Kieran Gibbons, post: 24061, member: 28810 a écrit : I am getting downright depressed with trafficing through all of these crowdsourcing sites and competition sites such as these. I can't achieve anything. My designs are top quality and better than some top earners on these sites. But I haven't earned a single penny on any of them. I finally make it to oDesk. then I get my first client! I get so excited and happy! I've done all the work for the client, sent it off and they have ran off. they haven't paid me. So after all this searching for a client for months on end, I finally find one and they just dissapear. There must be an easier way. I have been trying for 6 months now.

SandraGenJobs, post: 24067, member: 28805 a écrit : Hey there! Don't get discouraged, If you're sure about your skills and knowledge you certainly shouldn't give up that easily. I was in the same situation. I started on Elance and there was that one client who wanted some spec work in advance, just to be sure that I can deliver the work properly. It ended up with me finishing the work and him never paying for it. As it turned out, he hired a whole bunch of people and gave them different tasks, and none of us ever got paid. That's just something that will happen from time to time. It's on you to recognize the clients that are also scammers. Check their profile, see how much they payed, check their client feedback rating and never EVER do any work in advance.