ethics intact.

[Jeff Fisher LogoMotives]

Run for your life from such sites!!!

- J.

[dustin]

Exactly - sites like eLance make you compete with people who will do a 100 hour project for $100.

There's a new freelance exchange on the 'net, http://www.BostonFreelance.com. Although it's free to sign up for projects, they have a very strict admissions policy. In order to qualify, you have to submit examples of your work -- and even still they reject more than 50% of the people who apply.

It just started recently, you should check it out.

Best,
-D

[cbscreative]

I use freelanceworkexchange.com and get a bite once in a while. The good news is the listings are light so the time spent looking for work is minimal. I have not had to do any bottom feeding, but maybe that's why I get only occasional work, enough to make it worthwhile so far. The other sites I've seen, yes, run for your life.