Top Rules of online Work

No matter what kind of projects you do online to earn money, it's important to keep a few rules of online work in your mind to avoid any problems and to keep on working smoothly. Working online is easy in terms of time management, location independence and freedom, but it's also a bit more tricky and prone to frauds. One need to be extra careful and smart while working online. Here are top rules of working online:

• While online work, never share your personal information with any person. Avoid extra trust on any one. I know a friend who lost control of all his websites just because he trusted a online team worker. 
• While working on projects online, never hesitate to ask questions and to clarify requirements. Remember that the key of success in online work is a "good work". If you perform great in a project, you will get more project and if you don't, one thing is sure that you will lose at least one great employer.
• Never trust an employer so much that you lose whole of your earning. Once your earnings reach to a certain level; say $100, ask your employer to send it to you. One of my friends had extra ordinary trust on an online employer. His earnings kept on accumulated with the employer till it reached to $1000. Now when he asked employer to pay, all of a sudden, employer disappeared and didn't respond. He kept on mailing but employer didn't respond and hence he lost a big chunk of earning!!!
• Although you are your own boss when working online, it's important to have a strong self control. Manage your time and resources in  such a way that you don't fall in any delays for project deliverable.
• Never try to jump into such projects which you can't do easily. It's better to do less than doing wrong.
• Key to success in online jobs is a strong collaboration and link building. Once you have done some work with an employer, keep his contact details saved. Keep him in contact in future so that for any future work, he considers you again. 

Online Work and Possible Frauds

A friend of mine managed to win some projects online on a translation site in English, Urdu language pair and he was very happy with the agreed rate and volume of work. The employer mentioned in his term that payment will be made after thirty days of invoicing. My friend agreed on this and started working online on his translation and transcribing tasks with full dedication and hard work. He started doing work by meeting all deadlines and by fulfilling all the requirements of the employer. He became happier and happier as every day he started getting new tasks and calculations made at his own side where showing a constant accumulations of his earnings. 

 Twenty five days, after the start of working relationship with the employer, his payable earnings reached to 600 US Dollars and I could see a satisfaction and a smile on the face of my friend when discussing his work with me. After all, he deserved to be happy and smiling as it was a kind of job he always looked for. Working from home online on projects which offer good return is something which can make any one happy.

But alas, a sad thing happened with him which shattered all his hopes!!! Employer stopped all communication with him all of a sudden and broke the relationship without paying all the money that my friend had potentially earned!! He mailed him again and again, for long time but all in vain. Employer got his work completed and he   just took the benefit of the distant working mode and slipped away. What a poor worker can do in such a situation :( Nothing at  all as all such relationships are made just on the basis of trust and nothing else. No legal agreements and no formal bindings!!!

So, dear readers, If you are thinking of working online on projects like translation projects or any other type of projects, beware of such cheaters. Opt for such mediums which can assure you a payment for the work you do. Freelancing sites like vWorker, ODesk etc are the best way to avoid such frauds in online work. In these freelancing sites, Escrow accounts are maintained in which all project amount is submitted by the employer and it's the job of this third party (freelancing site) to pay to the worker once he or she has done the agreed work.

So, do work online and earn money but stay safe by using proper channels and proper mechanism. Where there are opportunities, are also associated risks and frauds. So be smart and don't fall in the tricks of such cheaters.