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> Is all this just taking advantage of freelancers who don't know how to market themselves, or am I missing something? It is, sadly. Same with e.g. Toptal, the
by admissionsguy 6y ago
> Is all this just taking advantage of freelancers who don't know how to market themselves, or am I missing something?
It is, sadly. Same with e.g. Toptal, they charge clients $100 for my work and pay me $50-$60, which is still higher than any clients I can find myself.
It is frustrating to know they are capturing such a big fraction of my worth to the client just because they talk to the right people and I don't, but it's what it is.
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- ethbr0 6y agoStandard consulting billable hourly to salary is about 3x. But that's accounting for <100% utilization as well. So ~2x for work performed doesn't seem that outside industry norms, assuming the platform is delivering value and not just matchmaking.