How to master the nuances of freelancing?

Question

Freelance

How to master the nuances of freelancing?
1. Interested in how to start, take at least the first not difficult project, if there are already a lot of willing performers and for almost every project?
2. How to agree on payment, transfer to an account or something else, what kind of prepayment to ask?
3. Are there any other nuances or little things worth knowing?
I really want to join, but competition scares me and communication with the customer scares me because of incompetence!
if anyone cares, please share!

Answer 1

1. Beginning performers are always needed. On small "projects", where, just, beginner performers are bursting - customers, for their part, very often do not care about the quality of performance, portfolio, etc. Decides the price tag.
In order to take on the first simple project , you just need to attract a customer with a low price for the service offered.
Of course, you don’t need to torture yourself either - therefore, it would be better to take, according to your own estimates, a short-term project for not very high goals (the so-called "bydlokod").
2. The payment method is chosen individually. There is no single recipe here. But, in any case, the chance to beat the competition in obtaining an order increases if you do not take an advance payment (yes, it's risky, but customers love it no less than ridiculously low prices).

Answer 2

1. Kill all applicants, only one should remain at the end!
2. Use psychic powers when negotiating, writing with your hands, or communicating with your voice is for the weak.
2.1. Since the freelance area is not indicated, I will assume that we are talking about projects at the VK / FB level ... ask for a hundred thousand million, you can't go wrong.
3. English.
stop asking stupid questions, or try, or pass by.

Answer 3

Register and get started. Otherwise, this bagpipe will continue like this: what if... what if... but how...
Along the way, many questions are removed by themselves, and if something remains unclear, you can ask a specific question here.

Answer 4

1) bid on projects continuously and always be the first to apply for a project.
2) you don’t have a reputation, and for small work, what the hell is an advance payment for? most likely you are just pissed off.
3) get competencies and then freelance.

Answer 5

Are you a techie or what? Did you study statistics? More applications - more likely to get a project. How many applications do you send per day? 2-3-5? Nothing will happen with such activity. Apply more often so you can talk about hundreds of applications a week.