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Legiit Worst Marketplace Ever! More Like Pay or Stay Invisible!
If you’re a freelancer thinking about Legiit, here’s the shocking truth: they force you into a lose lose situation. Either you: 1️⃣ Bring clients from outside the marketplace, do the project yourself, and let Legiit take 15% of your earnings even though you sourced the client. 2️⃣ Or, pay $27/month for Legiit Plus just to make your service visible in search and categories. I personally got a client from outside the marketplace today and closed the deal using PayPal. So why would I let Legiit take 15% for nothing, when my service isn’t even visible? 😅 Instead of helping freelancers succeed, Legiit prioritizes forcing to buy their plan. This is hands down the worst marketplace I’ve ever seen, especially for new sellers trying to get exposure. Freelancers beware visibility shouldn’t come at a cost or penalty, yet here, it does. You mentioned: “Our goal at Legiit is to provide the highest quality services to our customers from proven, vetted freelancers; not to give new freelancers customers to practice services on.” If that is truly your policy, then why do you encourage new freelancers to buy the Legiit Plus plan, where just by paying, their services instantly become visible even if they haven't met any of the “proven, vetted” criteria? So which one is the real standard? Quality and proven track record or the ability to pay $27/month? Because from my experience: • Without Legiit Plus, a new freelancer’s service is hidden • With Legiit Plus, that same “unproven” freelancer becomes visible immediately That directly contradicts your statement that Legiit protects customers by only showing sellers who have proven themselves. If visibility can be purchased without meeting the criteria, then this becomes less about quality and more about revenue. I hope you can clarify why “unproven freelancers” are not allowed visibility unless they pay for it because it completely goes against the explanation you provided about maintaining quality standards. Looking forward to your clarification.
Reply from Legiit Online Marketplace Inc.Nov 28, 2025
Hi there. I'm sorry you feel that what you have described here is a negative, though that is certainly your prerogative. However what you said is correct and intentional. Our goal at Legiit is to provide the highest quality services to our customer from proven, vetted freelancers; not to give new freelancers customers to practice services on and potentially jeopardize their business. That's why we require freelancers to show that they have a proven track record, or are willing to prove to us they can do quality work for our customers and are dedicated to helping them. We provide numerous free and paid options to facilitate that. Once a freelancer has proven that they do quality work for our customers, we then unlock their visibility, give them access to our hundreds of thousands of customers, and will actively market on their behalf. Our goal is having a smaller group of highly skilled dedicated to our customers' success freelancers, rather than a large amount of low skilled, beginner, unproven freelancers potentially jeopardizing our customers' livelihoods. I understand that isn't the experience you, are used to from lower end marketplaces, and that's fine, not everyone is up to the Legiit Standard. We're sorry that this wasn't the environment you wanted to work in, I hope you find that type of work you want on your own or through lower end marketplaces. Congrats on your PayPal order, I hope it goes smoothly and you don't get a dispute since you will have no support. If you ever decide you want to deal with a higher caliber, and more wealthy client base you are always welcome to try to achieve the Legiit standard in the future. Either way we truly wish you success with your business. Our goal is to support every business on Earth and that includes yours. All the best. Edit: Legiit+ is one of the many ways a freelancer can prove their value, quality, and dedication to taking care of our customers and getting access to them. Even then they must go through a 66 point quality inspection before being allowed visibility. We’re sorry that you’re choosing to focus on your choice to be disappointed with our premium business model rather than your business and customers, but we get that you’re frustrated that we don’t run our business the way you wish we did. We’re sorry that it’s made you feel that way, but this model is what’s best for our customers and that’s our priority. We’re regret that you aren’t a fit to work with our customers, but that’s the reality of only allowing dedicated , skilled talent, but you are free to explore other platforms that have lower standards, no hard feelings on our side. We won’t be able to reply further here but we still wish you the best of luck and success with your business. Legiit Management.