Drop Everything And Check Out These 3 Currently Hottest Freelancing Websites

According to some estimates the number of freelancers in the U.S. is expected to reach roughly 60 million by 2020, which is more than 40% of our nation’s workforce. These numbers are staggering and it is no wonder you are looking for an online gig.

Online jobs are the future, and the future is here.

It doesn’t matter if you are looking to earn some extra pocket money, turn a hobby into a side job or become a full-fledged freelancer, you simply must check out these 3 currently most visited websites for finding work as a freelancer.

Upwork

You can’t call yourself a freelancer if you haven’t heard of Upwork. About 2 years ago, two leading freelance networks at the time, Elance and oDesk, decided to join forces and form Upwork, which is now the largest freelancing network out there.

According to latest reports, the website has over 10 million registered users, about 4 million clients, and roughly 3 million jobs posted every year. Upwork is definitely the hottest all-round freelancing platform at the moment, so you better hurry up and sign up.

99 Designs

Yes, 99 Designs is a website made only for designers, but it is so popular and useful these days that we simply had to include it here.

The platform offers jobs and gigs in the form of a contest, so you better roll up your sleeves. Here clients don’t pay much attention to your resume. Instead they crowdsource their projects, setting a budget and giving instructions for each gig, then they let designers submit their work based on the project brief.

Once the contest is over, the client chooses the design that best suits their needs and wishes, and then the designer gets paid.

Pretty cool.

Toptal

Toptal is also a niche-based freelance network made for elite software engineers and digital designers from over 100 countries around the world. It is said that this company’s screening process weeds out all but the top 3 percent of talent in multiple categories, which means that if you end up being accepted to Toptal – you are joining an exclusive community of experts.

The company lets you decide if you want to work hourly, part-time or full time, while you can also set your own rates.

Another interesting and rather enticing thing about Toptal is that they also screen clients and tend to work only with serious companies, so employees know they will always have interesting projects to work on.