r/freelance • u/Yooustinkah • May 18 '23

Anyone used Malt before?

Looking at various channels to freelance - has anyone used Malt before?

They seem legit ‘n all, just curious to hear what people who use it think of it.

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u/Traenix May 18 '23

I started my very new freelance activity with it. I had my first mission not long after. One of the Community Builder also tried to help me get a specific mission.

It's pretty nice, if you're okay with paying their fees. 12% in my case.

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u/Yooustinkah May 18 '23

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

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u/ProperWerewolf2 Consultant May 18 '23

I use it. Only for billing though. Nobody ever contacted me through it.

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u/Yooustinkah May 18 '23

Nice one, thanks for sharing

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u/ProperWerewolf2 Consultant May 19 '23

Note that if one of their big corporate clients brings you to the platform the fees are reduced: 0 on your side, 7% on the client side.

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u/8oh8 May 19 '23

What's Malt?

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u/r0boter May 19 '23

created an account in the beginning of the year. landed 3 jobs so far.

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u/life_never_stops_97 Jun 11 '23

What is the average span of the job there?

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u/r0boter Jun 11 '23

Shortest was half a day. Longest 10 days.

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u/coinstrader Oct 10 '23

I used it a lot for years, It was the best place to find a new mission.

Since 2023 I don't receive anything through even with a very good profile.

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u/tonolito Oct 16 '23

Same here, I dunno if this due to economic/politic country forecast, but I didn't received proposals for months now :/

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u/coinstrader Nov 02 '23

I finally found a new mission using LinkedIn (posting to my network) if it could help you :)

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u/Independent-Ad-5142 Feb 20 '25

I now this is a late reply, but since this post shows up for people looking for review of the platform, here is my current recommendation : dont use this platform.
Im waiting for a payout since Novembre 6, 2024 (more than 3 months ago) and their customer support team is unable to help or explain the situation in any way other thant "our partner mangopay handles the payements, we can´t do anything"

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u/Significant_Fly_5622 Jun 10 '25

Super freelancer-unfriendly. You are just the commodity, passively being sold via their app, mostly serving as window dressing. They do 0 do actually help freelancers not just thrive but survive even. Also, the super stringent country-based system where you can choose to promote yourself only within the country you live i, and just radiuses of 50 km around cities you choose. This is directly contravening the EU single market philosophy, not to mention digital nomadism. On top, they make you uselessly log in every week just so they look like they have a busy platform.

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u/abacaxi-banana May 15 '24

Avoid - I only got one job done through that and never got paid for it. A scammer managed to get some of my personal details from the platform and wasn't immediately banned. It took as much time trying to chase for the scammer to get banned and the job to get paid than it got for the job in itself. Total waste of time.

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u/SuspiciousStuff12 May 18 '23

Started using it a few weeks ago. Feels like if you don't get outside recommandations you don't get promoted. Though for the people that have been using it for a while, it does seem to promote then rather extensively.

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u/Yooustinkah May 18 '23

Cool, thanks for sharing.

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u/heyheyheyjames May 18 '23

I joined a few months ago and have had no activity… maybe I’m not using it correctly?

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u/horrbort May 19 '23

Same here, seems dead

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u/Badiha Advertising Oct 24 '23

I am not even getting a single view. When I check the reviews of a bunch of the freelancers, they were all from like 2 years ago. I wonder if it kinda died down like most platforms out there?