[jms429]

I've hired a number through upwork, and once from someone who advertised on here.

Through upwork it can be hit and miss, I found the best method was to set a couple of questions in the description of the task for people to answer ie "start you response with the phrase gosling was off his rocker" & something like "explain the tech you would use to build mvp and why". That tended to weed out the people who were mass bidding on tasks without reading, you want someone who's read your task and thought about it a little.

For bigger tasks, I've had success with posting the full job details but then setting a small task, like wireframes or some design work for say $50 to a couple of upworkers, then picking one to carry on the rest of the work. That worked really well, and spending $200 on selecting a freelancer when spending $5000 felt like a good payoff.

The person on here I hired after he posted an offer to make an mvp for a fixed price, and it worked out really well, delightful Chap, good work.

I've tried fiverr, but that seems better for smaller tasks.

[SheinhardtWigCo]

Watch out with that strategy on Upwork. I recently got stung by someone who did a great job with a small task and billed a reasonable amount of time. Once I gave them the real work, they subcontracted it (without approval) to someone who didn’t know what they were doing and billed 40 hours per week until I realized what was going on. The code was useless and Upwork basically told me to go fuck myself when I complained.

Fiverr is good for logo concepts if you filter out all but the top rated sellers.

[muzani]

I got a guy who subcontracted a small task right away (drawing a basic login screen). Even then, they failed at that.

I'd say the way to use it is to keep subcontracting small tasks that are not time dependent, and charge a fixed rate.