How Indian Freelancers are winning with Truelancer

September 26, 2016 by Jessee R

Indian freelancers are in demand. With the recent surge in the popularity of freelance in the Asia-Pacific region, more and more Indians are also starting to look at freelance as a potent way to craft a better life for themselves.

The recent rise can also be attributed to that fact that the west is once again looking at Asia as an efficient market for outsourcing freelance work. This is because of lower rates, high quality of work and prospects for long term freelance work.

Seeing this trend many Asian firms and individuals have also started employing freelancers on various kinds of projects from different fields like web development, graphic design, content writing and digital marketing.

Where do Indian Freelancers come into all this?

Our Founder, Dipesh Garg, strongly feels that freelance will be a powerful force and a new work ethic in the generation to come. This is a very calculated statement. It shows where the current popularity of freelance is poised and how the future will shape up.

As we see a growth in quality Indian Freelancers, we realise the need for equipping them with a platform which complements their skills and allows them a fair chance at growing in their niches. We do this by consistently updating Truelancer with new tools and features.

For instant, we recently launched the Truelancer Compare tool, which allows clients to compare multiple freelancers at once based on their skills.

Our primary aim is to help Indian Freelancers take advantage of a robust platform and then their skills to bag the most quality work and thus make freelance a sustainable source of income and networking. Currently let’s see the extent of Indian Freelancers on Truelancer through this graphic:

We can clearly see that Indian Freelancers dominate Asian-Pacific Freelance

The question is why so many freelancers are active on Truelancer. The answer is simple, because they find the entire environment favourable. We are not just talking about getting work and then getting paid. Freelance Success takes a lot more than that and we stop at nothing to provide our freelancers with the entire inventory possible to make the most out of their careers.

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Here is How are tools benefit Indian Freelancers

Targeted Reach

We classify each freelancer according to many parameters. This helps us in a lot of things, specially getting the right kind of jobs to them. The skills and projects which you enlist on your profile are not just for display.

We input such data and then sort out the best possible freelance projects for you. The freelancers then receive mails regarding such jobs and can then easily bid on these projects.

We do not stop here. We also use this data in our tools like Truelancer Compare to formulate better hiring processes for clients and ensure that the best of the lot has th best chance.

Low Transaction Costs

If you will go through our costs you will find that we are cheaper than most of other freelancing platforms. For instance, for a basic profile, we charge only 5% of the entire transaction fees on any project.

This means that on every 1000 rupees which you earn you have to give us 50.

Off course this increases if you upgrade to other plans but so do your other privileges like the number of projects you can bid on.

Money is a more important aspect when it comes to Indian Freelancers. Compared to the west this is a slightly different trend which we follow. Thus, at Truelancer we ensure that at each and every step our Indian freelancers and clients, receive the best value for money.

We also want a consistent client-flow to our website as only that will ensure consistent work for our freelancers. This is why we do not charge anything from employers who post projects and hire freelancers. They only have to pay the amount agreed over in the selected proposal.

Easy Payment/Withdrawal Options

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One the biggest advantage with Truelancer is that the process of the money reaching your bank account is fast and simple.

First of all, after you complete a project and the payment is approved, we will transfer the money to your Truelancer wallet. From there you can easily transfer it into your account using various options like:

Direct transfer to bank account: This is the best option for Indian freelancers as it is the cheapest option too! The only charges you have to pay are the transaction charges associated with your bank which in most cases is zero if you are receiving.
Payoneer Partnership: This is a step we took to make global payments look like direct transfers. You can read more about it here. With Payoneer our aim is to bring more foreign work and clientele to Truelancer.

The ultimate objective here is to create a platform which is global so that the benefits to all our Indian Freelancers are increased by leaps and bounds.

With Payoneer you can receive payments from foreign clients directly into your bank account with minimal charges and within 24 hours of approval.

PayPal: An alternative to Payoneer. Most of Indian Freelancers already know what PayPal is. We recommend that you use Payoneer as it is a lot cheaper but it you are an age old PayPal loyalist then we have that option too!

Increased Access to opportunities

We are consistently trying to bring more work to our freelancers. That is why we try hard to include features and options which invite more and more clients to our site. For instance, our partnership with Payoneer is based on this agenda.

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Our channels are increasingly diversified, giving more freedom and control to our freelancers and clients.

Tools and Features

Freelancing requires a lot more than just knowing how to do something. Apart from your core skills you also need a lot of professional and abstract skills to be successful at freelance. This includes networking, personal branding and what not.

We are consistently working to develop tools and features which allow you to polish and apply such skills to enhance your presence, your reputation and your brand. Thus that is why we keep telling our freelancers to complete their profiles, ask for and give feedback and endorsements, bid on projects etc.

The more active you are on Truelancer the more these tools will pick your skills and present it to clients.

Thus, you see that how Truelancer is hell bent on providing modern Indian Freelancers with everything they need for successful freelance. The economy is changing and as India turns more global the potential of Indian freelance will also reach exponential peaks.

If you have not thought about it yet, you should!