What is better for a designer - Elance vs odesk vs Freelancer.com?

Question

Freelance

Hello.
Here, I'm trying to deal with foreign freelancing. A lot of things are incomprehensible....
1. It seems that there are no projects specifically for website design at all. It's true?
2. In categories like "UI/UX design" and "Web design" are freelancers who are more like programmers. Where are the web designers then?
3. Bids... It's not clear at all. Now I have 15 bids on Odessa after passing the tests. Why so little? How much is spent on average on finding a client? I understand that it all depends on the personal skill, but still? There are a lot of articles on the Internet about successful freelancers earning decent money. Are 15-20 bids enough for them? Or are they basically all found in the catalog?
4. Where is it easier to start? While I'm looking at Elance, Odessa and Freelance.com.
5. Freelance.com attracts with a good choice of tariff plans, but what are your impressions? Has anyone successfully worked there?
6. What about lesser known exchanges? Like guru.com, etc. Maybe it's easier to start there?
7. Hourly pay - hasn't worked like that yet... What if we say estimated the project at 5 hours, blunted it and finished it at 10? Does the client have to pay for this?
8. Where there are more design projects, landing pages, etc.
9. Where is the least competition?

Answer 1

I will answer not about the design, but in general:
1. I think there is.
2. I can't answer exactly
3. 20 bids in Odessa are given for a week. When passing verification, there will be 25 bids per week. That is, 100 bids per month. It seems to me, as a designer, that 4 should be enough for you
. As a programmer, I started with Odeska, he is a little more understandable than Elance (at the beginning). Now I work successfully on both exchanges.
5. I can't say anything about this exchange. There are no tariff plans on Odesk at all. On Elance - $15 per month.
6. ....
7. I think that's exactly what it was created for: to pay in proportion to the time spent.
Imagine the reverse situation - you agreed on a budget (say, $300), drew a PSD, and the client tells you that he doesn't like everything. This is where hourly pay comes in handy - how much you worked, so much you got. And according to the estimate in hours - just overestimate the uppermost time limits. It is impossible to take into account all the risks and trifles.
8. From time to time I met projects on both Odesk and Elance on landing pages. Where else, alas, I do not know.
9. Where there is less competition, there are fewer orders. It’s better to simply beat the competition with a good portfolio, good communication, and work style.

Answer 2

designers have a separate exchange, it’s probably better for pros, but in general, no one bothers you to work for three at once, it doesn’t take much time, if there are orders, then you don’t have to work for them.