Comments on: Why I closed my Elance profile and you should too https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/ Writer. Indie Author. Ghostwriter. Journalist. Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lea https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1171 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:45:23 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1171 In reply to Ryan Peter.

realy true!

]]> By: Lea https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1170 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:43:34 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1170 In reply to Ryan Peter.

Same issues here. Elance closed my account without any further notice.
Really frustrating. I just wasting my time!

]]> By: wayne b https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1169 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:41:09 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1169 I’m happy to have found this. Too late, though. Then again, Probably would have ignored it when I was deciding whether or not to join Elance.

Same story from Pretoria. Just had my Elance account closed. I had a 4.8 rating, with only one client below 5 stars. Same rubbish mass mail – and worst of all, a client that still owes me what I need to pay my rent this month.

I also had someone from Bangladesh copy my name, photo and link to my portfolio. A client of mine gave him the job, and it was a nightmare until I finally figured it out. Loopholes everywhere.

Watch out for that one – check that nobody steals your identity on Elance.

It seems they’re weeding us out, the ones who don’t bid on enough $10 writing gigs for 50k words. I was even considering upgrading to a paid account.

I feel utterly cheated, conned, and outsmarted. At least we can still laugh about those schmucks, right?

(Sigh)

]]> By: Jessica https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1168 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 23:26:23 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1168 What I don’t understand is: Some say Elance is OK, some say it is a waste of time. So, where is the harm in leaving your profile on Elance, while also looking for work via what Ryan calls the Old School Way? Does it have to be Either / Or?

]]> By: Pete https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1167 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:48:05 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1167 LOL.. Elance is a joke and all that I can do is laugh at them. I have no words for their ridiculous antics. I’d suggest staying away from any Elance company.

]]> By: akin https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1166 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:28:54 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1166 I found the same problem as you, as an SEO specialist had been invited to bid on a job where the client wanted to pay $20 to optimized 70 pages of a website with total about 35 keywords in short of term. He did not pay even in my hours rate and I did for key research. elance charge us and make the bid goes so high and elance does not charge the client. It was a crazy project then I cancel membership shortly.

]]> By: Sylvia https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1165 Thu, 14 May 2015 17:57:12 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1165 Hello! I agree 105% with Ryan. I think Elance is very unfriendly in their system. Is not easy to understand. I just won a small job for a design cover, and once the cover was finished the client disappeared and didn’t fund the money. So, I lost my time and money. I am so frustrated! As you said, the jobs are big, but with little pay. Can you please give me some tips of how to get clients through my site? I am specializing in eBooks formatting. Thank you. I wish you success in your writing business!

]]> By: Joshua https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1164 Wed, 06 May 2015 01:53:31 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1164 I’m so disappointed with ELance. I hadn’t been active and they essentially started to spam my email box. I unsubscribed from their service, removed my information, added them to spam block, and wasn’t even given the option to properly close my account within their admin. The whole process ELance presents creates too many hooks to jump through for something in which the quality or sense in spending time in doesn’t make sense. I’m not sure what ELance was doing before or how they managed their whole system before the purchase of oDesk, but this was purely an irritating experience. I’ll stick to the other old fashion methods some of which are already mentioned here.

]]> By: fina https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1163 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:14:43 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1163 Hi,

My account is under review since February this year. I appeal for a final review since I still have a long term contract with my client.

I’m afraid that they will take my account down. I’m a mother of two kids and that’s where I make a living.

🙁

]]> By: Wajiha https://ryanpeterwrites.com/2014/03/07/why-i-closed-my-elance-profile-and-you-should-too/#comment-1162 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:18:51 +0000 http://ryanpeterwrites.com/?p=2563#comment-1162 It was so good to have come across this post. My odesk account has just been closed without any reason just when I thought I’d start getting serious about this freelancing thing. True I haven’t been very active on it but whatever little work I did, it gave me a good 4.9 rating. I was just heartbroken. How can they even be this cruel? My major concern however is, what do I do to embark upon a successful freelance writing career otherwise?
And thanks for this post and all the comments. I feel I can breathe now 🙂

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