GlobeSkill promises to change the Kenyan freelancing industry. Read on to find out why.
As freelancers in Kenya, we have experienced a lot of ups and downs. Some of the challenges that we have been experiencing over the years include withdrawal from PayPal, working with ClickBank (not possible yet) and getting a payment system that pays us directly and affordably. Having been online for quite some time, a lot of stuff lands on my inbox, phone and social networking platforms. This blog is 100% focused on helping Kenyans to succeed online. The latest I have heard of is GlobeSkill.
What is GlobeSkill?
This is a freelancing website where freelancers can be hired for different skills including the following:
- Web design
- Programming
- Architecture
- Graphic design
- Article writing
- Illustration
- Photography
- Sales management
- Telemarketing
- Project management
- Financial Planning
Note that the list above is not complete; there are many more opportunities that you can find there.
How Does it Work?
GlobeSkill takes the model of Freelancer, Elance and other major freelancing websites. It does not only have an edge for Kenyans, it is fully open to both Kenyans and the worldwide community. The model goes as follows:
- A client posts a project
- A freelancer bids on the project
- The client chooses the winning bid and may negotiate with the freelancer on payments
- The freelancer chosen may request for an escrow payment (which is always advisable)
- The client deposits cash into his GlobeSkill account
- The freelancer does the project as agreed
- The client releases the cash
- The freelancer withdraws the cash to ePay-Kenya at no additional costs. This can then be withdrawn to Airtel Money, Orange Money or M-Pesa. International freelancers can receive their cash through PayPal or Skrill.
Payments
Having partnered with ePay-Kenya, the website is very friendly to Kenyans. You will only be charged 3.5% of the nominal fee. This should be the lowest fee that freelancers get charged. Other websites charge up to 20%. Therefore, as stated above, the website is friendly to the whole worldwide freelancing community.
Launch Bugs
The site is still at its initial phases and definitely there will be some launch bugs that need to be sorted out. Feel free to contact the site support or leave a comment here or anywhere else you find them to help them clear any bugs.
Support Kenyan Businesses
This is a fully Kenyan business and therefore worth checking out and nurturing. It is also international but as we all know, charity begins at home. The main reason I started this blog is to make sure we promote ourselves online to the level where we have thriving, million-dollar online businesses. Remember if we have a big enough, active online community, it will be easier for you and me to make it online and meet both Kenyan and international needs. You can check out this post on how to make your first million freelancing in Kenya and you’ll discover that it all starts somewhere.
Verdict
As stated, the site is still on its initial phases. My recommendation is that we all register, take a moment to check it out and then wait to be informed when work starts flowing in. Click here to check out GlobeSkill and sign up. In case you notice a flaw or a bug, feel free to notify the site admin or leave a comment here. I am sure it will feel great to earn online from one of our own. Keep it FreelancerKenya to stay notified on the progress of this and other major news on the Kenyan freelancing scene.
Found This by mistake…best mistake I ever made. Nice, real nice. Thanks dude.
You are most welcome. Enjoy!
Great post Walter…For Kenyans by Kenyans 🙂
Thanks a lot Writer Msa. Yeah, we’re going far as a country.
Sure thing, I will be checking out this Global skills place. Nice post by the way.
Thanks a lot Freddie. Yeah, feel free to check and register.
I have checked it out and its awesome however, the bidding aspect of it will be making it very competitive but the advantages far outweighs the demerits. Kudos motherland, Kenya. Thanks Walter for providing such an opportunity. Thanks
Thanks Kevin for checking it out.
As much as bidding make it difficult for some, it is hard to build a freelancing website which does not require bidding. If it was specialized like iWriter, it would be possible to remove the bidding aspect. This one on the other hand has so many freelancing opportunities.
All in all, thanks for your comment and feel free to give any other positive or negative views you may have.
Cheers 🙂
This is good news for us Walter and I think as you suggested, we need to support this noble initiative. This means I may never need to have a Paypal account in order to secure a freelancing job. Is this correct? We need to know more about this. I also hope to start seeing the job offers flowing.
Thanks Charles. Yes, you will never again have to worry about how to withdraw. You work and get the cash delivered to your phone. I strongly believe that jobs will start flowing very soon. Let’s keep supporting our own as we support others.