Comments on: How to Compete with Underpriced Overseas Freelancers http://billyapp.com/blog/compete-underpriced-overseas-freelancers/ Hassle-free business finance management for freelancers and entrepreneurs. Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:09:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 By: Robert Woo http://billyapp.com/blog/compete-underpriced-overseas-freelancers/#comment-160 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:09:31 +0000 http://billyapp.com/?p=33624#comment-160 Great point! Thanks Trevor!

]]> By: Trevor McAlpine http://billyapp.com/blog/compete-underpriced-overseas-freelancers/#comment-159 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:55:53 +0000 http://billyapp.com/?p=33624#comment-159 Good points, and may I add one more?

Depending on what you do as a freelancer, you may have one source of competition: legions of retiring workers.

Why is this important? Some retirees are receiving pensions and are working not to provide but to “keep busy”. This means they may easily undercut your rates to get a client or two.

Even retirees who “need extra cash” can undercut your rates as most of their basic needs are being met by their pensions.

While not all retirees can play this game (not all get pensions), all of them are local and have all the advantages local companies have over foreign ones.

The main differentiator you can use is that likely were not doing exactly they now want to do as a freelancer, so they would be newbies.

(I once met a senior VP of a large service company who retired and tried to become a small business coach. What small business chops did that guy have..?)

Good luck out there!

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