Freelancing sucks. "A good developer told me this should take a couple hours." Or "I need an Uber like app with built in payment and social integration. We have a $50 budget and it shouldn't take more than a day or two to build." Or "I need a simple game built. Should work on Apple and Android. No budget but we could work out a share of profits." Really wish I had a real job...

You need to go in having a set price for your work. A base price for websites with and additional fee per page.

I had to use different pricing for different types of websites.

Good luck!

@RexOmni I do IOS development but a price per view could be a cool way to go. I switched to project quotes after my first project in which I attempted to charge hourly...

No freelancing does not suck, or at least not where I live. I am freelancing for a couple of years now and can honestly say that I have worked for well known companies doing very cool and challenging projects. And they payed me very well: an agreed hourly rate for every hour I have worked, without any hassle. I love freelancing and doing contract projects pays very good too.

I never ever do any small projects for small companies anymore because that does suck big time! So if you want to freelance do only contract projects.

Keep looking for a better opportunity - there are plenty of them (long term and paid well). Don't judge on freelancing by few random picks from upwork strangers. Good luck!

@CodeMasterAlex @uddinstock Yeah, that would be interesting.

Same shit in NY. They want everything in no time and for free.

@gatgeagent @uddinstock I find these opportunities through LinkedIn. There are many agencies specialized in contracts for freelancers.

We'll pay you in exposure.