As soon as we mentioned elance.com and some of the other sites that list jobs for freelancers, we heard from two more of course; they’re Freelancer.com andvWorker.com.

– The “v” in vWorker stands for “virtual” and the service has a twist we hadn’t seen before: Freelancers who respond can do a sample part of your job. If you like their work, you can choose them. The service claims to be 36 to 80 percent cheaper than others.

– Freelancer.com is the granddaddy of freelance sites. They have three million members in over 240 countries and offer freelancers to do all kinds of work. We took a look at writing jobs to see what they’re paying these days; it’s pretty awful. Mothers, don’t raise your child to be a writer.

A Freelancer.com writer said: “My first job was in March 2011 and I got maybe $25 to write 20 articles. But I was so happy that someone actually hired me, I did these articles practically for nothing. But I enjoyed it, and I think I had luck with my employers.”

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