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I'm having one of my fastlane sites built on one of the freelance sites by an overseas freelance company. These guys are moving at a turtle pace, way too slow for my taste and I can already tell that the project won't be done on time unless I keep getting on their asses often which I'm already doing.
Let's use this thread to help each other deal with these freelancers better.
My tips:
1)Don't use a one-man freelance team to build you a complete website. Always try to hire a company. Hiring a guy to build your site has way too many risks. If anything happens to him, your site is stalled. He will also be working on multiple projects and will probably not be an expert at both design/coding, so you will end up getting less quality on one side.
2) Always use escrow payment and don't release escrows until you're satisfied with the progress.
3) Don't try to be nice to your freelancer, you're trying to run a business, speak up whenever you feel like something is not right. You're paying them to do a job, not to be your friends.
4) Don't believe everything you see in their portofolio. When I was looking at freelancers who bid on my project, I have found some of them using fake work in their portofolio to beef it up. Do your due diligence.
Please add yours.
Let's use this thread to help each other deal with these freelancers better.
My tips:
1)Don't use a one-man freelance team to build you a complete website. Always try to hire a company. Hiring a guy to build your site has way too many risks. If anything happens to him, your site is stalled. He will also be working on multiple projects and will probably not be an expert at both design/coding, so you will end up getting less quality on one side.
2) Always use escrow payment and don't release escrows until you're satisfied with the progress.
3) Don't try to be nice to your freelancer, you're trying to run a business, speak up whenever you feel like something is not right. You're paying them to do a job, not to be your friends.
4) Don't believe everything you see in their portofolio. When I was looking at freelancers who bid on my project, I have found some of them using fake work in their portofolio to beef it up. Do your due diligence.
Please add yours.
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