Ask HN: Have you ever found a capable freelancer on Fiverr?
I have been trying to find freelancers for various tasks on fiverr for a few days now and it seems hopeless. I wonder if the whole platform is just fake.
The profiles and gigs all look like they are done by skilled people with hilariously bad English. Ok, maybe that is a thing. Virtual assistants, programmers etc who have expertise in their area but are not well versed in English? Maybe.
But as soon as I start communicating with them, everything breaks down. When I send them a long job description with details and questions, I get back a one-liner like:
"Yes sir, can do!"
And when I reply:
"So how do we go about it? Have you looked through the documents? How would we start?".
The profiles and gigs all look like they are done by skilled people with hilariously bad English. Ok, maybe that is a thing. Virtual assistants, programmers etc who have expertise in their area but are not well versed in English? Maybe.
But as soon as I start communicating with them, everything breaks down. When I send them a long job description with details and questions, I get back a one-liner like:
"Yes sir, can do!"
And when I reply:
"So how do we go about it? Have you looked through the documents? How would we start?".
I get something like:
"I can do for $10!".
:)
What is going on?
How do you find real freelancers on the web?