At GAF, don’t click on “Message Board” to communicate with buyers. You have to find “PM” icon, look for it below or in-front of buyer's username.

Don’t open any other page at GAF (other than the home page) to see the latest data entry, copywriting etc jobs. This is because; it’s really hard to get/win old projects and on the home page, you will only see new ones.

Keep the home page opened and scroll down to the “The 50 Newest Projects” heading section and keep refreshing at this position to become the first one to catch the newly posted projects.

The only hope for new comers to get a job is to catch the newly posted projects. If you are the first person to place a bid on a project, then the chances of winning that project increases significantly.

What are the payment options available at Freelance Sites?

There are many payment options available at freelance sites.

You can use different payment processors to get the money that you will earn at freelance sites: you can select Paypal or MoneyBookers [MB]. Other payment options are not as cheap and safe as these two.

If you live in a country where Paypal is not supported then you can use MoneyBookers to transfer money to your bank account. It’s cheap and safe way to transfer money from freelance sites to your bank account.

It’s not difficult to create a account at moneybookers, but adding bank accounts can [sometimes] create problems. Once you verify the address/name and add a bank account; you will then receive your money with just one click.

After you create a account at Money Bookers: go to the Profile page and click on "address" in order to verify it. You need to verify your postal address before you can start using MB.

I made the mistake of not verifying my address at the time of creating my MB account. After I transferred my money from GAF to MB, I tried to withdraw the money from MB to my bank account.

Unfortunately, it was then, I found about address verification. I got my money 40 days late because of this small mistake of not verifying my postal address when I first created my MB account.

Anyway, after you click on the verify Postal address button, moneybookers will send a letter to your postal address which will contain a code. Use this code to verify the account.

After address verification, you have to enter your bank account information.

You will first transfer your money from freelance sites to your MB account and then you will transfer this money from MB to your own bank account. The whole process can take up to 14 days.

The real problem is that, you can’t use [just] any bank accounts with moneybookers. You will need to have an account in a bank which is directly connected to SWIFT Network.

How to find out if a bank is connected to the SWIFT network or not?

The easiest way to find out whether your bank is connected to SWIFT or not, is to you call your bank and ask them to give you their Swift Code.

If they have a SWIFT code, then go to your MoneyBookers account and try to enter your bank account information. In case MB fails to accept your Bank account information: then it will mean that your bank is indirectly connected to SWIFT network (Not a good news).

If your bank account is not directly connected to SWIFT network, then go to SWIFT Directory and try to search for a bank in your city, which is directly connected to the SWIFT Network and which is nearest to where you live.

After that, you will have to go to that bank to create a new bank account. After you create a new bank account, enter its information in your profile at MB.

First you will request the freelancing site(s) to transfer the money to your MB account, then you will request MB to send this amount to your bank account. After few days, you will finally receive your cash in your bank account.

[Update: I recently tried to withdraw money from MB and I got a message to verify my Name too. For that, MB sent $15 to my bank account. I then went to my bank and got a SWIFT copy of that $15 transaction. I scanned that document and sent it to MB via their website. MB then verified my Name/Account within 24 hours. So you may also get this Name verification message at MB]

I do not know much about Paypal as it is not yet supported in my country. If you live in Pakistan, Nigeria etc [where Paypal is not yet supported], then you will have to use MB to get your money from freelance sites.

Paypal and Moneybookers have made it easier for people doing jobs at freelancing sites to receive their money.

Difference Between Copywriting and Data Entry Jobs

If you can write proper English [English without spelling and grammatical mistakes], then you should do copywriting jobs. And in case your English writing skills are not very impressive, then you can do data entry work.

Remember: there is a big difference between copywriting and data entry. Copywriting jobs pay much more than what data entry jobs pay.

So, if you cannot write proper English and still want to do writing work, then you should first try to improve your English writing skills.

Some Final Words

This opportunity enables you to earn legit money online without worrying about scams. Free online jobs means that you will never invest any money from your own pocket. This means that you simply cannot lose any money. So you should never get worry about scams while doing online jobs at the sites which I have mentioned in this guide.

Best Of Luck…

Before ending this guide, let’s talk a little about the second freelance site: which is SL.

At SL, if you win a project worth $100, you then get $95 in your SL account: because the site charges a fee of 5% [this fee percentage may change in future]. It’s a fair deal. There is no gold membership at SL. You can bid on as many projects, as you want to. And there is no PM icon at SL.

At SL, you will have to click on “Message Board” and then you will click on Post Message: in order to communicate with the buyer.

All other things are the same as GAF.

I hope all the above information will help you start working at freelance sites.

Thanks to freelance sites, people can now make a decent living online while they stay at home.

That is all for the basic freelance introduction. Explore this site if you want to know more about freelance sites. In this site you will find lot of useful information.