Now and then I do freelancing projectS only to find myself competing with ridiculously low bids by certain agencies, 20-30 of them on sites like elance. This decreases the chances for a freelancer in the west to have a significant chance to get the job.<p>So I built this for me and my friends: www.cnnected.com<p>But would love to know other ways or sites to not play the lowratewar with indian developers. Any ideas?
I signed up, I like the idea that developers pay a small fee to get connected, this likely keeps the riff-raft out of the bidding process. What is the plan for if this service grows, and the bottom of the barrel contractors from overseas start to take over this service as well?
I don't use eLance for the specific reason that its rates are so low. I find my leads other ways.<p>Here are some:<p><a href="http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/telecommute/" rel="nofollow">http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/telecommute/</a><p>I have lots more that I'll post soon.