| The best way to earn money as a programmer would | | | | you will get the project. Place several bids according to |
| be to locate a customer (buyer) locally with in your | | | | what the buyer needs are and your ability to perform |
| area. The benefit of locating a customer within your | | | | the task at hand. |
| area is that the competition is a lot lower compared to | | | | How to win the bid? |
| advertising and promoting your expertise on the | | | | My best advice on how to bid would be to list all your |
| internet as a freelancer. However, if you have the | | | | programming background experience in great details. |
| extra time to spend on the internet as a freelance | | | | Build your resume according to all of your |
| provider, in the long run really boost your income. | | | | accomplishments and with great honesty. Remember, I |
| The following lists are superb places to start earning | | | | cannot stress to you how much your honesty is |
| an some extra income. | | | | important to your business online. Buyers soon are able |
| - - - - Each of these websites has their own pros and | | | | to determine those individual coders that are not |
| cons. You should become aware of these issues | | | | completely honest. The Buyers are the future of your |
| before proceeding with one of them. A good example | | | | online business. |
| would be Elance and Guru have membership fees | | | | When starting out you might wish to place a lower bid. |
| included in their service while RentACoder and oDesk | | | | This will be your starting point. You can ask in your bid |
| is totally free. | | | | that if you win this project with the lowest bid, the |
| How does it work? | | | | buyer would be willing to let you use them as a |
| The buyer will post a bid on his/her project. The coder | | | | reference and leave a positive rating. This will benefit |
| will have the chance to ask questions and place their | | | | both the buyer and yourself. As long as you do a |
| bid. The buyer then responds to any questions, asks | | | | good job, most buyers are very willing to do this for |
| his/her own questions, and then selects the individual | | | | you. |
| they want to work with on the project. | | | | The reward |
| The winner of the auction is not always the one that | | | | After you have established yourself and earn |
| has given the lowest bid, rather the buyer considers all | | | | credibility, then this is the time to make take it to the |
| of the facts such as; Ratings, Examples, | | | | next level. You may start placing higher priced bids. |
| Correspondence through questions and answers, the | | | | The buyers will have the tendency to be more willing |
| knowledge to perform what the buyer feels he/she | | | | to pay the higher price for your work if you have the |
| needs to complete the project, and last but not least | | | | reputation for doing great work on your previous |
| the bids. Once the buyer has selected a winner, the | | | | projects. |
| coder then has twenty-four hours to turn down this | | | | Not only will you be able to earn money on the internet |
| job offer, without any repercussions. The coder might | | | | but as well as you are improving your programming |
| decide to do this due to any other bids that may have | | | | skills. The reward for all the hard work and sharing |
| been accepted. The buyer then may select another | | | | your expertise cannot always be measured by the |
| coder. | | | | accomplishments that you have made. |
| Do not assume that your bid will be the lowest and | | | | |