Created in 2002, freelancecenter.com is a site dedicating to providing freelance jobs in a wide range of categories including everything from Accounting & Finance to Web Design & Programming. The site uses a bidding format between potential employers, or “buyers,” and professional freelancers.

There are two ways the site provides in order to help connect buyers and freelancers to jobs. The first is the basic search. The homepage at freelancecenter.com provides a complete grid with links to freelance areas of expertise, as well as a short definition of the types of jobs within the specific area. Simply click the link for the project type of interest, and your freelance opportunities are listed on the following page. The second way the site allows you to keep abreast of potential freelance jobs is by allowing freelancecenter.com to email opportunity matches directly to the job seeker.

With registration on the site, there is no signup fee and no monthly fee, but you are required to give freelancecenter.com a commission on each project you win. The commission is 5% of your bid (minimum $3). For example: If you are chosen for a project on which you have bid $100, $5 will be deducted from your account.

One perk of this site is your payment options. You can choose to get paid directly by the other person’s payment system, or accept payments directly to your freelancecenter.com account. Note that you will still need to deposit money into your account to cover the commission the site charges for completed projects.

The only addition to the site that can be quite frustrating is the fact it is ad-based. Clicking links may randomly send you to an ad page within the site. Clicking “skip” in the upper right-hand corner of the ad page directs you to the requested link. Aside from the ads, freelancecenter.com covers a very wide range of opportunities for the freelance job seeker.