Using Your Efrelance Seller Profile
Important: Optimize how customers see you by regularly updating your Efrelance seller profile.
Your freelancer profile is designed to highlight the person behind your professional skills. With bigger customers searching for expert freelance talent, your profile emphasizes the most important thing about your service: you.
Be sure to use our job image guidelines when adding images to your profile.
Setting Up Your Efrelance Seller Profile Note: If you don’t see the changes on your Efrelance profile immediately, don’t worry. The new features are being rolled out gradually and you’ll see them soon.
1. Add Your Profile Picture
This should take you ~3 mins
Personal Info > Profile Picture > Add Image
Establish credibility and show customers who you are with a clear and professional photo of yourself. If your profile represents an agency, you can use your company logo.
- Upload a professional portrait clearly showing your face.
- Recommended image size: 320×320
- Supported formats: JPG / PNG
- Maximum size: 3MB
For more information, read how to make your profile stand out and always ensure that you align with our Community Standards.
2. Add a One-Liner/Tagline
This should take you ~2 mins
My Profile > Tagline
Under your profile picture, provide a precise “one-liner” about your business, professional skills, and/or experience (70 character limit).
- Tip: Make sure that your spelling and grammar are perfect; keep it short, clear, and professional.
Examples: Expert Web Designer; iOS Software Engineering; Expert in Cinematic Editing; Lead Generation Specialist.
Don’t: Mention your personal email, website, or a link to a platform external to Efrelance.
3. Add Your Education
This should take you ~2 mins
My Profile > Education > Add New
Provide your educational details.
4. Provide Your Certifications
My Profile > Certification > Add New
List your certifications.
5. “About Me”/Description
This should take you ~5 mins
My Profile > Edit Description
Share a little about yourself with your buyers—your passions, experience, skills, and whatever else has significantly shaped your professional experience.
- Tip: Be specific about what you can bring to a project, team, and company. Highlight your current projects and elaborate on the types of projects you want to work on. Emphasize key accomplishments in your career.
Don’t:
- Mention irrelevant details.
- Share your personal email, website, or a link to a platform external to Efrelance.
6. Tag Your Most Relevant Skills
This should take you ~3 mins
My Profile > Skills > Add New
Tip: Keeping your skills up to date helps you get the jobs. Make sure to add and update your skills and routinely remove any outdated skills. Highlight your areas of specialty and expertise to help potential buyers find your service when they search the marketplace.
Don’t: Mention skills that don’t match your services.
7. Add Your Top Clients
This should take you ~5 mins
My Profile > Add A Client
Note: Currently, this feature is not available for all users. For users already accessing it, it will take a few days to reflect on your profile.
Tip: Add your most familiar customer one at a time, whose work samples you have permission to share in your portfolio.
Don’t: Mention companies’ names you haven’t worked with or use fake companies.
Build customer confidence by showing them the top brands you’ve worked for in the past. See exactly how to add your Top Clients.
8. Add Your Portfolio
This should take you ~15 mins
My Portfolio > Create Project > Upload Your First Project > Complete Details > Create New Project
Note: Currently, this feature is available for eligible sellers only.
- Recommended max size per image/video: 50MB
- Supported formats: JPEG; JPG; PNG; GIF; MP4; AVI
- Upload: 5-20 portfolio items to show variations of your skillset
Tip: Display your best work to represent your professional know-how, service proficiency, and unique skill set. Always highlight your best and most recent work.
Don’t: Emphasize dated works or mention your personal email, website, or add a link to a platform external to Efrelance. If your service is non-visual in nature, you can still use the portfolio to showcase your service. Example: SEO/Translation services.
Learn more about Using My Portfolio.
Job Images
This should take you about 3 mins
Use job images that stand out and describe your service the best to attract buyers and generate revenue.
- Recommended minimum image size: 720 x 405
