Key Takeaways
- Facebook is one of the best places to find freelancers in Thailand, with active groups for web developers, graphic designers, translators, video editors, and interior designers.
- The locally popular platform fastwork.co is worth checking alongside international sites like Upwork, Freelancer.com, and Fiverr.
- Topic-specific networking events found on Meetup.com and Eventbrite are useful for meeting skilled freelancers in person, such as WordPress meetups for developers or language events for translators.
- Many Thai freelancers have limited English, so for complex projects you may need a bilingual assistant to relay detailed instructions accurately.
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Finding a freelancer in Thailand?
There are many ways that you can successfully locate a good freelancer here, and not only by using freelancer websites alone.
Let’s take a look.
Facebook Community
Facebook is extremely popular in Thailand.
Thais use Facebook for everything, including finding freelancing jobs.
There are a lot of freelancer communities in Thailand allowing you to freely recruit freelancers. Many of them are open Facebook groups. For closed groups, you may need to answer the Facebook group questions and wait for moderator approval.
Here are Facebook communities you can take a look at for recruiting freelancers:
General
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1557933327830746/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/366755050669951/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/579198698764897/
Web Developer:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/designil.freelance/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/647718825333067/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/131258331007039/
Graphic Designer:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1710807685648879/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Freelanceindy.group/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Socialdesign.siam/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Freelance.characterdesign/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/Productdesign.siam/
Translator:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/564184030440589/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/837417082985859/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1550615885253827/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551510615138369/
Video Editing:
Interior Design:
Networking
Networking events are another great way to recruit freelancers or full-time employees.
There are many networking events in Thailand that focus on specific topics, that let you know what kind of person you will meet during the event.
For example, you can search for WordPress meetups in order to find a WordPress web developer for your website.
Looking for a translator? You might want to join a language exchange event.
You can use Meetup.com and Eventbrite.com to find networking events.
General Freelancer Websites
If you want to search freelancer sites, fastwork.co is among the biggest sites here. These freelancer websites are also available in Thailand.
What to Remember
Please note that many freelancers in Thailand cannot speak English fluently. They may only understand basic English. If you give them complex instructions, they might not be able to do what you need.
In this case, you might need to find a personal assistant to help you communicate with Thai freelancers.
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