Freelance

Skill mehtab78/skills/skills/freelance

Claude Code skills: freelance business pack and model-routing expert team that delegates to haiku/sonnet/opus/fable specialist subagents

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Use for cross-platform freelancing decisions that aren't specific to one marketplace, choosing between Upwork / Fiverr / Freelancer / Toptal, setting and raising rates, structuring a winning proposal, vetting clients before taking a job, and AI-disclosure / legal-compliance basics. Trigger when the user is deciding which platform to use, asks "how much should I charge as a freelancer", wants a proposal framework, or is weighing a client/project on any freelance site. For platform-specific depth, defer to the fiverr, fiverr-gig-optimizer, or upwork skills in this collection.

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Freelancing across platforms

Marketplace-agnostic decisions: where to sell, what to charge, how to pitch, and how to stay compliant. For deep platform mechanics, hand off to the dedicated skills: fiverr and fiverr-gig-optimizer for Fiverr, upwork for Upwork.

Picking a platform

Match the platform to the kind of work, not hype:

You want	Go to	Because
Long-term contracts	Upwork	Escrow and hourly tracking
Quick productized gigs	Fiverr	Discovery is SEO-driven
Budget projects / contests	Freelancer.com	Lower fees, contest model
Premium, vetted work	Toptal	Curated top-tier talent

More detail per platform (Connects, fees, levels, screening) is in references/platforms.md.

A proposal that wins (Upwork / Freelancer)

Keep it to roughly 150-250 words: hook → plan → proof → ask.

Open by naming two specific things from the post, so they know you read it.
Lay out your approach as a few concrete steps with acceptance criteria and a timeline.
Cite a recent, relevant result with a number and a sample link.
Close with a small first phase and a call to align.

Avoid: generic intros, vague timelines, no samples, and desperate underbidding.

Setting and raising rates

New (0-3 months): ~15-20% under market, optimizing for reviews.
Established (3-12 months): market rate; bump ~10% every few projects.
Expert (12+ months): premium pricing, and be selective.

A floor to sanity-check against: (target annual income ÷ ~1500 billable hours) × 1.25 = your minimum hourly.

Vetting the client

Walk away from any of these, on any platform:

Unverified payment plus no hiring history
"Work for exposure/equity" only
Wants to go off-platform before there's a contract
Asks for free test work up front
Pay claims that are too good to be true

AI disclosure, briefly

EU: the AI Act generally requires disclosing AI-generated content to clients.
US: no federal mandate, but the FTC prohibits deceptive AI claims.
Every platform: their terms forbid full automation; a human must review and approve all proposals and deliverables.

The legal deep-dive (liability, copyright, fraud line) is in references/legal.md.