I’ve been freelancing for 1.5 years now, and I focus mainly on 2 things to get leads: 
  
 - Cold emails to prospective clients  
 - Build personal brand on LinkedIn  
  
 I prefer the latter cause my e-mail skills are subpar lol. The main challenge w Indian clients is 💸💸 which is why you gotta look out for work w international clients.  
  
 As for the journey, it’s been great, made 6 figures within a few months itself which is totally possible if you avoid the 10ppw client crowd

I’m assuming you’re a content writer since you mentioned 10ppw. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Growth And Strategy

Content Strategist

Any idea on getting outside clients for product design?

UX/UI Designer

I’m curious to know from the freelancing community in here about their journey and how freelancing has been for them. I’m also trying to understand the challenges they are/were facing working with ...

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I’m curious to know from the freelancing community in here about their journey and how freelancing has been for them. I’m also trying to understand the challenges they are/were facing working with clients in India and what platforms they often go to to look for freelance work.

Freelancing in India

Freelancing in India- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hi, Would love to know if anyone is doing freelancing full time or part time. Like how you folks started? How do you find clients regularly? Do you have indian clients or from US or Europe? Love to know more about this as I want to get started in the freelancing world.

Freelancing Advice

Software Engineer

Coders on grapevine, need your advice. I want to start part time job or freelancing to earn extra money. I have 7 yoe in JavaScript (reactjs, react native). 
Where should i start my search?
What should I expect in terms of client expectations?

If any of you are doing freelancing, I would love to hear about your journey.

Freelancing

Hello Everyone!!

In the freelance market, which tech stack are you people mostly getting projects in?

Also, please provide a little roadmap/pointers to start freelancing (tech only).

Freelancing Trend ?

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Any thoughts on career transition from full time at big companies to freelancer? 

I have 5.7 years of exp of FSE. and would like to settle as freelancer in near future. 
I want to experiment this option for 1 year and if not succeeded is it okay to switch back to full time emp? Is it worth taking the risk considering my financial status? 

I see these are pros and cons
Pros:
Complete wfh.
Direct contact with clients no boss/manager

Cons:
Income will be effected if no project. 
Continuous search for projects. 
Risky. 

Any other pros and cons one can think of pls mention in the comments. I would definitely try this option for atleast one year.

Transition to Freelancer in India.

Software Developer

Anyone who is doing freelancing rn, how did you start with it?
How do a working professional get started with it as a way to learn more skills?
What all freelancing work have you done?

How did you start with freelancing?

Consultant

Hi everyone ,
I want to know if there are any freelancers out there or have knowledge of it ? I want to start freelancing and made an account on fiverr and upwork but I don’t know to start initially. Also, would leaving the job in the long run be fruitful for the sake feelancing as I see a lot of people make a lot more than corporate job. And last but not the least , I see a lot of people struggling to get money out of clients.

Advice about Freelancing

I m looking for a side income by doing freelancing in the form of Software engineering or content/tech writing. I have a question how do freelancers find work from freelancing platforms. Do they subscribe for paid version and try to bid or they never work on these platforms and rely only on network

How freelancer find work from freelancing platform

Salesforce Developer

I have been searching for job for almost 4 months now, due to layoff. The job market is pretty tough these days so I thought of trying out freelancer path. Even after having a really solid resume and work experience, it’s difficult to get freelancing jobs. I am exploring upwork and freelancer platform but it’s of no use till now.
Do you have any such freelance platform recommendations (which works) or someone you can connect me to ?

Trying to start freelancer career after layoff

I would like to know the following:

1. One/two liner about what exactly you do.

2. How long have you been working as a freelancer.

3. Are you happy with the work ?

4. How's work/life balance like ?

5. What's your average monthly income ?

6. Why did you choose freelancing over a regular full time job ?

7. Pros/Cons of being a freelancer.

8. How do you get your work, do you reach out to people or do they reach you ?

9. Is it a sustainable lifestyle ?

8. Any interesting story ?

If you are a freelancer, tell us about your work

Senior Software Engineer

I want to know if we can get a remote job from abroad IT companies in India. 
Does anyone have any experience? If yes pls share how someone can apply for the same.

Remote Working for abroad companies

I'm curious if there are any members here who have experience working with Toptal and securing projects through their platform. I'd appreciate it if someone could share insights on the typical rates a developer from India can expect when working through Toptal. Any guidance or personal experiences would be greatly valued. 
Thank you in advance!

Toptal rates for backend developers in india

Backend Engineer

I have 8 years of software development experience and earning a decent salary, but contemplating to slowly transition towards self employment.

My skills are mostly in backend engineering- building web APIs and distributed cloud services. Are there opportunities available for such a skillset? I have observed it’s easier for frontend engineers and UI/UX designers to get freelancing opportunities as compared to backend engineers.

Anyone on this forum with similar skillset has been successful in getting good quality freelance work and make good money? Can you share your journey?

Anyone successfully transitioned to freelancing?

Finding clients on Upwork, people per hour, freelancer isnt easy nowadays, whats your preference??

Best platform to find freelance clients???

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Hey all,

Please tell me which is a good platform to do freelancing work?

Best platform for freelancing?

Data engineer

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

I have been a passionate writer since 2019 and have always wanted to work for my own, but starting a freelancing career after i quit my job is quite overwhelming, i hardly know how to find the right clients that I can work with, the rates i can set, the work boundaries, everything feels so out of place. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding this?

Working as a freelance writer

Copywriter

Hey folks,
I want to dip my hand in freelancing.
My job is quite laid back and i have a lot of free time.

I have been grinding leetcode in my free time but I'm bored of it. So, I decided why not use this to expand my real working knowledge and earn some side income too.

Any experienced freelance person, please guide on how to start and where to. I know it takes a serious hustle to break the first client. But starting itself seems daunting to me.

Thanks for your time

Start freelancing

I have expertise in full stack backend heavy and react based web frontend roles and native mobile development on iOS too.

I am looking for actual real ways to freelance. Freelancer and upwork are not panning out well

Please help me with actual freelancing options in India.

Hey folks, wanted to understand a couple of things from experienced folks here -

1. What does freelance consulting look like?
2. How to start working in freelance consulting(shadowing/independent projects for free/volunteering etc.)?
3. Are there any hard barriers to entry(YoE, MBA, T1 grad for example)?
4. What platforms should one use to obtain projects that pay decently well - 2-3 hours daily leading to ~30k earnings monthly? If this is an unrealistic expectation, how does the payscale build over time?
5. Any other insights/comments that would affect the decision to work on freelance consulting.

Thanks in advance!

Path to working freelance(consulting) sustainably

Analyst

Calling out all folks have indulged in freelancing gigs building software.
1. How has your experience been
2. How can one start - any sort of guide/websites that were most useful
3. Any other help/suggestions.

Background - 6+ years in tech, worked in good product companies.

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