Freelance jobs are everywhere. There are thousands of online opportunities to get started. If you want to have flexible work hours from the comfort of your home this post will show you the best websites to get started as a freelancer with commission fees and many details.

 
Source Statista

This statistic shows the freelance and non-freelance population in the United States in 2018, by age. About 42 percent of U.S. respondents in the age group of 18 to 34 years did freelance work in 2018.

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Here’s list of best freelance websites to get started with details and commission fees.

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Best freelance jobs from home [list of best websites]

Fiverr

Fiver was founded in 2010 by Shai wininger and Micha kaufman , currently fiverr has

5.5 million Buyers, there are 830,000 sellers on the platform.

Basically Fiverr is for all kinds of digital services like graphic design work, copywriting, voice-over, books cover design and many more. Most of the service starts at $5 to over $500.

It’s a great way to get started, you can actually increase your average sales by added value (more options and features).

Its one of the easiest website for freelance work to get started.

• Founded: 2010
• Commission fee: 20%
• Members: 5.5 Million.
• Total Sellers: 830,000.
• Average Monthly Transaction: $50 million.
• Total Categories: 200.
• www.fiverr.com
• Free course to get started

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Freelancer

With a $1.8 Billion value of projects posted on the freelancer website, it’s one of the biggest player in the market. This website has over 37.7 million visits each month, and people making a lot of money, and you can too get a piece of the cake with your current skills.

Freelancer has almost every job you can think of like data entry to game development to 3d modeling and graphic design and much more.

1. The average size of a job in freelancer.com is $200.
2.  Founded: 2009.
3. Commission Fees :5%
4.  Founder: Matt Barrie
5.  Average users : 37.7 Million.
6. The number of projects posted: 13 million jobs.
7.  www.freelancer.com
8. Getting started FREE guide

Upwork

Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals connect and collaborate remotely. In 2015, Elance-oDesk was rebranded as Upwork. It is based in Mountain View and San Francisco, California. The full name is Upwork Global Inc.

Upwork has 21 million registered freelancers and five million registered clients. 3 million jobs are posted annually, worth a total of $1 billion USD, making it the largest freelancer marketplace in the world

• Founded: 2015
• Commission fee: 20%
• $1 Billion in annual freelancer billings
• 14 million Members
• www.upwork.com
• Getting started Free Tutorial

People Per Hour

Another great freelance work website which founded in 2007, peopleperhour.com is a UK-based company which is similar to most of the other freelance website which has 1.5 million users (See how people per hour works?).

Based on official labor market statistics, PeoplePerHour predicts self-employment will grow at an annual rate of 3.5 percent over the next five years in the UK and at 3.2 percent in the US. source: Forbes

Both buyers and sellers pay a commission, which ranges from 5% to 20% (depending on billings). But that’s just the start of how Peopleperhour earns money from users. Consider the PPH point system. If you’re a worker, you get 15 points per month for free.

• Founded : 2007
• Commission fees : 20% [Details]
• 3 Million Visit  per month.
• 1.5 Million Members.
• Worldwide Rank : 15,275
• www.peopleperhour.com
• How to get your first client [blog post]

Guru

Join 3 million freelancers all over the world. Guru.com was founded in 1998 to connect freelance with companies to work for commission, the great thing about guru is the way it is organized. You can get payment by Milestones, or by the task or even by the hour. 

Guru.com was founded in 1998 as online clearing house for high tech workers seeking short-term contracts led by brothers Jon and James Slavet, raised $3M in angel funding and a further $16M in a full venture round led by Greylock Partners and August Capital.

• Founded : 1998.
• Commission Fees : 8.95%
• 3 Million members.
• 1.20 Million visit each month.
• 1 million job completed
• $250 Million paid to freelancers.
• www.guru.com
• Getting started [blog post] 

FlexJobs

Flexjobs encourages everybody to try career path as a freelancer. It provides a platform to ease the work for freelancers. This website collects jobs around the globe, you get full access to its network of employers at $14.95 a month.

• Founded: 2007.
• $14.95 per month subscription.
• 1.90 Milion visit a month.
• www.flexjobs.com

Toptal

Toptal is little bit expensive for companies. Basically Toptal requires an initial deposit of $500 once companies hire a talent. If they decide not to move forward with the hiring process, the platform refunds the deposit amount in full. On top of that, employers also pay the freelancers whose fees range from $60 per hour to more than $6,400 per week. That’s amazing for freelancer to get high-quality job offers and get paid good.

Toptal is a freelance website which promises companies that they can hire the top 3% of global freelancers. Surely, you can be one of them if you have the skills in a particular area.

• Founded 2010
• Commission Fees : 50%
• 2.82 Milton visit a month
• www.toptal.com
• How to apply for toptal

Simply Hired

In 2013, Simply Hired was ranked #3 on Forbes’ “Top 10 Best Websites for Your Career” list.

This freelance website allows you search jobs nearby as well as a list of salaries and tools to estimate your fee. 

You’ll also be able to create a resume from the website and learn many things from there. Difinetley it’s worth trying.

• Founded 2003
• Commission fees : free
• 7 Million visits a month.
• www.simplyhired.com
• Tips for using simplyhired

99 Designs

This site is set up in a bit of a different format than the typical freelance sites. First, it works in the design context. Clients publish a contest, and designers submit their work as their application. The client chooses the design they like best, and the designer gets paid. This website gets a new design ever 2 seconds as they show on their website.

• Founded: 2008
• 3.68 Million visit a month
• Commission Fees : 5%
• www.99 Designs.com
• Getting Started as freelancer

Envato Studio

Envato (formerly Eden) operates a group of digital marketplaces that sell creative assets for web designers, including themes, graphics, video, audio, photography, and 3D models. Envato has over 1.5 million active buyers and sellers and over 8 million community members, along with over 5 million items for sale. Its the highest-trafficked marketplace, 

• Founded in 2006
• Visitors 11 Million per month
• Global Rank 2,915
• Commission fees: 30% 
• https://studio.envato.com/

Twago

As we’re talking about the largest and most widely know marketplaces for freelancers and employers online, we should include Twago, which is one of the best options for the European market.

twago is the leading platform for online work in Europe. On twago, individuals or companies of all sizes find the experts they need for projects, and freelancers and agencies find work and grow their businesses.

You can find beginners and experts in writing, design, programming, online marketing, and more. Together with that, you can land some pretty big clients that can give you recurring work.

The system is set to send you email notifications each time a job that might interest you is posted, so make sure you complete your profile.

• founded in 2009
• Client fees: 12.5% for hourly projects
• Freelancer fees: 10%
• https://www.twago.com/

Conclusion

Working as freelance is life changing, you get to work from home and set your working hours as you desire. Plus it gives the freedom to spend your precious time with your family.

Many people becoming freelancers because of the freedom it gives and they get to work on something they love.

If you haven’t tried one of these freelance websites, its worth trying especially if you want to make an extra income, or full-time income.

Which freelance website you like the most and tell us your experience with it.