PPH needs to do something about their job submissions.
PPH really needs to put a better system in check when allowing people to post jobs.
The last 5 jobs PPH recommended to me are too vague to be able to make any kind of proposal to. They're all along the lines of "need artist for an animation", and they give you absolutely nothing in the way of information. They don't say what kind of animation they want. They don't say how long the animation is they want. They give you no relevant information on the job, yet somehow they're still able to post.
Even more annoying is the fact that, the clarification board for these jobs are always filled with comments from artists like me asking for more information. And we never get a response. In fact, I don't think I've ever run into a job offer that bothered to answer their clarification board. They don't want to answer. They just want to give the job to the cheapest person.
I find it galling that I work really hard to deliver a high degree of professionalism on my work here, but job posters can't seem to be bothered to follow even the slightest level of professionalism. Honestly, a good 3/4th's of the job offers here cannot even be bid on, because there is no information given to help bidders figure out how much to offer.
PPH either needs some human eyes to review all job submissions, or maybe a series of un-ignorable questions that have to be filled in like "what is the running length of the project", or "how many illustrations do you need"? Something that forces them to submit more information.
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Hi both,
Thank you for your feedback, this often comes up and quite frankly I recommend sending a similarly vague proposal back (if you are inclined to send a proposal at all) I would check their jobs awarded percentage and the clarification board too as, if they haven't responded to messages, chances are they may not be someone that is worth a proposal credit. That is unless you have proposal credits to waste. Sometimes I also find buyers within the same industry as the sellers they are asking for requesting proposals. Are they phishing for info/proposal ideas?
Alternative perspective, some of the most excellent clients, and longest standing clients, on the platform have come from the vaguest of posts!
Abilash, we verify the users identity and location using utility bills photo ID, bank accounts and then IP addresses too whenever you log in you IP address is logged automatically. Every 3 weeks or so the average location is taken and then logged as your permanent location, hence why we then get lots of 'change my location' messages after people have been on extended holidays.
Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
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Hi,
Yes I too feel the same.
I am not sure if PPH verifies the users location.
I see a lot of no UK persons showing themselves as living in UK with some UK name and trying to post some project and post a link under similar link which is no closer to the description or the necessity.
PPH - Should find some method to avoid these kind of marketing posts.
Thanks for considering.
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"Thank you for your feedback, this often comes up and quite frankly I recommend sending a similarly vague proposal back"
That's a really shitty reply. If proposals were free or you provided enough to cover the hundreds of spurious jobs then fine. Really poor.
"I would check their jobs awarded percentage and the clarification board too as, if they haven't responded to messages, chances are they may not be someone that is worth a proposal credit."
Awarded percentage is not worth it's time and effort. And 95% of clarifications are never replied to. Sort of maps to the award rate. Instead of putting the responsibility on sellers PPH should be upping their game on buyer quality.
But PPH won't so this as it will affect their financial bottom line.
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