I've found $15-$50hr has little difference on these type of sites so for me I tend to stay at the lower end if I have basic jobs to be done. $100+ people that

I've found $15-$50hr has little difference on these type of sites so for me I tend to stay at the lower end if I have basic jobs to be done. $100+ people that can value-add and deliver with attention to detail. That said at these rates I flip to local people (AU) so this might just be the better environment. I tried to use toptal once but after being sent a bunch of emails in the weeks after I signed up to the website, when I sent the job specs they never got back... And I've stopped using Upwork as I find the rating system useless in helping you find decent contractors. I feel as other have said is you need to be able to deliver projects. I've often heard hourly rate jobs are about lead gen. I know myself I'll give people some simple jobs to test out quality when I'm in the market for new contracts and those that pass the cut get offered projects.