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Which site is the suitable site for freelancing without Odesk?

7 points by incawater ↗ HN
Hi guys, I am a freelancer.I am earning a handsome emount from Odesk by Social media marketing.But I am interested in others freelancing site but I have no idea about others site.So I want to know which sites are trusted site for freelancing.

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bayouborne
On the 'buy' side, I've also used elance.com and freelance.com and found them all similarly useful. Of the 3, freelance.com seems to have more people with experience installing and configuring 'big' projects like Canvas/Instructure.
orangethirty
Truth is the real money happens once you leave those sites. Don't trick yourself into depending on them to get work.
Throwadev
What do you do when you leave those sites? Where do you find work? Are those sites a stepping stone to getting started (building network/portfolio, etc)?
rabidonrails
There's a startup in Chicago called matchist that is trying to do a better job of matching freelance developers. http://matchist.com
timjahn
Co-founder of matchist here.

Thanks Howard! Incawater, happy to answer any questions you might have. We're working to help freelance web/mobile developers find quality projects that pay on time, every time.

jf22
There is a typo on your main page. "feell free" on the developer communication image.
nickdean
odesk.com , elance.com and freelancer.com are the big 3 real international marketplaces. Matchist mentioned above is US only, and from the way you formulate it your question i assume you are not US based, so it's useless for you. The best freelance work comes from referrals though, good luck.