Can I make a living with Freelancer.Com?
By: Bahar Yayla
Tags: Freelancing, Freelancers, Graphic Design, Information Technology

Freelancer.com is one of the few freelancer sites where people have some trust that they can make a part of their living while working at home.

Before enrolling in any sites as a freelancer, please check your possible earnings per month and see if you can survive with that money. Depending on where you live on this globe, maybe you can. Are you living in India, in Bali?

Although the top paying jobs are very appealing, they are not posted often! Many competitors are bidding for the top paying jobs where you have to make your way among 150 to 60 competitors to be selected. We can approximately calculate your chances as 1,5–1,66% in average for every top paying project.

How much you can earn as an IT consultant, in average?

Let’s assume that you will put all your efforts for a year for giving bids for top paying jobs only. For example, IT top paying jobs can make you earn $5,000 per month and are posted approximately 90 times per month….but since there are 90 bids and 145 freelancers fighting for it…

$5,000 x 90 posts per month x 12 months x being the first among 145 freelancers $5,000 x 90 x 12 x 0.68% = $36,720 per year after proposing 1,080 bids.

There are approximately 3,000 IT job posts per month.

$5,000 per month (3%)

$700 per month (17%)

$500 per month (25%)

$375 per month (65%)

How much you can earn as a Graphic Designer, in average?

In Graphic Logo Design, the graphic design top paying jobs can make you earn $1,700 per month and are posted approximately 18 times a year….but since there are 80 bids and 80 freelancers fighting for it…

$1,700 x number of bids in a year x chances of being the first among 80 $1,700 x 18 bids x 1,25% = $ 382 per year You are most likely to make $382 per year even for bidding only for the highest priced job posts. The only way to differ is to be very very exceptional!

There are approximately 76 job posts for graphic design. Job bids and your possible monthly gains from that project are as follows:

$1700 per month (2%) Job: logo design, 80 bids in average

$700 per month (4%) Job: brochure, logo design, brand guidelines, 50 bids in average

$500 per month (4%) Job: brochure, logo design, brand guidelines, 46 bids in average

$300 per month (24%) Job: logo, business card design, 70 bids in average

$100 per month (65%)

Architectural 3D Modeling and Interior Design?

Approximately 30 job posts per month. Job bids and your possible monthly gains from that project are as follows:

$1700 per month (3%), 60 bids in average

$945 per month (24%), 40 bids in average

$750 per month (3%)

$400 per month (27%)

$200 per month (53%)

ACAD Drafting?

Approximately 2,3 job posts per month. Job bids and your possible monthly gains from that project are as follows:

$964-$500 per month. 44 bids in average

Business Plan Studies?

Approximately 2 job posts per month

$900 per month, 58 bids

$300 per month, 11 bids

CONCLUSION

The most likely sector to make some money through freelancer.com is IT. There is a lot of demand for IT sector freelancers, most of them are driven by entrepreneurs and dreamers. They demand things like build a website like ‘freelancer’, build a dating app, design me a crypto etc.

Being part of freelancer work force and giving bids for projects brings 0 payment for you. However it gives you some experience on dealing with customers, managing your business. If you are not from IT sector, think it like an internship program, from which you may/may not be paid.