A Platform for Small-Scale Freelancing: Microlancer

[passwordnow]

I think the word Microlancer has so many unofficial sites out there.

That's actually the website and it pays Lightning Network which suits for small tasks and small payments.

You should include the site for us to try and probably be giving reviews on. If you're a professional and probably got fired due to pandemic, I suggest you try this one. I tried it personally and its paid me off well.

Freelancer.com

That's a freelancing website and just like upwork, you can get clients there from the skill that you offer. It's a marketplace for people who are looking for clients and as well as clients and companies looking for their virtual employees but they don't pay in bitcoin. They'll be paying you in dollars so it suits for those jobless and looking to move into freelancing.

[michellee]

The biggest problem with microearnings is that it's simply not worth to anyone, even the poorest people, to spend time looking for these jobs and competing for them. Captcha solving was popular because it was reliable, you could sit and work for hours and slowly earn money. Who wants to refresh a site every minute for some small chance to get a $0.01 task?

Yeah, it is like a slave labor to the max, the only way that someone can earn from this is if the pay is decent but the sites that offer this have their hands tied and they have to make do with what is the amount of fund they have. To everyone that has doubts as to whether they should pursue this micro earning task, try developing a specific skill and offer your services in the Services board and earn more in bitcoin.

At least, that is good as start while they can search for the other freelancer website which can give them more opportunity to make money. I think that is the process that every people will do if they want to make money from the internet because there are no jobs that will offer you to make big money unless those jobs scam you in the end. If they can work hard to find other sources, they will find one or more websites that can be their sources to make money. The key is not to give up before we can get the one.

[SquallLeonhart]

I checked it, and most of the time it is stuff that pays very little, one time jobs and worth more than what's being asked all at the same time. First of all it pays under 1 dollars most of the time, few pays a bit more like 2-3 dollars and that's not even good, because they are stuff like "create 10 telegram accounts with details" and pays only like 5 bucks, I am sorry but starting a telegram account requires a mobile phone number and 10 mobile phone numbers are not worth 5 dollars.

Plus, they are all one time thing, you can't make money consistently this way, you will end up not making anything decent at all and just here and there few bucks if you are lucky. On top of that there are so many jobs that require you to work harder than what's promised, who would write a code for 5 dollars, someone asked for it, and that's why this is a bad idea and not a profitable thing for freelancers.

[Yurkov]

Centralized freelancer platform like fiverr and upwork are abusing freelancers for decades. They seize huge amount of money as there commission while your payment is also kept by them for days as part of security protocol but in reality they do business on your money. Blockchain backed platforms have the ability to eliminate this middlemen forever.

[zeuner]

Hey everyone,
I recently stumbled across a great way to earn a few extra satoshi with small tasks called Microlancer. I got an account here a few days ago and things have been going smoothly. The platform is based off of the lightning network, with people posting tasks for people to quickly complete and earn a bit of money. Don't expect anything too amazing, since a lot of tasks go for six or seven cents, but with how quickly they can be completed it's a good way to earn a bit of extra cash. This doesn't mean that it's all amazing though. It seems that posts of tasks are less frequent then one may expect, which can make it hard to find new work after most desirable tasks have already been completed. It's also not very easy to filter through tasks, although with there only being six pages at the moment it's not all that much of a hassle. With all of this said, I still recommend you give it a try. If not for making a few cents, then post a task and alleviate yourself of some form or another of menial task.

Anyways, hope everyone is having a good day.

I think something like this only makes sense if the whole process is covered by an open protocol that makes the platforms interchangeable. Even when taking the platform factor away, small scale freelancing easily makes too little money to make it worth the hassle it creates. When adding platforms that compete over the tasks they broker, this effect gets even worse. This could only possibly be alleviated by empowering the service providers and service providers to post and process their tasks globally, and with minimum administrative burden per task.

Maybe some federated solution like SMTP, XMPP, Diaspora or Mastodon could work to make this concept fly.

[StartupAnalyst]

These platforms are good if you need even some money for bread. However they won’t help you to earn money for normal life. Even in this sphere you can find scammers that would give you work and won’t paid for it, so you’ll lose your time and your money. Anyway it’s better to try than to sit and to do nothing. By the way freelancer sites are better. There you need to do more work but salary is bigger. On freelancer.com I several times found students that where in urgent need of good articles and reports and earned 10-20 dollars at once.

[Lorence.xD]

These platforms are good if you need even some money for bread. However they won’t help you to earn money for normal life. Even in this sphere you can find scammers that would give you work and won’t paid for it, so you’ll lose your time and your money. Anyway it’s better to try than to sit and to do nothing. By the way freelancer sites are better. There you need to do more work but salary is bigger. On freelancer.com I several times found students that where in urgent need of good articles and reports and earned 10-20 dollars at once.

Considering that it is a small-scale, I think that we can't expect this platform to replace full-time work. I do agree with you on this freelancer site, although I use a Facebook group to do find one but you are right most pay a decent money for a student like me.

[bekti3]

can you show your success while on the site? for example, your proof of withdrawal or something like that. because I have visited several sites like this, in the end I had to make a deposit when making a withdrawal.

[sir_danny]

I've been working with Tim - the founder and I must say that I believe in it.

We just have to find the optimal market so we're thinking of focusing on the markets that would best reflect the need that its niche would take care of.

One potential that I've seen is the need for AI workers, marketing for legit blockchain projects and the promotion of services related to bitcoin lightning.

We love to collaborate and meet with people who are aligned along those lines.

We're very excited and willing to adapt and learn from those with a similar goal!

[ven7net]

Hey everyone,
I recently stumbled across a great way to earn a few extra satoshi with small tasks called Microlancer. I got an account here a few days ago and things have been going smoothly. The platform is based off of the lightning network, with people posting tasks for people to quickly complete and earn a bit of money. Don't expect anything too amazing, since a lot of tasks go for six or seven cents, but with how quickly they can be completed it's a good way to earn a bit of extra cash. This doesn't mean that it's all amazing though. It seems that posts of tasks are less frequent then one may expect, which can make it hard to find new work after most desirable tasks have already been completed. It's also not very easy to filter through tasks, although with there only being six pages at the moment it's not all that much of a hassle. With all of this said, I still recommend you give it a try. If not for making a few cents, then post a task and alleviate yourself of some form or another of menial task.

Anyways, hope everyone is having a good day.

In general, it is really very good when such platforms appear, because they help people to have a small profit. But as you correctly noted, there are also problems, all this is due to the fact that there are more people who want to earn money than those who order tasks to complete. I believe that solving this imbalance would make the microlancer direction more attractive and could positively influence the development of the entire industry. I believe that the use of blockchain and crypto in this direction should help solve this problem, at least I hope so.

[cheezcarls]

I know that everyone has their opinions, thoughts or reactions regarding this micro-job or freelancing sites that are blockchain-based. Although there’s nothing new when it comes to new cases, the positive side of it is the blockchain awareness and adoption. It will make job seekers and employers getting curious about blockchain, and they will begin learning more about it themselves.

[maxreish]

The biggest problem with microearnings is that it's simply not worth to anyone, even the poorest people, to spend time looking for these jobs and competing for them. Captcha solving was popular because it was reliable, you could sit and work for hours and slowly earn money. Who wants to refresh a site every minute for some small chance to get a $0.01 task?

Those of course who badly needed the job even it takes their time while earning some cents. Those cents if patiently saved up will worth some bucks in due time. And, those microlancing job helps those people who also needed some side job or extra income.

However, we should gain extra patience as not all have that wide forbearance to sit and do some captchas all over again.