In previous articles, we talked about how to quickly find a freelancer on the service and work safely. The topic of today’s article is how to choose one artist if you have published a project and received several bids.
Bonus: top 3 tips for clients on how to effectively manage project bids.

What to look for when choosing a contractor

To choose one freelancer, pay attention to 3 main points:

1. Rate text.
2. Portfolio.
3. reviews.

Let’s talk in more detail about each of these points and what additional information can still be analyzed.

Rate text

Prefer to performers who create personalized rates specifically for your project. This is how they demonstrate their interest and understanding of the nuances of the task. At a minimum, this will be an indicator that the performer is familiar with each proposal in detail.

Reviews with specific examples of work in similar projects deserve special attention. You will be able to better assess the practical skills of a freelancer and understand what result to expect.

Top 3 Tips for Effective Project Bidding

We will tell you how to work effectively with project bids when there are a lot of them. This will save you time on working out proposals from freelancers and will help you select a contractor faster.

What tools can be used on the service:

1. Reject bids. If you are not interested in a freelance position, reject it so that it does not distract your attention in the future. If necessary, you can view such rates at any time.

2. Sort bets according to the parameters that are relevant to you:

• date – sort new bids that you haven’t viewed yet,
• online performers – you can start chatting with them right now,
• rating on the service – you can see which of the top performers responded to your project,
• work cost,
• lead time.

3. Moving bets. Use this feature to raise or lower the selected bets or swap them. So you can move the most interesting offers to the top and will not waste time looking for them.

Use our tips to work efficiently with bids and select a performer as quickly as possible!

Portfolio

Portfolio is an opportunity for the performer to show the customer his real skills in practice. It is important that in addition to bright works in the portfolio there should be:

• relevant examples from your niche;
• fresh work, because, perhaps, the performer has been performing specific tasks for a long time and he needs to update his knowledge;
• descriptions of each job, e.g. goals, tools used, specific steps taken, result.

reviews

Reviews can sometimes say much more about the artist than all the information available about him. Pay attention to the ratio of positive and negative reviews. For example, if for every 20 positives there is 1 negative, then you may well consider this freelancer for cooperation. Consider the objectivity of negative feedback – the performer systematically fails to cope with the tasks or a single situation has occurred.

In the reviews, pay attention to what the performer is praised or, on the contrary, criticized for, what advantages other customers have highlighted.

So, if a freelancer has a good bid text, a portfolio with examples from your niche, and positive reviews, this is already a reason to consider him as a potential performer.

If it’s not enough to make a decision, you can explore the “About Me” section and see the freelancer profile statistics.

Section “About me”

Here, indicators such as rating, specialization and the presence of Plus are interesting.

Rating – shows the general activity of the performer on the service. When forming a rating, it is taken into account how often a freelancer visits the service, portfolio, profile, and many other factors are filled out. We do not disclose information about the algorithms for calculating this indicator so that users do not have the opportunity to manipulate the data.

Specialization Statistics. Another important criterion in the freelancer profile is the specializations for which projects have been successfully completed through the Safe. They clearly show in which particular specialization the performer has experience in the service. In other words, the qualification of a freelancer in certain categories is confirmed in practice.

Plus – Paid option. Its presence indicates that freelancing for the artist is the main place of work. He is more responsible for completing tasks, because he values ​​u200bu200bhis reputation and rating.

Account statistics

In statistics, the following data is available to you:

• How many orders are in progress helps to estimate the workload of the contractor and understand whether he can cope with your workload in the time you need.
• The number of arbitrations – shows the number of arbitrations lost by the freelancer and helps to understand how often disputes with the contractor arise.

All these indicators are not key, but only complementary. Consider them, but it’s better to focus on the text of the review, portfolio and reviews.

What to do when you are still in doubt and can not decide on a performer

If after studying the freelancer’s account you still have questions, you can write to him in private messages:

• ask about experience in your or a related niche;
• to clarify whether he is free to work;
• you may want to consult with him about deadlines and budget.

At the discussion stage, you will understand whether a particular freelancer is suitable for cooperation. If yes, then you can safely choose him as the executor of the project.

Please note that if you discuss in private messages issues directly related to the execution of the task, after the transfer of the project to work, transfer all agreements to the Workspace.

Haven’t found a contractor to complete your task yet? It’s time to do it.