Truelancer | Best Freelancing Site for Beginners

Freelancing and Freelancing Sites

Freelancing is, selling a skill or a service. The skill can be anything, like Article Writing, Graphic Designing, Web Designing, or Architectural Designing. As we discussed in a previous article, there is a number of platforms and websites for freelancing, which we call Freelancing Sites, Freelancing platforms, or Freelancing Websites. Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer are some really good examples of freelancing sites.

You can create an account and start selling your service. But the issue is, there is huge competition among freelancers. Because of that, receiving an order is not easily happen for most beginners. So, today we are going to know about one of the best freelancing sites for beginners.

Truelancer for freelancers

Truelancer is also a freelancing site, just like Fiverr and Upwork. The important part is, the competition is much less in Truelancer than in other freelancing sites. In a freelancing site like Fiverr, you have to wait till you get an order. But in Truelancer, you don’t have to wait anymore, you can send proposals for projects, and entries for contests. Here is a complete guide to start freelancing in Truelancer as a beginner.

Creating an Account in Truelancer

To sign up, follow these simple steps.

1.     First of all, go to the Truelancer freelancing site.

 

    2. You have three options to sign up. Google Login, Facebook Login, and Sign Up as a new user. Select one option and fill out any details you will be asked from Truelancer, and click “Create Account”.

    3. Now you have successfully created your Truelancer account. Now you can log in to your account using the email and password you used to create the account.

Setting Up the Account

• Setting up the Freelancer Profile

    1. Just after the login, you will be directed to the Dashboard. Here you can see all the basic information about your freelancing account.

    2. Go to your profile by clicking the profile icon on the top right corner and clicking “My Profile”.

    3. Then click “Edit Profile” and add all the information like your professional title, your skills. Add a profile nice picture too. And don’t forget to add some of your best work to the portfolio.

• Adding Services

 In the profile, under “My Services”, you can add services according to your skill. See Best Freelance Services - Truelancer to have a proper idea about services.

You are almost done with setting up the profile. Let’s go to the freelancing part now.

Apply to the Projects in Truelancer

    1. Go to “Find Jobs” in the top bar. There you can see all the active projects posted by clients. Scroll through the projects and find a project which matches your skills.

2. Click “View & Apply”, read the description carefully, and click the “Send Proposal” button on the top right.

3. Type the proposal details, mention your quote, and required deposit to start the project, and click the “Send Proposal” button.

If the client is interested to work with you, the client will contact you via the online chat service of Truelancer. Likewise, you can browse the active contests and send entries in the same method. If you win a contest, the prize is yours!

Today we were looking at Truelancer, the best freelancing site for beginners. You can easily go through the above procedure and start selling your services. Do you have any unclear points? Feel free to put a comment below, in the comment section. See you at another interesting article soon!