Remote freelancing, made fair.
Hire remote freelancers from anywhere, and release payment only when you're happy with the work. Or apply to join, get paid when the job's done, and stop paying full price for jobs that never hire.
- Bring your history with youEmployer or freelancer history from other platforms, verified and transferred here
- Bids back if you're not hired100% back on ghost or inactive jobs, 50% if someone else is hired
- Freelancer fee 5%, then 3%Drops to 3% after $5,000 earned with the same client
- 200 Bids for $10Or 500 for $25, plus 10 free Bids every month
- No hiring or subscription feesJust a transaction fee when employer pays, 3% by bank, 5% by card
- Posting jobs is freePay only when you pay a freelancer
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Remote work in every skill
Don't start from zero.
Years of good work on other platforms still count here. Bring your reviews or hiring record with you, verified, so you're trusted from day one.
Keep your reviews and track record
- Send us your profile link from another freelance platform or LinkedIn.
- Add a short code we give you to that profile.
- We check it. Code found means the profile is really yours.
- Your rating, jobs done and years of experience show as verified.
Employers see your proven track record before your first Fairlancers job.
Show freelancers you're a real client who pays
- Post or edit a job on another platform with our code, and send us the link.
- Or sign up with your company email, or add our code to your website.
- Or link your LinkedIn company page and confirm you manage it.
A "Verified employer" badge, up to 5 open jobs straight away, and more freelancers applying.
Fair for the people who hire
and the people who do the work.
Apply with confidence, get paid locally
- 10 free Bids every month. $10 buys 200 more.
- Bids back when you're not hired: always at least 50%.
- 5% fee, dropping to 3% after $5,000 with the same client.
- 0% fee on clients you bring to Fairlancers.
- Bring your reviews from other sites, so you don't start from zero.
Hire great people, keep more of your budget
- Post jobs for free. Pay only when you pay a freelancer.
- See your best matches first, with the top 10 explained.
- Screening questions suggested for every job.
- Bring your hiring history from other sites and start verified.
- Money is held per milestone and released only when you approve.
From job post to payment in five steps
Post a job
Free to post. A quick card check gives you the "Payment verified" badge.
Freelancers apply
Applying costs Bids, so you get serious applicants, not mass copy-paste.
Hire & fund
Fund the first milestone. The money is held safely, not sent yet.
Deliver
Work is checked against the goals you both agreed. Up to 2 rounds of changes.
Get paid
Approve to release payment. No reply in 14 days and it's released automatically.
Low fees. No hidden extras.
No contract fees, no subscriptions. You see every cost before you pay it.
Bank transfer fee
5% by card. Only charged when you pay a freelancer.
Freelancer fee
Drops to 3% after $5,000 earned with the same client.
200 Bids to apply
Or 500 for $25. Plus 10 free Bids every month.
Payout to your bank
Minimum $1, minimum withdrawal $20. Instant payout 2%.
How we compare
| Others | Fairlancers | |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fee when employer pays | 3–6% | 3% bank / 5% card |
| Fee per new contract | $0–15 | None |
| Freelancer fee | 10–20% | 5%, then 3% |
| Cost to apply | $0.10–0.20 | $0.05 per Bid |
| Credits back if not hired | Usually no refund | 50–100% |
General ranges based on publicly listed pricing of major freelance platforms, October 2026. Individual platforms vary and may change.
Didn't get the job? Get Bids back.
| What happened | Bids back |
|---|---|
| Job was fake or removed | 100% |
| Employer never came back | 100% |
| No one was suitable | 100% |
| Someone else was hired | 50% |
Boosts into the top 5 "Promoted" spots get 50–100% back too.
Posting is free. Fake and ghost jobs are not.
Payment verified
Employers pass a card check before their first job. Freelancers see the badge on every post.
ID-checked freelancers
Every freelancer verifies their identity, so you know who you're working with.
Money held per milestone
Funds are held until you approve. Unreleased money goes back to the employer if work isn't delivered.
Employer stats on every job
Jobs posted, hire rate, spend and rating, plus a "low response" label for ghost posters.
Scam checks
Suspicious jobs are flagged and removed, and posters of fake jobs are banned.
Fair disputes
Disagreements are judged against the acceptance criteria agreed before work started.
Built to make remote work fair for both sides.
Fairlancers is a remote-only freelance marketplace. We keep fees low for the people who hire, make applying cheaper for the people who do the work, and give Bids back when a job doesn't work out. Every rule on this page is there to make hiring and freelancing fairer.
Get in touch
Questions about hiring, joining as a freelancer, partnerships or your data? Email us and a real person will reply.
fairlancers@gmail.comGood work deserves a fair deal.
Whether you're hiring or freelancing, keep more of what's yours.