Tightening rules freelance-exchange Weblancer.net

One of the largest freelance exchanges among the CIS countries has published planned innovations. In general, they are aimed at tightening the rules for working with the stock exchange, and it is freelancers, not employers, who are limited in their rights. Now you need to confirm your passport data and pay a monthly fee for access to the service.

1. Requirement of mandatory provision of personal data

Mandatory provision of full name, date of birth and location.
This restriction was introduced in the service more than 10 days ago, but users who filled out the profile earlier will need to make the appropriate adjustments.

The correspondence of the user's IP address and the specified location will be checked in a test mode using specialized services.
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As an option:

To confirm the accuracy of the name and dates of birth freelancers will need to provide a scanned image of the first page of the passport.
Passport series and number must be hidden before shipping. The image is not saved and is deleted immediately after checking.

2. Subscription fee for freelancers

All categories used in the service are divided into “main” and “subordinate”.

For example:
Main category: Design / Graphics / Photos
Subject categories: Website Design, Logos, Banners, etc.

The possibility of submitting applications for projects and vacancies will be available only after a monthly fee has been paid, taking into account the specialization of the freelancer. The subscription fee will be 5 cu / 30 days for each "main" category.

For example:
For submission of applications within 30 days to the projects, the “main” category of which is “Design / Graphics / Photo”, the freelancer will need to make a payment in the amount of 5 cu
For submission of applications within 30 days to the projects, the “main” categories of which are “Design / Graphics / Photo” and “Programming”, the freelancer will need to pay a fee of $ 10.

3. Increased security

Updated user session control algorithm and cookies. The inability to completely disable the check.
Using SMS to recover passwords, as well as create temporary payment passwords.

The original entry on the weblancer.net forum .

The reaction of freelancers is interesting - basically, of course, this is outrage. Discussion with freelance friends showed that no one is going to pay a monthly fee for access to the service, and instead simply go to the related resources of this topic. My first impression was, in fact, the same.

However, if you think about it, it will become clear that these innovations transfer the resource to a new level of development, more professional. Why? Because all the dampers, freelancers, beginners and students will be eliminated by this very monthly fee and passport. The winners are customers, professional freelancers and the service itself.

These innovations are scheduled for January 2010.