I’ve been posting work-at-home jobs online since 1998. Over the years I’ve seen work-at-home and general job databases come and go. Some are still around, but just aren’t as good anymore. I do try to keep up-to-date, but its difficult to keep up with them all.
Recently I started getting some complaints about GoFreelance (Freelance Work Exchange). Because my credibility is on the line, I had to check it out. When I first tested the database, it was a solid, albeit expensive work-at-home job database. The cost is still $2.95 for a trial membership and $39.95 per month after that.
Imagine my surprise and disappointment when I visited yesterday. The cost is the same, but there are just a handful of jobs. I know of free work-at-home job websites with more work-at-home jobs posted! Below the job listings were other work-at-home options that weren’t jobs, but ads or affiliate links to other work-at-home programs. This isn’t bad necessarily, but why charge to access a nearly non-existant job database to then be sold other work-at-home programs?
I’m disapointed and I’ll admit its partly because GoFreelance has a very good affiliate program. However, I cannot in good conscience continue to promote it. I’m also upset because removing the link from my website pages will be a long and tedious task.
