In the last post, I explained the importance of making buyers happy while doing data entry jobs for them. You cannot afford to make a buyer unhappy while working at freelance sites. And when it comes to data entry jobs, there is no way you can survive with a negative rating [which an unhappy buyer will surely give].
I mentioned few important things which you should remember while working at freelance sites. The most important thing to remember is that, no matter how old or new service provider you are, you have to ask for all the details regarding projects from the buyer before starting the work. You should never accept a project if you are not given all the details about.
If you find a project interesting, you place a bid on that project right?
Then you send a private message [PM] to the buyer. You then wait for the buyer’s response.
Now, service providers [especially new service providers] become happy if the buyer respond and ask that he is interested in hiring you.
Service providers then [most probably] respond with a thank you note. Buyer accepts the bid and then it is the service provider’s turn to finally accept the offer.
In between the above mentioned process, there may be some kind of communication between the buyer and service provider about the project details. But that conversation is just about the partial project details [most of the time].
If you want to be successful at freelance sites then I suggest you wait for the right project. Don’t accept any project if you do not know each and every detail about it. When you send the first PM to the buyer, I suggest you also ask him or her to send all the details about the work to you.
In the first PM, the buyer [most probably] will not send all the details, but at least you will get an idea about the work. If you think that you can do the data entry project then ask the buyer to give you the complete information about the work. Tell him/her to send all the instructions or requirements so that you can make sure that you will complete the work in time.
Buyers do not mind to send the details: Buyers too want to make sure that service providers will complete the job in time.
