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Most of the stuff on rent-a-coder is crap. If you do end up getting a decent job it usually doesnt' pay for all the time it took just to find it.

RentACoder.com is my choice. I can say this as one from RentACoder TopCoders. For today - I receive payment and thanks from buyer 160 times. Conclusion: If you are skilled and want to earn money using your brain - Rent A Coder - is right place.

Here my brief history: http://www.takereal.com/freelance/rating.asp

You may want to read "Software Buyer Frequently Asked Questions" : http://www.takereal.com/freelance/article.asp

-- Sergey.

Sergey is absolutely write i live in Pakistan and here even best web developers don't earn more then 500$ per month and i am only a student and studying in university Rentacoder help me protect from fraud buyers buy following strict rules and i am happy to work Barkan www.coding-gurus.com

Has RAC really protected you from a rogue buyer ? I had a rogue buyer, and they hung me out to dry.

Yes, RAC protect me. I can ask about arbitration (price $0). Arbitration is like a court trial. Result will be:

_Example1: The buyer alleges "we just cant get it to work for some odd reason, we pretty much tried everything". Both parties agreed to a 60% payment to the coder, and the 40% refund to the buyer.

_Example2: The buyer stopped responding to arbitration. Testing showed that 69% of the work was complete. The coder was paid that amount of the bid. The buyer's remaining funds were refunded.

You can get more examples via google.com I have been involved into arbitration 13 times.

RAC is great if you are following the rules if you don't follow them you can't be protected against rogue buyers

RentaCoder.com is a very good site. I'm a buyer. I've used both it and Scriptlance, and I find its system even fairer to the coder: it's escrow and arbitration service guarantees the coder gets paid if he does the job, as specified.