Small Business Labs
APRIL 21, 2015
India is the second largest player in freelancing after the US, according to Elance, an online service that connects freelancers to projects, with average earnings of about $15 per hour and rising. These startups need space and commercial offices are both hard to find and expensive in most of India's cities.
Men With Pens
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Because of downtime, office work and expenses, as well as the uncompensated time you spend marketing, $50 an hour may translate into only $25,000 a year if you’re working full-time.
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