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You can also research what other freelancers that are in your field are charging for similar projects

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so you can get a baseline for what you should charge.

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So now let me show you a quick demonstration of how to search for specific freelancers on Upwork that

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do the similar type of work that you do.

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So you can start to get a benchmark for what you want to charge.

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All you have to do is go to Upwork.

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Once you log in, you can go to the search bar, click the magnifying glass here.

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And what you want to do is change it from searching for jobs to searching for talent.

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So once you switch it to that, you can then go type in.

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Let's say we want to type in WordPress developer.

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Once we type that in.

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Now all of the WordPress developers that are highly ranked in Upwork are going to come up.

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And from there what you can do is you can scroll through and try to find one that you think is the most

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relevant and the most similar to where you are at.

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So for example, like let's say you have ten plus years of experience on WordPress as well, maybe you

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want to look at Zach right here because they have that much experience.

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They've worked on projects a bunch, they've earned over $80,000 on the platform.

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And you can actually see exactly how many jobs they've worked on, how many hours they build for their

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job, success rate, etc..

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And you can see, okay, well if I have this type of experience, I'm similar to this person.

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I can probably charge around the same rates as them.

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However, let's say we look at someone else who's charging a little bit less.

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We can see exactly their type of experience, how much they've earned on the platform.

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And you can see that the rate they're charging is reflective of that.

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So what you want to do is look up whatever type of skill set you are working on and then you can go

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ahead and find the different freelancers that are the most similar to you.

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And the other thing you can do is if you don't want to just search it on the top, you can also go on

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the left hand side here and you can filter it by a bunch of different things.

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So let's say you want to actually go into the I.T and networking tab, you can click that and what it

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will do is come up with all of the different freelancers that are related to this search and it will

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show you all of their experience as well.

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And that's why I love Upwork.

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It's all public, it's all there for you to see.

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And it's really an awesome community of freelancers and companies that are looking to hire talent.

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They all come together on this platform.

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So you really want to take advantage of that because all of the information is there for you, and this

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can be a great way for you to set your prices.

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I'll see you in the next lesson.