There are more than 1 million people making money online from the comfort of their homes. This new breed of workforce is taking bigger chunks of money while sitting on couch next to their laptops. This number is expected to rise to 1 billion people by 2050. This is the future. All of this has been possible due to Gig economy and marketplaces which have enabled them.
Gig economy is where a person list his or her service on a listing website where buyers come to buy those services in exchange for money. These listing websites or marketplaces facilitate the transaction keeps a check on both parties in return for a small commission. This highlights the importance of these marketplaces in this making money online buzz. These are also known as freelance marketplaces.
There are many freelance marketplaces. Many are popping up on daily basis. But there are few which hold the authority in this niche. They have thousands of buyers coming in daily and transact millions daily. Following are top marketplaces which are legit and provide more opportunity.
Fiverr
Fiverr is the most popular freelancing platform to date. It offers professionals to create gigs of their services. Buyers can then browse these gigs and buy the services.
Upwork
Upwork (formely Odesk) is another popular freelance marketplace. Here buyers put up Projects/Jobs for which they need to hire freelancers. Then freelancers apply/bid on these projects.
Freelancer
Another popular platform, among early ones, still popular. This platform is similar to Upwork. They host more categories to sell in than IT. More popular are engineering departments.
Other notable platforms are: