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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by DoreenMichele on Thursday April 04, 2019 @03:47PM (#19576373)
Google doc with (currently) 101 options:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JfNAbUX_lN9K3MCNHO15...

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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by kheyanne on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:03PM (#19578364)
Your list is very helpful. Thank you!
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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by actionowl on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:22PM (#19578800)
One of the biggest pains of Upwork (until this new thing) was that you have to bid on a project based solely on the description of the job. There was no way to ask for aditional details or clarification before placing a bid.
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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by AznHisoka on Thursday April 04, 2019 @03:19PM (#19576099)
Just to clarify, if you bid on a project, you need to pay? How much exactly? That sounds like a horrible policy.
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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by hackermailman on Thursday April 04, 2019 @04:04PM (#19576516)
Explained here https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/331700

Basically you need to buy tokens and use them for bidding, probably to cut down on people who bid for everything. These sites are all terrible anyway and I prefer collecting bountys for commits.

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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by sillyguy123 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @03:45PM (#19576357)
They also made it impossible to work with someone more than a few times unless you pay extra
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Re:Ask HN : What Are the Alternatives to Upwork? by mapster on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:04AM (#19580384)
Upwork is the worst actor in this area. eLance was 10x better in design, fees and customer service
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