GetAFreelancer, established in 2004, is one of the oldest and most respected sites in freelance programming. They have a dedicated Joomla programmers section.
Getafreelancer is now rebranded as freelancer.com!
As a programmer, all you have to do is sign up for free and start bidding on projects.
If you're a service buyer , you must provide clear project specifications and use escrow payments to make sure things will go right. This applies to any freelance directory. There are low skilled bidders, there are automated bids, but if you carefully choose your service provider and discuss through private messages before starting the project things will go just fine.
The rating systems helps you identify newbies and not-so-good software developers.
Signing up is free, (small) fees are deducted only when an actual project is contracted.
Review enhanced by FreelanceDaddy's freelance projects website
Fees and comissions:
“Project won” fee: 10% of bid amount (minimum $5)
“Project won” fee for Golden Members: none
Featured “Project won” fee: none
Golden Membership recurring fee: $12/month
Golden Membership install fee: none
Money withdraw options:
Pros:
large site (over 200 projects posted daily!), diverse range of project types
decent fees and comissions
functionality (one account for both provider and buyer)
project posting fee is returned (it is only used to verify the reliability of a buyer)
monthly bid limit reduces automated bidding activity.
several Money withdraw options (cheque, PayPal, e-gold, wire transfer, Western Union, Moneybookers)
high quality and fast support services.
appealing “Golden Membership” program
fast money withdraw processing
Cons:
