Thread by @IndieHackers

Looking for a remote gig to keep the lights on while you build your business?

Here are some of the best places to look.

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Note: Check out the original post if you want more (60+) options, along with tips on how to work from home successfully 💪
indiehackers.com/post/work-from…

🛠 General freelancing marketplaces:
- Upwork: The big dog in the world of freelancing. Their cut: 20% for the first $500, then 10% up to $10K, then 5% above that.
- Hubstaff Talent: This is a free directory of companies looking for remote talent. Their cut: Free

🛠 General (cont…)
- Fiverr: Not a great choice for experienced freelancers since the pay isn't great. Their cut: 20%
- Freelancer .com: Another popular marketplace. Their cut: Freemium, plus 10% or $5, whichever is greater, and 10% for hourly projects.

🛠 General (cont…)
- PeoplePerHour: Mid-range, but it has less competition than Upwork. Their cut: 20% on projects up to £250, then 7.5% up to £5K, and 3.5% over that.
- Flexjobs: Each job is vetted, saving you time and reducing risk. Their cut: $14.95/mo

🛠 General (cont…)
- Outsourcely: Very freelancer-friendly. And it focuses on long-term remote work opportunities. Their cut: Freemium.
- Hacker News: There’s a monthly post where people can comment with freelance positions. Link in article.
- Lots more in the original article.

🎨 Freelancing marketplaces for designers:
- 99designs: Contest-based, but they have longer-term projects too. Their cut: Varies for contests, but it's a lot. For projects, they charge $100 each, plus 5-15%.
- Designhill: Both competitions and normal gigs. Their cut: 10-15%

🎨 Designers (cont…)
- DesignCrowd: Another contest-based design marketplace. Some say that their contests are less problematic though. Their cut: 15%
- YunoJuno: UK-based marketplace that recently started doing international bookings. Their cut: Free

💻 Freelancing marketplaces for developers:
- Gun .io: They vet opportunities and offer long-term gigs, focusing on the best fit. Their cut: Free
- Upstack: A network of engineers who help small businesses expand their development teams. Their cut: Uncertain

💻 Developers (cont...)
- Topcoder: Both normal freelance work and competition-based gigs. Their cut: They set a purse for first and second place in each competition — presumably, their cut is already taken off the top.

✏️ Freelancing marketplaces for writers:
- Textbroker: They get 100K content orders per month. Their cut: They pay .7-5 cents per word, and they charge 1.5-7.2 cents per word.
- Freelance Writing Gigs: Both freelance and employment opportunities. Their cut: Free

✏️ Writers (cont...)
- ServiceScape: You can charge what you want, but you can't bid on jobs — the client has to find your profile. Their cut: 50%

📈 Freelancing marketplaces for biz roles:
- Credo: A marketplace for marketers and SEOs. Their cut: $149/year, plus you pay for each lead
- MOVEMEON: Connects freelancers with interim and permanent biz roles. Their cut: Free

📈 Biz roles (cont...)
- Guru: A marketplace for business services. Their cut: Freemium, plus 5-9%.

📋 WFH job boards:
- Stack Overflow: Tons of remote gigs, specifically for developers.
- Dice: Mostly serves developers, but project managers and data analysts made the cut too.
- Working Not Working: A job board that focuses on design opportunities.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- Behance: They have a job board for designers, with both freelance and employment opportunities.
- Hired: Create a profile and companies apply to you. Covers many positions, and shows salary details up front.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- Working Nomads: Remote-only job board with a focus on developers. Also has jobs in marketing, writing, sales, etc.
- Workew: Workew aims to provide people with long-term remote work-from-home opportunities.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- We Work Remotely: The largest remote work community in the world. Job listings are pricey so every gig listed is a serious opportunity.
- NoDesk: Free for job seekers. It has remote jobs for developers, designers, customer support, product, and more.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- Remote Hunt: A job board with a newsletter that helps people find remote work that fits their personality.
- Reddit: Check out r/forhire, r/WorkOnline, r/HireaWriter, and other subreddits.
- Remotewx: This is a remote work aggregator by @remotewxcom.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- Remote Job Hunt Buddy: Aggregates remote job opportunities from other remote job boards. You can filter and even see a kanban of your jobs.
- RemoteJob .page: This is a no-frills remote board by @yolossn, with many types of jobs.

📋 Job boards (cont…)
- 4 Day Week: @philostar recently launched this board of software jobs with 4-day weeks. You can sign up to get them in your inbox too.
- Indie Hackers: Check out the Jobs group or ask around.
- And lots more in the original post.

✉️ Newsletters for remote work:
- Prosper Circle: Remote jobs at the most exciting companies in the world, sent to your inbox — all handpicked by @salilsethi. Free.
- Remote Weekly: AI collects hundreds of work from home jobs per week (weeding out the garbage). Freemium.

✉️ Newsletters (cont…)
- Remote Jobs Club: Biweekly newsletter of remote jobs in many verticals. Free.
- Remote Design Club: A curated newsletter of remote design jobs by @bradtaunt. Sent twice a month. Free.

✉️ Newsletters (cont…)
- Premotely: A newsletter that provides remote positions for product managers. Free.
- Remote Companies: This is a newsletter by @petecodes with jobs from fully remote companies, along with any perks that they offer. Freemium.

✉️ Newsletters (cont…)
- Solid Gigs: Combs through job boards and delivers the top 1% of freelancer gigs to your inbox. 30 day trial for $2, then $19/mo.

Phew, that's a lot so we'll leave it there 😅 Check out the post for more.