I don't take responsibility for if you get TRIGGERED or not, just gonna be brutally honest for all the newbies who want to start selling their work.
To start, if you are under 13, please leave the site. You're breaking the terms of service and you are definitely not mature enough to be selling anything if you can't even follow basic rules. I'm being serious, one way or another, everyone will find out. Just don't break the rules.
Have fun reading
(this doesn't apply to already established names and professional devs)
To start, if you are under 13, please leave the site. You're breaking the terms of service and you are definitely not mature enough to be selling anything if you can't even follow basic rules. I'm being serious, one way or another, everyone will find out. Just don't break the rules.
You're not as good as you think. Accept it. You will need to practice for years before you should sell your work.
Getting experience is good, but its better to do that working on your own projects and leave the requests here to the more experienced devs until you are one of them.
Once you have experience, start out by getting some reputation instead of jumping right into selling. You likely won't get any jobs to start, don't let that get you down though. Not having reputation is a let down for potential customers, try and get some friends (if they are on the forum) to give you some VALID reputation to get you started. Do some basic jobs that may not be web development.
Once you're ready to sell, make sure you price competitively. Overpricing makes you look like you have no idea what you're doing. Underpricing makes you look cheap.
If it exists, use it. Unless you're doing your own project, don't reinvent the wheel. It saves you time and increases your $/hour (by spending less time).
Don't be generic like everyone else. Don't just post the same typical message like "I can do this. Here's my discord: @someone#1234". I rarely reply to posts that I'm interested in, and I instead send them a private message with details on what they want, and what you can provide. Be detailed, it looks professional.
Getting experience is good, but its better to do that working on your own projects and leave the requests here to the more experienced devs until you are one of them.
Once you have experience, start out by getting some reputation instead of jumping right into selling. You likely won't get any jobs to start, don't let that get you down though. Not having reputation is a let down for potential customers, try and get some friends (if they are on the forum) to give you some VALID reputation to get you started. Do some basic jobs that may not be web development.
Once you're ready to sell, make sure you price competitively. Overpricing makes you look like you have no idea what you're doing. Underpricing makes you look cheap.
If it exists, use it. Unless you're doing your own project, don't reinvent the wheel. It saves you time and increases your $/hour (by spending less time).
Don't be generic like everyone else. Don't just post the same typical message like "I can do this. Here's my discord: @someone#1234". I rarely reply to posts that I'm interested in, and I instead send them a private message with details on what they want, and what you can provide. Be detailed, it looks professional.
Before you get serious on the forum, take some time to make your account look nice. If you can spare some cash, get premium and/or a name color to help you stand out. Pick a good profile picture that reflects you as the account holder. Make a nice signature.
I would also suggest you get a website. Even if its a very basic one with a free domain. If you are desperate, I can make you a simple site for free that will let you post domains that you have worked on (sites you completed).
You're not incorporated. You're not a "business". You're not a company...
That's all.
That's all.
Have fun reading
(this doesn't apply to already established names and professional devs)
