Freelance exchange Kwork (Quork) - how I was able to start earning on the sale of my services for 500 rubles, sitting with a child on maternity leave

Hello! Today I will tell you something interesting. After spending some time on maternity leave, I decided to try to make money on the Internet. Want to join? I suggest you try the Kwork freelance online exchange, a reliable place where you can earn from selling your services from 400 rubles and all this without fraud and investment. I did it 6 months ago. Although I rarely went there, there was no end to the offers. And all because I approached the matter with all responsibility - I correctly designed the services and filled out the portfolio. I am sure this article will be useful not only to beginners, but also to freelance masters.

Features of the Quark exchange

Quark is a freelance services store for a fixed price of 500 rubles.

On the network you can find hundreds of vibrant ads offering to earn up to 60 thousand rubles. for 1 day. But you don’t need to “drive” them! I advise you to pay attention to freelance exchanges, which allow you to perform real work for an acceptable fee. True, many are subject to fairly stringent conditions. Exams, buying a VIP for one and a half thousand rubles, high competition - all this forces newcomers to close the page and go to a hated office, and moms on maternity leave completely deprive them of the opportunity to earn extra money.

As GoGetLinks developer M. Raitsin noted, in other countries exchanges with a uniform price have long been operating. But on the expanses of Runet they are not at all. It is for this reason that it was decided to create Kwork, a freelance services fair, the main difference of which is fixed payment. This means that no matter what work you do, you will receive 500 rubles for it (you can earn more through additional services, more on that below).

(Now fixed price freelance exchanges have already appeared. I managed to find only 3 of these sites. But Kvork.ru remains the leader)

To be more precise, Quark is the name of not only the entire service, but also the unit with the services that the contractor provides. The site appeared 2 years ago. During this time, he managed to collect more than 10 thousand performers. Every day 200-300 orders are delivered. And this is just the beginning - the popularity of the exchange is growing every day.

How Kwork differs from competitors

1. There is a place for any profession. You can recommend good books, advise on parenting, share culinary tips, etc. The minimum payment is 500 rubles. Think unrealistic? Do not believe it, but there is a contractor on the exchange who has 290 such orders on his account. I, as a mother on maternity leave, was very interested in this fact!

2. Saves time performer. Are you tired of looking for customers? Everything is different on this exchange: it is enough to arrange a portfolio, create a quark and put it up for sale as in a store.

Here are just a few of the most unusual offers I found on this site:

• “I will develop an evacuation plan”;
• “I will take screenshots”;
• “I will help you get a discount on train tickets”;
• “I will solve problems in algebra”;
• “I will advise good films”;
• "I will make stickers with English words."

In general, no matter what you do (and a woman spending whole days at home will probably have interesting ideas), you will always find what to offer the customer.

How to make money on Quark

To start earning money on the freelance exchange, use this instruction. I will help you create an account, put up a product for sale and get acquainted with the main rules of the site.

Step 1. Registration

For speed and ease of registration, I would put "5".

1. Go to the official website of Quark.

2. Open the main page.

3. Click on the word “Registration”.

4. In the window that appears, select "Seller."

5. Enter an email address. It is not necessary to confirm it right away, but you won’t be able to place the quark without it. So do not be too lazy to open the letter and follow the link indicated in it.

6. Create a username and password.

If you are too lazy to register via e-mail, you can do it easier - log in through the social network. The choice is given by VKontakte or Facebook.

7. Now fill out the profile - upload a photo, indicate the level of education, tell us about your activities and hobbies. The more information you provide, the better.

8. Log in to your account (located near the registration button). To do this, enter the username and password or click on the button of the social network.

9. It remains to create a quark and add it to the store. Using the resource’s built-in tools, you can cope with this task without any problems. But first, think about how you can attract a visitor.

Create a quark

A woman raising a small child, probably no time to understand the nuances of working with quarks. So catch these helpful tips:

1. Look at the top offers of competitors - what is written in them, how they make descriptions, what files they contain, which is indicated in additional options. All this must be used to create the perfect presentation of your service.
2. Come up with a short but capacious name (40-50 characters without spaces).
3. Write a sales description (about 500 characters) using marketing techniques such as the “association” method and psychological triggers. After reading the text, the client should understand that you have exactly what he needs.
4. Fill in an account with information. Pictures and videos will demonstrate your professionalism.

They looked at my quark 192 times and sent 3 offers. I used the following tricks:

• To capture the attention of the client, she highlighted important words and phrases in bold;
• I inserted a YouTube video showing the whole process of my work;
• She indicated the volume and information for the customer.

Now let's figure out how to create a quark:

1. Press the green “+ quark” button (located at the top).

2. Fill in all the fields in the window that opens.

3. Add files. You can upload:

• Images - jpg, bmp, png, gif, tif, jpeg;
• Video - flv, avi, mpg, mpeg, mov, mp4, 3gp;
• Archives - zip and rar;
• Audio Recordings - mp3, wav, wma, ogg.

It should also be noted that from each order the exchange takes its commission of 20%, so the contractor receives not 500, but 400 rubles.

To set up an order, you need to answer the following questions - when you plan to submit an order, what you are selling and what additional services you offer.The deadline is better to indicate the average - lower than others, and real for you. Still, anything can happen in life, especially if you have a small child in your arms.

Additional options are the best top dressing for freelancers. If you are engaged in handmade and send it by mail, then definitely do not meet the 400 rubles. Then in the additional options should indicate the cost of delivery. The price of an additional service is from 80 to 4800 rubles. The buyer chooses it at will.

It is very important to profitably present the proposed service. Images are pasted at the top, a link to the YouTube video is attached next to it. In the instructions for the client write what you need to work. Do you make portraits to order? Ask for a photo. Write sales articles - a brief of the company.

Then there is the opportunity to add your portfolio (this will certainly attract the customer. A quality portfolio will allow you to appreciate your professionalism and competence. This will positively affect sales). If this is the first job, then leave the portfolio empty.

Now send the quark to moderation. After 3 days, we are waiting for an answer. The main thing is not to post other people's content and do not deceive the administration. Then your service will be placed in the store.

For 1 time, you can add a certain number of quarks:

• 3 - for new arrivals;
• 7 - sellers with quarks who have passed moderation;
• An unlimited number - to quorkers who have already managed to sell their services.

For design, web development, programming on the exchange made 3 fixed prices:

• Economy - 500 rubles.,
• Standard - 4 thousand rubles.,
• Business - 9 thousand rubles.

Services recently hosted will be the first in the list of new and the last in the catalog. Where exactly your offer will be located depends only on the rating.

How is the rating calculated

Beginners at Quark will not be easy, so first you have to work on a reputation - for 500 rubles. you need to offer a little more than competitors, and ask customers to leave feedback. Rating consists of 5 stars. Each of them is added for meeting deadlines, quality work and flattering comments from customers.

The more stars the artist has, the more views his quart will be able to collect. Quarks without reviews lead to a downgrade.

The freelancer is also assigned the ranks:

• Beginner - by default;
• Advanced - for 10 completed orders and less than 10% of negative reviews;
• Pros - 50 sold quarks and up to 8% of bad comments.

Advanced and Pros can write personal messages to customers with offers of services, as well as attach them to applications of other quarks.

Life hack. To increase the rating, create several fake customer pages and order the quarts yourself. In addition, you can ask friends to make your purchase.

What to do when an order arrives

As soon as the buyer is interested in your offer, you will receive an email, and an orange circle will appear above the notification icon.

Be sure to confirm the order by clicking "Start working". If you do not do this within a day, the system will send it to the “Failure”. From the moment the order is accepted, the countdown of the time necessary for its execution begins. When the work is ready, upload the file in the order menu and click "To complete". The customer will have 3 days to evaluate your work. But even if the buyer leaves or forgets to enter the site, the money will fall into your account after 72 hours.

How to undo a quark

Anything can happen in the life of a freelancer. That time is not enough, then the customer, as luck would have it, comes across nasty, then the child will get sick right in front of the deadline. In general, it is far from always possible to complete the work. It is possible to cancel the order, but a penalty awaits for this. First, the site administration will remove the rating asterisk, and then the buyer can add fuel to the fire - he will write a negative review. But this does not always happen - some customers do not write reviews.

If the situation is really hopeless, listen to how to cancel the quark:

• Go to the order menu;
• Choose "Cancel";
• In the window that appears, indicate the reason for the refusal;
• Wait for the answer - as a rule, it will come no earlier than in 2 days.

Perhaps you are lucky - the buyer will not leave a negative comment, and the site moderator recognizes the reason as valid.

Popular quark specialties

Everyone who goes to work at Kwork wants his services to be in demand and often to buy. Of course, no one will be able to retrain in 2-3 days for a profession that is popular on Quark - it is simply impossible! Therefore, to begin with, evaluate your chances. In this case, a list of the most popular specialties will help you:

• Painters;
• Copywriters (article authors);
• Web designers
• Content managers and moderators of social networks;
• Marketers (contextual advertising, email marketing and SMM);
• SEO-optimizers ("SEO"), engaged in the internal optimization of sites.

Representatives of these professions have more than 700 orders and do not feel a shortage of customers. If you did not find yourself in this list, do not rush to be upset. Think about what special you can do. How can you attract the attention of buyers?

And one more clarification about copywriters. There is fierce competition in this area, so if you have no experience, practice and gain experience on article exchanges.

All categories of professions in the quark:

Freelancer Quart - Pros and Cons

I think that my colleagues will definitely agree with me - there is no paradise for freelancers. I was convinced from my own experience that any site, even a very good one, may have flaws.

How can a novice performer upset Kwork?

• Shortage of buyers. It is impossible to get high sales without reviews, but if there are no buyers, then there are no comments;
• Huge commission. With each 1000 rubles, the exchange takes 200;
• A long check. Both quarks and completed orders hang for a long time on moderation.

Benefits for sellers:

• Absolutely everything is free;
• There are no restrictions - you can place any number of quarks on any topic;
• Automatic reception of work after 3 days;
• Good technical support - responds quickly and politely;
• Honest payment.

With performers, everything is more or less clear. Now you need to find out what advantages and disadvantages customers receive?

Cons for the buyer:

• Not all freelancers adhere to TK and deliver on time;
• Sometimes the result is not worth the money spent on it.

Pros for the buyer:

• You can find a person for almost any job;
• Orders are placed very quickly;
• No need to negotiate;
• If the contractor does not meet the deadlines, the money is returned back;
• When registering, a promotional code is given as a gift.

As you can see, Quark opens up a ton of opportunities, especially for those who are trying to earn money by sitting on maternity leave! You just need to catch the wave. As for the shortcomings, they are also found on other freelance exchanges.

Monthly income

The value of the quarks has been greatly influenced by recent innovations. For example, site creators can evaluate 1 project at 9-50 thousand rubles. according to the business price, so everyone’s profit is different.

If we talk about newcomers, then in the first month of work they can get several thousand rubles - this is if they are lucky and customers will pay attention to them. And so the sum of the first earnings can be 400 rubles and 0.

If you want to significantly increase your earnings, do not give up, accumulate positive reviews, achieve your goal. Advanced web designers, webmasters and programmers receive at least 50 thousand rubles. per month. At the same time, they have several thousand completed works. In general, there is something to strive for. In addition, the presence of free time will allow a young mother to devote time to work and to the baby.

How to withdraw funds?

Another important advantage of Quark is a quick and very convenient withdrawal of funds. Here you do not have to wait for the earned funds as much as 5 working days, as, for example, on Etxt.

Making an application is easy. Just click on the current account located in the right corner of the upper panel.

Then you need to click the "withdraw money" button.

It remains only to choose the appropriate method and wait a bit.

Payments are made 3 times a week - on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Usually credits come in the morning.

Money can be transferred to:

• Kiwi wallet (commission - 2.75%);
• WebMoney (commission - 3%);
• Bank Visa or Master Card (commission - 4.5%).

The minimum withdrawal amount to the wallet is 50 rubles, to the card - 3150 rubles. Thanks to such a system, a woman who is on parental leave can regularly replenish the family budget or spend money on her “female things”.

Reviews

Reading the reviews of other users, I noticed that most of them are positive (approximately 80-85%). People are attracted not only by the abundance of services and professions, but also by a fixed rate. If compared with the same Advego, where they earn only by writing articles, reviews and comments, then Quark is a real choice! Here you can be both a copywriter and a needlewoman making jewelry from beads. But who knows what other talents will wake up in you during the decree ?! So why not make some money?

What else do performers like?

• Even those who are far from freelance can start a career on this exchange. There is no need to think about how to make money - you publish a quark and wait;
• The work is pretty nice. I can get a good amount in one night for illustrations and translations;
• Good money. Frankly, I'm tired of scribbling articles for a pathetic 30 rubles. On this exchange, customers pay normal money - 100 rubles each. per thousand characters. Those to whom this does not suit do not linger here.

What are freelancers dissatisfied with?

• Freeloaders. For 500 rubles, some customers require a lot - not only write an article, but also publish it on the site, picking up pictures and videos. And this is the responsibility of the content manager;
• Attempts to blackmail the performer. Particularly cunning individuals try to beg for an order outside the exchange and threaten to publish a negative review. Unfortunately, they may well do this;
• Poorly compiled TK. Buyers do not always express their wishes and provide the contractor with all the necessary information. As a result, after the change you will hear “I didn’t want to, redo it”, get a fine and run into dissatisfaction with the arbitration.

Here it is - working at Quark. Fortunately, inadequate clients are rare, but they cannot be avoided.

In the end

Kwork is just a great site where you can find a place for any skills and talents. So, being on maternity leave, a woman can draw, make signals, advise people when choosing baby mixes. Do not be afraid to try new directions for yourself! You still won’t lose anything, because you don’t have to pay to create a quark. But if you are lucky, you can earn on your favorite business. In addition, this exchange is much better than the infamous FL, where competitors literally trample on each other. Friendly technical support, fixed prices and freedom of choice - is this not a reason to create your account on Quark and stay forever ?! Good luck with your endeavors, good customers and profitable sales!