How long did it take you to get your first sale as a freelancer?

[Shortie]

For those of us who are freelancers, it can sometimes feel like forever before we see our first sale as a freelancer. Getting that first sale tends to boost our confidence and push us to keep going even when we feel like giving up.

I started freelance work, it took me a few months to get my first sale and I was so happy when I got my first sale that it pushed me to keep going and completing sales to my best which then followed with customers coming back to place more orders.

How long did it take you to get your first sale as a freelancer?

 

[Jason]

I'm not really a freelancer, but I have done some writing work and construction help. Anyway, I first started writing blog posts on Digital Point along time ago and later got into forum posting on Postloop.

 

[Arantor]

When I was freelancing, I started out with small jobs where I could be done and paid within 24 hours.

 

[Nomad]

Upwork was the first freelancing site I joined. It was called oDesk back then. I managed to get my first order in less than a month.I had a very successful friend (virtual) working on oDesk and she recommended me to a client. The client was working on a language book for people traveling to my home country, so I was the perfect fit for the job. I was paid $30 for the job. I got 5 star review, which helped me secure other jobs.

 

[Dilip]

I was not a freelancer. I was exploring the web and I found offers where they were paying.

That is when I realised that there is another angle.

 

[Nomad]

That's how I started making money online. I was writing for newspapers and getting paid for articles, When I found that there were sites that paid for publishing, I and when I started earning cents with my online articles, I decided to give it a try. When I started freelancing, I was already earning by publishing on article sites