Short version: this is one freelancer — me — writing about my own experience. It is not professional advice, nothing here is a promise about what you will earn, and no company is behind it.
Who runs this site
Tips-Freelancing is written and published by Suman K.P. — one independent freelancer and blogger, with more than 12 years of client work behind me. It is not a company, an agency, a recruitment business, a marketplace, or a registered financial firm, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, Toptal, LinkedIn or any other platform reviewed here.
Where those platforms are named, it is because readers ask about them. Naming them is not a partnership.
No income promises
Nothing on this site is a guarantee, projection or promise of earnings.
The rate ranges in freelance rates and the figures in what freelancers actually earn are published as ranges precisely because outcomes vary enormously. What any individual earns depends on their skill, their market, their country, their pricing, the clients they find, how much they work, and a good deal of luck. Two people following identical advice will get different results.
If you read something here and it does not work for you, that is a normal outcome, not a failure of the method or a claim you can rely on.
I do not publish "make $X per month" claims, income screenshots, or overnight-success stories, and I never will. If freelancing were reliable in that way it would not be freelancing.
Not professional advice
The guides here are general information written from personal experience. They are not financial advice, investment advice, tax advice, accounting advice, legal advice, or employment advice, and reading them does not create any professional or advisory relationship between you and this site.
That matters most in a few specific places:
- Tax. Guidance about setting money aside is a rule of thumb, not a calculation. Tax rules differ by country, by region and by your personal circumstances, and they change. Speak to a qualified accountant or your national tax authority.
- Contracts and scope. Suggestions about written scopes, deposits and payment terms are practical habits, not legal drafting. Contract law differs by jurisdiction. Speak to a qualified lawyer for anything significant.
- Business structure. Whether to register a business, and in what form, is a decision with legal and tax consequences that depend on where you live.
- Pricing. Rate benchmarks describe what others report charging. They are not a recommendation about what you personally should charge or accept.
Always do your own research and take qualified professional advice before making a decision that affects your money, your tax position or your legal obligations.
Accuracy and change
Guides are researched carefully and reviewed at least twice a year, and platform fees are re-checked on the platforms themselves. Even so, information ages. Fees change, policies change, markets move, and a figure that was correct at the time of writing may not be correct when you read it.
Always verify current fees, terms and rules on the platform or provider's own website before acting on anything here. If you find something out of date, tell me and I will correct it — that process is described in the editorial policy.
Affiliate links and money
Some outbound links to tools and platforms may earn a small commission if you sign up. That costs you nothing extra and has no bearing on what is recommended or how it is described. Free tools that pay nothing are recommended routinely, and platforms are criticised where criticism is deserved.
No company can pay to be included here, excluded, ranked differently, or described more kindly.
Third-party sites
Links to other websites are provided for convenience. This site has no control over their content, pricing, terms, privacy practices or availability, and is not responsible for them. Following an external link is at your own discretion.
Your own decisions
You are responsible for the decisions you make about your own work, pricing, clients and business. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no liability is accepted for any loss arising from reliance on the information published here.
That is not a way of avoiding responsibility for the quality of the writing — corrections are welcomed and acted on. It is a statement of something obvious: nobody writing a guide can know your situation, and only you can decide what to do in it.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or you think something on this site needs a clearer caveat, write to contact@tips-freelancing.com and I will look at it.