I have a bit of experience working as a video editor on the freelance platform Kwork, and I would like to share it. Starting on Kwork from scratch is not easy, as you have no reviews or orders, and the likelihood of being chosen as a performer is low. However, if your profile is well-filled out and you have a good portfolio, your chances of getting your first responses increase! At the initial stage, it’s important to work for reviews, as you need to accumulate them and complete several orders. Working for reviews means responding to job postings and significantly lowering your prices so that you can be chosen at least based on that criterion (many give up at this stage). But after completing 10-20 orders, and sometimes even earlier, people start to contact you based on your ad on Kwork, which indicates that they are showing interest themselves (provided you have positive reviews and no disputes). In general, the logic is simple: the more completed orders and good ratings you have, the more often clients will reach out to you. A friend of mine on Kwork has over 500 completed orders, and he gets contacted by a lot of people. When the number of inquiries becomes such that you don’t have enough time for all the orders, you can raise your prices and try to maintain balance, or pause Kwork to stop receiving new messages. You can be absent from the platform for a month, six months, or a year, but the most interesting thing is that after returning, clients will still write to you just as before. Although Kwork takes a significant commission, which may seem unprofitable, I believe that we, regular users, save time on finding clients since Kwork itself offers us orders. Overall, if you approach this platform wisely, it is indeed good and well thought out.
