Nadeem
Founder, Accentra Software · Builder of BidMasterPro
Nadeem Shaikh is the founder of Accentra Software (est. 2016), the software company behind BidMasterPro, MyCalculatorLab, and DigitalPrescription. As a developer, he designs and builds the Freelancer.com bidding automation that BidMasterPro offers, and writes these guides from hands-on work with the product.
Articles by Nadeem (14)
How to Price a Freelance Project: Fixed-Price vs Hourly, Milestones, and Quoting Without Underbidding
A practical guide to pricing freelance work on Freelancer.com: choose fixed-price or hourly, work out a rate that covers the 10% project fee, split the fee into milestones, and quote with confidence.
How to Configure BidMasterPro Filters: Skills, Budgets, Keywords and Exclusions
A deep-dive tutorial on BidMasterPro's targeting filters: how to set skills, keywords, budgets, locations and client safeguards so your auto bids land only on projects worth winning — plus tuning recipes and a weekly review routine.
Auto Bidding Safety: How to Automate Freelancer.com Bids Without Risking Your Account
Automation saves time, but it also multiplies mistakes. This guide sets out how to automate Freelancer.com bidding more safely: start narrow, review what goes out, respect your bid budget, filter out risky clients, and stop the moment something looks wrong.
Getting Started with BidMasterPro: Set Up Your First Targeted Bidding Workflow
A practical first-run tutorial: create your BidMasterPro account, connect your Freelancer.com profile, set targeting filters, customise your proposal template, add client safeguards, and launch your first bidding workflow — all on the 7-day free trial.
Sponsored, Sealed and Highlighted Bids on Freelancer.com: What They Do and When They Are Worth It
Freelancer.com sells three optional extras at bid time: sponsor, seal and highlight your bid. This guide explains what each one actually does, what it costs, and a simple framework for deciding when one is worth the money — and when it isn't.
How to Vet a Freelancer.com Client Before You Bid (Payment History and Red Flags)
The brief tells you about the project; the client's profile tells you about the person behind it. This guide shows how to read payment verification, reviews and identity signals — and the red flags Freelancer.com itself warns freelancers about.
Freelancer.com Bids Explained: Bid Limits, Memberships, and How to Spend a Small Bid Budget Wisely
Find out how Freelancer.com's monthly bid allowances work across its membership plans, and learn practical ways to spend a small bid budget wisely without wasting bids.
How to Analyze a Freelancer.com Project Before You Bid: A 10-Minute Brief-Reading Checklist
Most wasted bids are lost before the proposal is even written — at the moment a freelancer bids on the wrong project. This 10-minute checklist helps you analyze any Freelancer.com brief before you spend a bid on it.
Freelance Bidding Tips & Strategy
Learn practical freelance bidding tips to research clients, write personalized proposals, target relevant projects, avoid common mistakes, and build a smarter bidding strategy.