Resources for freelancers

With over ten years of experience as an all-round freelance professional, I know my way around. Because my adage is to share, I have compiled a list of useful resources for freelancer professionals that I have gathered throughout the years. On this page you find platforms for online and offline freelance jobs, specialist resources for translators, web developers, and other specialists, and more. This page is work in progress. Feel free to share this page with our colleagues, or suggest more resources for freelancers.

Update August 2019: Seethis Reddit for digital nomad resources

Find Freelance jobs

Freelance jobs: General platforms

  1. Elance.com
  2. Odesk.com
  3. Peopleperhour.com
  4. demandstudios.com
  5. Freelancer.com
  6. Freelance.com
  7. Guru.com
  8. microlancer.com
  9. Projektwerk
  10. Craigslist.com
  11. twago.com/
  12. hubly.nl
  13. jobbird.com
  14. hoofdkraan.nl
  15. freelance.nl
  16. freelancer.nl
  17. marktplaats.nl
  18. onnowerkt.nl
  19. xing.de
  20. villamedia
  21. project-it.nl

Freelance jobs: Translation specific

  1. Proz.com
  2. Translatorscafe.com
  3. Traduguide.com
  4. Translationdirectory.com
  5. findcircles.nl
  6. unbabel.com
  7. motaword.com

Microjobs

  1. Mechanical Turk
  2. Clickworker.com
  3. Swagbucks.com
  4. Microworkers.com
  5. Microjobsonline.com
  6. Quickmicrojobs.com

Freelance jobs: Software Testing

  1. UTest.com
  2. UIcheck.com
  3. crowdsourcedtesting.com

Making jobs find you

  1. Creating an online portfolio

Making jobs work

Other resources related to the life of a freelancer, such as tax, insurance:

  1. https://blog.taxact.com/tax-tips-for-the-self-employed/ – tax deductions for freelancers
  2. https://www.taxact.com/tax-information/tax-tools-and-calculators – tax calculators for freelancers
  3. https://inspiredelearning.com/resource/security-awareness-tip-day/ – tips to keep hackers out of your business
  4. http://www.yourrate.co/ – fast way to calculate your hourly rate