Hi Friends!
I am new here on Freelancer.com.I need your help, how can I get a successful bid on any project?
I need any website designing project.I am just a designer not a coder.

how can I get a successful bid on any project?

In most cases be the cheapest!!

Some people on several forums very often need a help with simple tasks. Sometimes they offer small money for beer. I think this is a good start to get some experience with dealing with "customers". If they like your job they will find you. If you think you are ready and want to start right now, chrishirst may be right - you usually have to do some jobs below the costs to gain some reputation at the beginning.

do you have a portfolio to show case your work

typically case studies and previous work experience will score you new work... since you're only starting off it could be anything from school projects to a site for your aunt

Originally Posted by chrishirst

In most cases be the cheapest!!

This is how I started out.


Thinking back - I can't believe I did things at XYZ price but if you lack the experience then it also means the quality isn't going to be great therefore don't expect to charge £25 an hour if you don't know what Colour Range does..

Also try and build experience through friends and family - see if anybody close to you has a business and offer them next-to-nothing rates so that 1. You're helping someone close to you; 2. They won't come down on you like a ton of bricks should something go wrong (presumably!?) and 3. you gain experience without the pressure.

But of course you do eventually need to go out into the field so start low and eventually you'll notice the progression.

I've been freelancing for 3 years now (prior to this I was in full time employment for 5 years).

Originally Posted by Fnaz255

Hi Friends!
I am new here on Freelancer.com.I need your help, how can I get a successful bid on any project?
I need any website designing project.I am just a designer not a coder.

You can check out DoNanza also

Hi, good question as I have recently opened my account on freelancer.com too, and I can see most of the people offer services so cheap (mostly people from Asia) so it's hard to compete with them and earn money too.

Originally Posted by hypernovadesign

Hi, good question as I have recently opened my account on freelancer.com too, and I can see most of the people offer services so cheap (mostly people from Asia) so it's hard to compete with them and earn money too.

Yeah I feel your pain. I've stopped using sites like vworker and freelancer just because I'm not willing to do a 10 page website for £20. I've also spent some time clicking on these portfolios that are going for £20 and noticed that many of the websites of whom these cheap designers work on don't exist after a year or two. Go funneling through their portfolio and try and find something from 2-3 years ago and tell me if you see it. There's no longeivity and probably because most of the cheap websites are hack and slash copy paste joomla sites that aren't built to succeed on the search engines but merely act as a ghost sites that equate to one opening a shop in the middle of a desert.

I've shifted to focusing on local businesses and that's worked great for me.

Originally Posted by Fnaz255

Hi Friends!
I am new here on Freelancer.com.I need your help, how can I get a successful bid on any project?
I need any website designing project.I am just a designer not a coder.

You have to have 100% complete profile. You should have a portfolio of your work. Make sure that you are bidding within the employer's budget. Set your mind. Think how much time really needed to complete the task, then bid. Target new employers as experienced freelancers normally don't bid for new employers. It may be risky but make sure that you are not taking high priced project from new employer. Bid for $30 small projects. Make sure that new employer has a verified payment method and after awarding you the project, S/he has created milestone. If didn't then ask to create milestone otherwise don't start working.......

I would not agree on "being the cheapest".

If you start that low, it will be hard to get out of that "cheap category" again...