free-lance.ru Sorokoviny

“In the Christian tradition, it is believed that the soul of the deceased is led and introduced to hell and paradise for forty days and nights. After 40 days, his soul is brought before the court of the Lord, where her fate is decided. Until sorokovin at the mention of the deceased they wish, "Let him rest in peace . " After the Forty Days of "the kingdom of heaven to him. "



“It is customary to mark the forties on Sunday.
Commemoration for 40 days is wide. If the number of guests on the 9th day is usually limited to a rather narrow circle of immediate relatives, then it is allowed to call everyone at the 40-day period. It is good if the sorokovinas pass peacefully, with kind words and gentle people. ”


On the condition of the patient on the ninth day since the suicide, I already wrote .
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Taking advantage of the fact that PRO, for reasons of economy, I had been paid for 3 months (+ bonus - a month), I decided to see how events would develop further. Moreover, the money still does not return.





For the purity of the experiment, I looked at the site every day - it gave the same rating growth with active freelancers.
As I already wrote, my level on this site is “borderline”: beginners are behind, only “old-timers” are ahead, who have worked on free-lance for two years or more.
When the notorious event happened (on the night from the second to the third of October, without declaring war), I was in 2323rd place in the ranking.
On the ninth day, 11/10/2012 I was on the 2077th place.
On the fortieth day - already on the 1744th.
That is, the number of “old” freelancers on the site for 40 days decreased by a quarter (by 579).
According to my specialization (article), I “climbed” from the 50th to the 36th place (28% of old-timers left).
And this is not the limit. I think that among the “old men” there are many people who are as economical as I, who paid 3 times a year (paid for 4 months) and will not prolong the life of the PRO as useless. In general, the number of PRO accounts on free-lance.ru has decreased by 40%.

Now about the quality and quantity of orders (I estimate subjectively and only according to my specializations - texts and translations). The total number of orders has decreased at least twice. And the main mass is now rewriting at a price of 10-15 rubles. for 1000. If earlier 2-3 orders were published daily, which might interest me, during the last week there were none at all (I was too lazy to look at previous weeks).

On the other hand, customers leading an independent (without publishing orders) search for performers even became somewhat more active.
In my profile for 8 months, there is a sign “Busy” and prices are published very high for my specialization. However, all this time, about once a month, new customers directly contacted me. In the last month there were three such customers. Conclusion: it makes sense to leave the portfolio on the site - for this (for now?) They do not require money.

Finally, “count the money in someone else’s pocket.”
03/10/12 on free-lance.ru there were 5031 PRO accounts. Today there are 3066. Almost 2000 less. Accordingly, the income has decreased over the month at least a million rubles. In addition, costs have increased. To look after freelancers, I had to hire additional moderators:




I doubt that it was possible to compensate for the loss by increasing the number of “transactions without risk”. For those who used this service, the number of orders, I think, has decreased. And those who did not use, for the most part, opposed such brazen pressure.
Numerous alternatives that were discussed at Habrahabr also played their part in this.
So, if the site owners have not decided to turn it into an advertising platform for a narrow circle of my interested party members, they will have to reanimate. Otherwise, the once-leading freelance exchange will turn into a non-commercial platform like "Remarkmarket".