Become a Freelancer With oDesk.com and Earn Money

oDesk is a marketplace all online where employers can find and hire freelancers for work related to almost anything. The concept is rather simple. The employers post a job and different contractors bid on the job. The contractor completes the job and gets paid by the employer. The earnings are especially noticeable for people with specialized skills.

Some people ask about the payment options.
• oDesk has different Payment Options
• Direct Deposit/ACH (only for US providers )
• oDesk Debit MasterCard (By Payoneer)
• Moneybookers
• PayPal
• Wire Transfer

The steps involved in earning from oDesk involve the following:
1. Get an account at oDesk. Steps involved for creating an account are as follows:

a) Go to http://www.odesk.com/w/signup
b) Click on option 2 which says “Freelance Provider”
c) Enter your name, email address and all required information and answer as truthfully as possible.
d) After submitting the form you will get a confirmation email. Click on the activation link to activate your account.
e) After activation you have to fill out your contact information which will contain information like phone no., messenger id, home address, time zone, country, etc.
f) Then you have to fill out your profile. In the profile section you will select and enter the job categories you are interested in working for. You have to enter you primary job role, your hourly rate, time of availability etc.
g) Then comes the MARKETPLACE AGREEMENT. Read the agreement and then click on “I accept” to proceed.

2. Now that you have completed all this stuff you can complete your Provider’s Profile. Here you can upload your resume, add your picture and update you contact info of you want to.

3. Once you providers profile is fully updated you will need to enter your payment information. You have the option of direct deposit which is only for people living in the US. oDesk even has its own Prepaid Debit card powered by Payoneer. The charges for the card can checked on oDesk’s website. Moneybookers, a third party payment processor is also another payment option but its charges are other than oDesk’s charges. PayPal is also an option. Wire transfer is available but is best suited for people living in the US as for other countries the charges may be pretty high.

4. The next step is very important. On oDesk you get paid on an hourly basis. To track the amount of time spent on doing the client’s work oDesk has its own softwares. Go ahead and download all of the provided softwares and install them.