You should follow Kemarit on this one as by now you have seen post of newbies and maybe in your pms offering their services to you, well most of them have no reputation here so you need to exercise caution when transacting with them. At least in a freelancing website you will see their qualifications as well as their record and the best thing is you can choose who you higher as most definitely a lot of freelancers would be interested in having a project to get paid.