By registering with Freelance-Market you are empowered to enter into a direct contract with the client without the need of an expensive recruitment agent to broker the introduction. Our client's will come to you by requesting an introduction. The introduction fees are equal to twice the contractor's rate and on average amount to approximately 1.0% of the total revenue generated by the contractor. This is a significant saving when compared to the 10-40% fees charged by agencies. The average contractor:

• Receives 6 introductions to new client per year.
• Of those introductions, 37% lead to an assignment.
• 30% of all assignments leading to follow-up orders.
• The average project duration is 50 person days.

(Calculation based on our regular user survey. Data varies depending on specialisation, experience and reliability of the contractor.)