The modern gig-based economy puts freelancers in a difficult paradox: there are plenty of projects, but never before have projects been so difficult to acquire at a low price. No matter whether you are a designer, developer, marketer, or data scientist, all these pains are repeated in one way or another: underbidding, inconsistent payments, project scope creep, delayed feedback, and the oversaturated market. This state of affairs, in its turn, is what Yokrazy will provide clients and freelancers with: an organized and supportive environment that will enable both to feel strong and empowered due to its one-of-a-kind approach to its work that I like to refer to as the Freegency itself.

Why is it so hard to find fairly priced projects? How is Yokrazy Managed Services through the Freegency concept refreshing and a sustainable solution? Let us have a look.

The Reason Getting Projects at the Right Price is so Difficult

1. Race to the Bottom Pricing:
The freelance websites are now full of global freelance workers. Although this introduces diversity, it also leads to the race to the bottom in terms of prices. This is because most clients, particularly the ignorant ones, will prefer to hire the lowest bidder without considering quality or experience. This gives the scene of a price war where the skilled freelancers are forced to sell below their value in order to remain in the market.

2. Unidentified requirements and scope creep:
Most clients post unclear project briefs and contribute to the problems known as scope creep and expectations. It is a common case to work on a project on one assumption and, in the middle of the way, discover that the client wanted much more and the budget was not going to be adjusted. It causes burnout, frustration, and miscommunication.

3. Bad Client-Freelancer Match:
In the absence of a proper vetting mechanism, it is common to find mismatches in expectations, working style, and timelines. Working with unprofessional clients or engaging in projects that are not related to their field of expertise, freelancers lose their time, energy, and opportunities.

4. Time to Waste on Suggestions:
Freelancers can make dozens of offers without receiving at least a reply. The majority of proposals are either unread or lost in an ocean of bids. It is also demoralising when you are desperately trying to live on a stable income.

5. Late payments and the absence of responsibility:
Freelancers dread the fact that they have to wait a long time before they get paid. Clients in other instances just vanish. The majority of conventional platforms cannot help much or resolve an issue within days.

Here comes, Yokrazy: A new-age platform with the power of Freegency

What is Yokrazy?

It is not only a platform called Yokrazy. It is a controlled, freelance-structured service company, which links freelancers and authenticated clients using an organised, credible and safe model. The most impressive is the so-called Freegency model, which is a blend between the freedom of freelancing and the certainty of agency.

It is a kind of a crossbreedwhere the freelancers contract out their services on a project basis but still carry with them the management and direction by Yokrazy. Imagine that you only work on your own conditions, and at the same time, you feel secluded in safety and professionalism and guaranteed with the payment of an agency.

How Yokrazy Assists Freelancers To Survive by Getting the Best Projects 

1. Untendered Project Allocation:
Freelancers do not need to spend hours on sending cold pitches or proposals. Yokrazy pairs projects with freelancers on the basis of skill, previous performance and availability. This implies that you will work and spend less time on leads.

2. Clients with Clear Briefs: Esta Daily will have Pre-vetted Clients.
Yokrazy will make sure that projects that are onboarded are with verified budgets, clear briefs and realistic deadlines. This makes scope creep minimised and puts clarity even on the first day of working.

3. Winning and Negotiation Powers:
Yokrazy assists in establishing competitive prices using services, and freelancers will not have to compete. The platform makes its clients aware of what the market rates are and negotiates with freelancers on their behalf as may be required.

4. Maintaining Smooth Results: Project Managers:
The project manager is a medium between the freelancer and the client, and each project is supervised by a project manager. This results in effective communication, improved adherence to time frames and limited friction.

5. Guaranteed Payments and Payouts:
They secure payments using an escrow or milestone-based system. When the work is approved, Yokrazy makes sure that the payment is made as soon as possible, providing freelancers with a sense of security.

6. Long-Term Relationships and a Reputation Building:
Freelancers are able to create excellent portfolios, ratings and repeat customer relations as they complete their projects with the help of Yokrazy. This minimises the necessity to do continual hunting for new work.

A Real-Time Example of Anjali, the Graphic Designer

Anjali is a freelance graphic designer who lives in Mumbai. Prior to finding Yokrazy, she led a busy life of having to serve several customers on various platforms. What really hurts her? Irregular income and expenditure and writing proposals 4-5 hours a day with a conversion rate of no more than 10%.

Then she joined Yokrazy.

She was brought through her onboarding, which consisted of a portfolio review, skills test and a brief interview. In a short span, she was matched with a startupseeking branding and marketing collateral. The scope was handled by a project manager, and the brief had been clearly explained.

She can work 20 hours a week, deliver her work and get the money to her hands within 7 working days after it is approved.

In less than 2 months, she has already done 4 projects through Yokrazy, was not required to send any proposals and even had a stable source of income. The most wonderful part of it was that she would now be able to concentrate on her artistic work, and the rest of the communications with clients and delivery organisation would remain with Yokrazy.

Anjali explains that Yokrazy helped her stop wasting her time freelancing and focus on her career. I feel appreciated and encouraged, and I am not seen as an underestimated person anymore.

The Importance of this to the future of Freelancing

Freelancing is also perceived as something illegal and insecure. However, it does not necessarily need to be like that. The Freegency model of Yokrazy is the solution that freelancers have been waiting for to get the structure, support, and protection that are required by being their own boss and enjoying the freedom that the latter comes with.

And what about the clients? They can access a quality workforce of vetted professionals, which is done timely, and the project managers ensure that everything is on time.

You are a new freelancer with several unsuccessful attempts to find the first client, or you are an experienced and non-lazy specialist who is fed up with the new fees, dates of payment and the necessity to write out new proposals; in any case, Yokrazy can make it much easier.

Therefore, quit the price war.

Begin developing your freelance career the smarter way – with Yokrazy.

Ready to join the Freegency movement?

Go to yokrazy.com and get an application to join the new generation of the managed freelancer.