All at 500 freelancers exchange. Freelance issues, or why we created Kwork

Yes, yes, this is the same company that owns the famous Miratext and Miralinks.

It's time to get to know the resource better.

General information

As mentioned above, the opening of the exchange was announced six months ago - in mid-January 2016. But so far the resource is still in beta.

Chip exchange - all services of freelancers cost 500 rubles. That is, the contractor writes an announcement that he is ready to do for this amount - the customer can only order this service.

Sellers place their services or service packages in the form of so-called "quarks", worth 500 rubles. Each quark contains a description and scope of services, a portfolio and examples of work, a deadline, and information about the seller.

At the time of this writing, there were 19,501 active quarts on the exchange, 853 of them were created in a week. The average performance of one work is 2 days 7 hours.

What can I say - the indicators are not bad, and the exchange is confidently gaining popularity among freelancers. Judging by the counter, which shows the time of the last order - among customers, too.

So this, a slightly new format for Runet, found its users.

• SEO and traffic;
• Design;
• Development and IT;
• Marketing and advertising;
• Texts and translations;
• Business;
• Life style;
• Audio and video;
• The original.

Kwork.ru forfreelancers

The exchange is suitable for beginners to start-up freelancers as well as experienced ones - not to bargain for the “trifle” and always have small orders.

After registration, you can immediately proceed to the design of the quark. You need to make a detailed description of the proposal, attach photos and examples, indicate the execution time and other important options.

If your service is ordered, a notification will be sent to you by e-mail. That is, you do not need to sit on the exchange for days waiting for orders.

Placement of quarks is free of charge. You can withdraw earned money to WebMoney or Qiwi wallets. You can send a request to withdraw funds at any time after crediting them to the account.

Buying 1 quart from you, the buyer can only rely on the services described in the package.   If you need improvements, you have the right to offer another quark, or service, for a fee.

All calculations go only through the system. Therefore, fraud and understatement are excluded. Each buyer can talk to you directly before placing an order and clarify questions of interest.

Other benefits include:

• you can receive orders without a monthly fee and purchase of paid accounts;
• responsive and polite support service, fast moderation of announcements;
• great opportunities for personalizing ads and personal profile;
• a fixed price of services avoids dumping (except for the fact that for 500 rubles different performers offer different amounts of services).

But there is still a catch in a wonderful system. From each quart that costs 500 rubles, you get 400 into the account. The system takes 100 rubles - that is, 20% of your earnings.   A bit bites the commission, to be honest - this is not on any exchange.

Kwork.ru for customers

Of course, the exchange model is very convenient for customers. First of all, by the fact that when you come here, you know exactly how much you will pay for the service. Each quark contains a portfolio, examples of work, information about the seller, and a detailed description. Those. You don’t have to buy a pig in a poke.

The exchange also saves time. No need to create a project and consider the portfolio of a dozen candidates. To order a service is as simple as buying a product in an online store.

To order a service, just find the one you need and click the "Order for 500 r." (or add to cart if you need several services). Of course, you need to replenish your account on the exchange before that.

The contractor instantly receives an order notification and gets to work. When you get the finished result, confirm receipt, and the money is automatically sent to the freelancer.

The exchange gives a guarantee of refund in case of low-quality service.

A very detailed overview of the exchange for the buyer - in the video:

conclusions

It is truly an online service store. Even the interface is a bit like a “storefront" - shelves with goods, a basket, a button "Buy Now" ...

But I got the impression, as if I had visited the stores a la Kopeyochka or Vse 20, where it is very rarely possible to dig up something worthwhile among Chinese consumer goods.

Pleases a large number of "goods" and the exact fixed price. The creators claim that a freelancer can use their service to place small orders on the flow - and this is so.

But large projects and serious customers will have to look somewhere else. And the commission is very upsetting.

This is a freelance service store. The minimum cost of the service on the site is 500 rubles, while the service gives a guarantee of a refund and reduces the time spent on discussion to a minimum.

A review of the service was prepared with the support of Kwork.

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Ever since the Ivanhoe novel, where Walter Scott first mentioned the term “freelancer,” the word has changed its meaning. By freelancer, Scott meant a nomadic warrior who is not in full-time service. Now a freelancer is, rather, an Internet warrior who is not tied to his place of work.

The advantages of freelance are obvious: a free schedule and the lack of strict control. There are also minuses, and most often they relate to wages - it is piece-rate and depends not only on the professionalism of the freelancer, but also on his ability to sell himself and look for orders. Many people use freelance exchanges for this, where they are either looking for customers or waiting for the customer to contact them.

In mid-2015, Forbes published the title, “How Freelancers Take Over the World.” It's hard to argue: in the UK and the USA, the freelance services market is growing at 3% annually. Analysts predict such growth for another 5 years.

In Russia, the situation is worse. There are a lot of freelancers - by the end of 2014 there were more than 2 million of them - but making orders on freelance exchanges is inconvenient. The service order is accompanied by lengthy negotiations and correspondence. In addition, many sites do not provide guarantees - because of this, it is almost impossible to control payment, to deal with disruption of orders and disappearances of the contractor.

Service Home

The founders of the Kwork service took these shortcomings into account. In essence, Kwork is a freelance service store. Categories of services are familiar to those who are familiar with freelance exchanges. These are SEO, design, marketing, development, work with text, audio and video. There is a category of “Interesting” - non-standard services fall there. For example, the opportunity to buy your family tree book or print a print on a T-shirt.

The site has an unusual model of payment for services. A standard order is called a quark - one quark is equal to 500 rubles. If the order is larger or more complicated, then you can buy additional options. For example, an analysis and the first consultation of one of the SEO specialists costs 500 rubles. But the customer can add additional categories - internal optimization, selection of keywords or order articles.

Adding Advanced Options

This payment model allows the customer to buy small services at a fixed price. At the same time, flexibility remains - if you need more services or options, you can buy them for additional quotas. According to a Kwork survey, more than 62% of all freelance services are small orders of up to 1.5 thousand rubles.

The site has a rating system. Customers rate freelancers on a five-star scale. After completing the order, you can leave a review - they are divided into two categories: negative and positive. On the freelancer’s page you can also see how many an average order is being completed, how many orders have already been completed and how many orders are in the queue.

The service provides guarantees of refund and charge to both parties. It works like that. When ordering a service, the customer pays for it, but the money does not reach the freelancer immediately, but only after the work is completed. The customer can return the funds if the freelancer has not yet set to work. If the seller has not begun to place an order, the funds are returned automatically after two days. In case of disputes, both parties can apply to arbitration - support service that will understand the problem and help solve it.

Categories of Design Services

You can replenish your Kwork wallet with any bank card, electronic payment system (WebMoney, Yandex.Money, Qiwi), from your phone balance or in cash through Svyaznoy and Euroset stores. A freelancer can withdraw money to WebMoney or Qiwi wallets.

The service is monetized by charging interest on the payment of quarts. According to the founder of Kwork, Mikhail Raitsin, the service will never have paid functionality. For example, access levels, promotion services and pro-accounts. “Everything should be honest and transparent - if the seller makes money, then we are with him. If not, then he will not pay any money, ”says Raitsin.

Mikhail Raitsin

Since November 2015, when Kwork was created, the number of delivered orders exceeded 4 thousand per month. The number of quarks on the site is approximately 13 thousand pieces. In the plans for 2016, service representatives call an increase in audience reach and expansion of functionality.

Our plan is quite simple - to create an affordable and convenient freelance market. In Russia, it is now at a makeshift stage, pricing is absolutely chaotic, and legends are already circulating about the terrible quality control.

You can draw a simple analogy: the current market is a fair where thousands of sellers and buyers try to find a common language, bargain for each transaction and often try to fool each other.

We are creating a supermarket where all products are arranged on shelves, pricing is absolutely transparent and understandable, and the interests of the buyer and seller are protected by the mechanism of the service.

For us, the freelance market is not a market for services, it is a commodity market.

90% of orders on freelance are routine small tasks that do not require long discussions and approvals. And even more so trade. You do not bargain for a pack of sausages or ketchup in the supermarket? You just go to the store and put in the basket everything you need, knowing that at the exit you will get a completely edible sandwich. This does not negate haute cuisine (complex projects that require the participation of exclusively highly qualified freelancers and the maximum involvement of the client in the discussion), but how often do you go to gourmet restaurants and how often then disappointedly say to yourself: “It would be better if I cooked it myself — both tastier and cheaper ?

Our immediate plans are to maximize the volume of available quarks and work to attract new customers. We can use standard methods of promoting online stores, and it’s very convenient - all KPIs are transparent and easily counted (ARPPU, ACPU, LTV and others), and also implement the best practices of world leaders in online trading - a smart system of individual recommendations (Amazon for us - one of the role models), e-mail marketing, referral program and more.

The main emphasis is now on improving the convenience of the order and maximum user satisfaction. We are proud that we managed to raise the percentage of successfully completed quarts to 88%. This is really cool.

Mikhail Raitsin, founder of Kwork and other projects of Mirafoks Holding

Almost free - it really is profitable and works great for promotion. I’m sure many optimizers would like to get, say, 50 links for only 500 rubles. Moreover, it will be bold links from sites that have a TIC from 150 to 1200. This is 10 rubles per link, by the way.

Freelance services exchange for 500 rubles

Kvork.ru is the very exchange where you can order all the services of freelancers for 500 rubles. In this case, the services are called Quarks. So, freelancers prepare quarts and put them on the stock exchange. There are many categories of services on the exchange - I will only talk about the most popular ones.

Why is Kvork.ru better than others?

Indeed, why is this Quark better? - The benefits do not seem obvious. However, let's look at it from a different angle. It is important to understand that this is not a typical freelancers exchange where you have to write complex TK, choose artists and work with finances directly, which is very dangerous. Quark is a service with a new approach. To be more precise, this is a service store that will greatly simplify your life and work.

Need specifics? - You are welcome. Here are three simple benefits:

• secure payment.   You yourself already know how dangerous it is to work on the freelance exchange, when every second takes an advance payment and simply “throws it”. At Quark, the system is set differently - all orders occur exclusively on a secure transaction. You are protected from fraud.
• there are no complex TK and a choice from a bunch of performers.   Instead of spending a lot of time choosing a performer who cannot really tell how well he will perform a service, Quork suggests choosing services as a product in a store. Each quark on the exchange has a clear description and scope. But how do you write these TK when you're not a specialist? - Yes, who knows. At Kvork.ru you can forget about TK forever.
• fixed price and tight timing control.  Usually orders are completed within 2-3 days. I myself have used the services of Kvork.ru many times, and the terms have never been broken. I must admit that on the standard freelance exchange my experience was deplorable, in general, like most.

Interesting learn more about Kwork  from the founder of the project? - Found his article on VC, look at https://vc.ru/p/kwork

Features of work

It's time to forget about incomprehensible pricing for freelance services, when the same work can cost an order of magnitude. No inadequate price tags! No prepayment to the contractor - payment only upon completion of work.

Quark is a headache pill for many webmasters who work with freelancers. Dates will no longer be broken. Why? - Because the contractor is directly responsible for this. If the deadline for completing the order is over, then you do not pay for this work, and the rating of the contractor is reduced. Thus, it is unprofitable for freelancers to drag out deadlines and collect a bunch of orders "for stock."

What I usually order at Quark when developing sites

I know that this blog is read by a lot of developers who are creating websites for their clients. How do I know? - Look at the survey in the right column of the site)) Yes there, our team is also involved in development / promotion, so I know this “kitchen” from the inside.

So, when developing and promoting a site, there are a lot of moments when you need the help of specialists of a different profile, for example, a designer or copywriter. It is for this help that I most often turn to Quark, because in this way I save time and budget. I can spend the free time on work with more expensive orders, but with the budget everything is clear, I think ...

Need a simple logo on the site? - OK. 500 rubles and in a couple of days a pretty decent logo. Yes, typical, nothing special, etc. But to start a site with a budget of 15-50 kilo rubles is enough, right? If the client decides to start developing the logo separately, then we will hire a good designer.

Hello! Today I want to bring to your attention a service of online services, the price of which starts from 500 rubles. Moreover, the categories of services are very different, from design to lifestyle (poetry, video greetings, etc.). Perhaps you have already heard of him - this is Kwork. Personally, I immediately liked this freelance service. At first, of course, I was embarrassed that all the services for 500 rubles. How is this possible? I myself know - some tasks take a lot of time, and time, as you know, is money. But the developers (Mirafox company and their well-known projects: Miralinks, Telderi, Gogetlinks) are not amateurs either, they thought it over.

In fact, all services begin to cost from  500 rubles., This is one block of services - quark. For example, I expose my service, “Site Layout,” and it costs 500 rubles. But the menu should also be adaptive in modern realities, and this is already beyond the scope of the service 500 rubles. That's just the service - “Adapt Menu for Mobile Devices” will cost extra money. These are the so-called additional quark options. The price for extra. options are assigned by the artist. You can also select the number of ordered quarks and / or ext. services. As a result, it turns out that the customer has a choice - to order a quark for 500 rubles. or quark + add. options. In my opinion, it is very convenient for both the performer and the customer.

On the one hand, it might seem that everything is somehow confused - what kind of quarks, what kind of extra. options? But I assure you this is not so and there is nothing complicated. I figured out quickly and made an order right away - a semantic core for the site. I ordered competitor parsing for 500 rubles. So for these 500 rubles. I received more than 20 thousand keywords on which my competitor was moving. I just don’t know where else you can order semantics for such a price. I was satisfied, moreover, I turned to this freelancer several more times.

Why Kwork, and how does it differ from regular freelance exchanges?

Kwork is a relatively young freelance service, and before that I used other exchanges, which are numerous in the network. In my opinion, all these exchanges, unlike Quark, have serious drawbacks:

• after the publication of the project, freelancers respond absolutely off topic, and ignore requests to pass by;
• some exchanges have very strict moderation - just use one word, that’s it, your project has been moved to the category of “contests” or “vacancies”, and there you already have to pay;
• among the huge number of responding freelancers it is very difficult to choose a worthy performer - one is better than the other supposedly, but after choosing a candidate - a huge disappointment;
• the first requirement of the contractor is to make an advance payment. Of course, I understand everything, but this is a risk, whatever one may say;
• for small works “charge” fantastic amounts, when you can do at all for the tip.

There are still cons, I don’t remember everything already. This list of shortcomings that I was faced with, and there are still many things that I do not know. But this, I think, will be enough to look with a subjective look at freelance services. It happened that after spending a lot of time and effort, I could not decide on the performer.

Now let's look at Kwork, how he stood out among his competitors.

• low price entry for ordering services - only 500 rubles .;
• no need to create projects: came, saw, ordered 😎;
• the service acts as a guarantor in conjunction with the customer - contractor, as the deposited funds are blocked in the system and the contractor receives them as soon as the customer confirms the work;
• thanks to the available quarks with add. options the customer can quickly navigate the budget and select the appropriate contractor;
• convenient site navigation - quark categories + search filter for the desired freelancer - rating, reviews, deadlines, etc.

Again, this is not a complete list of benefits. I write only my thoughts and share my experience.

Today, Kwork is gaining immense popularity. Every minute a new order is created in Kwork. Only online users I counted - 1238.

And here is the main motto of the Kwork project:

Freelance should save time, not take it away.
   Freelance should be inexpensive.
   Freelance must be safe.

I believe that they are fully consistent with their statements. Moreover, the project has an affiliate program. You can attract users through your affiliate link and receive commissions for each transaction. You can read more about the affiliate program on this page - kwork.ru/partner. Also, on the website published cases of customers who managed to significantly save on ordering services using kwork. Read, this is very interesting.

What are the criteria for choosing artists?

Basically, the criteria for choosing an artist are the same - rating, number of reviews, lead time, number of completed orders, etc. This is how an artist card looks in Kwork. So that no one would think that I was specifically targeting someone, I retouched the profile picture and artist name.

What to look at? When I choose an artist, I look at everything, but in a certain order: first, of course, reviews, then reputation, speed of order execution, number of completed projects, time of registration in the service. As for the reviews, they are under the description of the quark, you can read the negative reviews and comments of the artist to this review. I do this first of all when I watch reviews. After all, people are different and it is impossible to adapt to everyone, but everyone can write a negative review.

There are also special leaders labeled “Top Rating.” Such artists are most popular.

Here is such a service. There is of course something else to say, but the article will turn into a long sheet, which I myself do not like to read.

In summary, I’ll say if you have a desire to order a service from a freelancer, be sure to visit kwork.ru first. I am sure you will like it. If you have already used the services of Kvork.ru, I will be very grateful if you leave your feedback about the service in the comments below. It will be interesting to read.

That's all. Thanks for attention! With you was Zaur Magomedov. Meet me in other articles.

Kwork  - This is the most popular freelance exchange in Russia, where there are a lot of useful services and customers who are willing to spend their money!

It differs from most modern exchanges in that there freelancers themselves create services and set a fixed price for them. And the customer simply walks through the catalog and selects the quart for himself.

Quark  - This is a redone word “work” that can be translated from English as a service. There is a popular freelance service site in the USA Fiverr  and he is one of the first to implement such an idea.

The most important thing is that Kwork does not need to issue paid subscriptions, pass weird tests or something like that. Just sign up and get to work!

Kwork Exchange Overview

The exchange is very easy to use, but there are moments that you need to understand. Therefore, we consider all the nuances of the site for freelancers and customers.

For performers

Of course, on the Internet you can find many reviews that Kwork can earn more 40 000 rubles   per month and spend only 2 hours a day. However, people went to this for a long time, and it will be difficult for beginners.

The fact is that all the services on the site are divided into sections and the platform has its own algorithm for ranking quarks. As a rule, the first block shows the services of already trusted freelancers who have a high rating!

Therefore, the first orders are given very hard, especially since no one wants to order services from a freelancer without a rating. But if you offer more favorable conditions relative to competitors, then there is an opportunity to start.
At the same time, you should provide some kind of bonus if your customer leaves you a positive review. It is very important in the correspondence to persuade the customer to recall! Sometimes you have to create a dozen services so that only one shoots.

Another caveat is that most services are sold for   500 rublesHowever, a freelancer receives 400 rubles. All because the exchange takes a commission in 20% but beginners do not know about it.

Exchange Terms:

• Exchange commission: 20% for the contractor;
• Withdrawal commission: 3.5-3.9%;
• Methods of withdrawal: Qiwi, Bank card, WebMoney;
• The difficulty of finding a job: 3 /5 .

Basically create quarks that can be completed in 1-3 hours of work. Therefore, it is quite realistic to perform 2-3 quarts per day and then the earnings will be about 30 000 rubles   per month!

For customers

At the moment, Kwork has covered all types of freelance services, that is, everything that can be done via the Internet is already on the site! This is amazing and very convenient, especially for those who have little free time.

Types of services:

• Training courses;
• Student assistance;
• Accounting and taxes;
• Legal assistance;
• Building a site and setting it up;
• Design for home, interior, website, etc.

More than 50 categories that combine a dozen different services and everything can be ordered for 500 rubles! In 2 clicks you can find and order the necessary work, while it is not required to draw up a statement of work.

The account can be replenished using a Bank card, WebMoney, Yandex Money, Qiwi wallet or using mobile operators. Moreover, the commission varies from 2.5 to 5%.

If you have been provided with a poor quality service, the administration may return the money to the account. Therefore, do not be afraid to take risks and place orders with new Freelancers, this helps to develop the site.

Today Kwork can be called the best freelance exchange in Russia! Well, what do you think? Is it worth it to work or place orders on this platform. Write about this in the comments.