First Impression: 9

Instantly the site strikes me as very professional and trustworthy. You can see many projects and highly rated freelancers on the homepage.

Layout: 9

There are a lot of different colors used in the layout, but they go together very well. The design looks very professional and well thought out.

Feature List: 8

There are plenty of features to manage your projects and bids. Each project has a message board with private message capabilities. As a freelancer you can be notified when new projects are posted in categories that you select.

Signup: 5

I found the need to confirm the email before registration to be quite annoying. Form’s should be a one step process whenever possible. It would seem to make a lot more sense to confirm the email after submitting the registration and before the account can be used. The use of a CAPTCHA on the email screen defeats the purpose of needing to confirm the email first. The overall process was fairly short.

Bid Frequency: 8

New projects seem to receive several quality bids within hours of being posted.

Fees: 4

Fees are 10% or $5, whichever is greater. They give freelancers $2 for signing up. If you are a buyer you can pay $10 for a featured project. They also have a gold option where you don’t pay a commission on projects, but pay a monthly fee that starts at $7.95 for freelancers and $20 for buyers. If you plan on using the site regularly the gold option certainly seems like the way to go.

Overall Impression: 8

If you have a project to post or are looking for work it seems like you won’t have any problems using www.joomlancers.com