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Hayden Bradfield
Hayden Bradfield
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Posted by Hayden Bradfield
Hayden Bradfield
1,797 Points

Has the market become too saturated to make a good living on solely freelance work?

If one wanted to start their own business developing websites, is there too much competition out there to be successful?

Would one have to be multifaceted in other areas, like graphic design or video production to make it work?

Then you have CMS and easy-to-build website tools like Weebly, Wix, and Webs for example that make it easy for the general public to customize their sites.

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Juthawong Naisanguansee
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Juthawong Naisanguansee
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Juthawong Naisanguansee
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Juthawong Naisanguansee
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Just in my opinion ,

I think nowadays are too competitive. It very hard to find freelance job and solely live on it online.

I don't mean it is impossible , It is possible but it was quite hard right now. However , It also depend with which customer we meet.

I ever work with one of my customer and was very close to him.

He hire me and my company many works and for a very long period of time.

I ever work on Freelance market like Fiverr and many place too but it was a little bit too competitive and you have to pressure yourselves with cheap price stuff which sometimes make you want to quit doing it.

In my opinion , It depend on people we meet .

I think to get a good freelance work and a lot of great and good money work. I think we should socialize with many events.

I also get many work from volunteer doing work for free for non-profit event which have my name on it.

and as far as I know , Most people value personal experienced and relationship more than just the work itself.

In my opinion, In this competitive world,

Make your name , Meet good people and keep them in your pocket.

Thanks

Edit

And Yes , You can make greater living by knowing more skilled like Video Production and stuff than web development alone.

I wasn't good at video production stuff so I can't accept those work but my friend who have a good video production and design skilled make a good money.