Comissions are high, they charge 7% of what I earn + $2 to withdraw my money
They charge me $2 fee to withdraw my money, and an additional comission of 7+% of my earnings, I don't remember Golance working 7+% of my shift, that cost should be assumed by the one hiring, not by the freelancer.
I'm only using it because my employer uses it for freelancers, I wish I was in payroll directly instead of having to use GoLance.
Response from goLanceJun 26, 2025
Hello Juan,
I hope you're doing well. At goLance, it's part of our culture to encourage company owners to cover all or a portion of the platform fee on behalf of their freelancers. We recommend reaching out to your hiring manager to explore the possibility of negotiating this fee.
I’d be happy to support you through this process. Please feel free to contact me directly at [email protected], and I’ll do my best to assist you further.
Best regards,
Nick & the goLance Team
MT
Mark T.
The company itself is big scam
The company itself is big scam. I have a very bad experience with them. The support is also very unresponsive and rude! They never help, they also steal the money from users accounts. If you ask about your money, your most likely going to be blocked! They should end up in jail!
Response from goLanceApr 25, 2025
Hello Mark,
I hope you're doing well. When you have a moment, I’d appreciate it if you could reach out to me at [email protected]. I’d love to learn more about your experience and see how I can assist with any questions or concerns you might have.
It appears we’ve been unable to locate your account, possibly due to it being under a different name.
Looking forward to connecting soon. Wishing you a great day!
Kind regards,
Nick & the goLance Team
JM
JM
The deductions here are huge
The deductions here are huge. It’s ridiculous. They take 5% off the payment, and at that point there’s another deduction when transferring the money from Golance to my bank account, Payoneer, or Binance.
To top it off, they blocked my account without giving me any details.
My contract ended, and they just blocked it, so I didn’t even get my last payment.
This platform is a mess. Haha, this platform is really something else.
Response from goLanceApr 15, 2025
Hello JM,
I hope you're doing well. When you have a moment, could you please reach out to me at [email protected]? I’d love to hear more about your experience and see how I can assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
Looking forward to connecting, and I hope you have a great day!
Kind regards,
Nick & the goLance Team
MS
Marie S.
They steal 8% of your paycheck, even if you don't fknd work through them.
There's basically no work on this platform, it's dead.
I only use this platform because my company uses it to track our work time and productivity, and we get paid through it. But for some reason, golance cutd a whopping 8% of pur paychecks just for the nothing they provide, and by the way, the company already pays them for their services.
On top of that, they keep changing things around and I had to contact support each tome to exteact payslips, just because they feel like changing things around.
Horrible horrible service, I wouldn't even think lf using it if it wasn't our company forcing us to. If you're a freelancer trying tl find work, just use other reputable platforms, there is absolutely zero work on this website. The job I found was not through this platform.
Response from goLanceApr 15, 2025
Hello Marie,
I hope you're doing well.
At goLance, we charge a service fee of 7.95%, which may be shared between the client and freelancer. This fee is applied once a contract is accepted and is based on the payments you receive from your client.
When you have a moment, I’d love to connect. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected] — I’d be happy to hear about your experience and assist with any questions or concerns you might have.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and wishing you a great day!
Kind regards,
Nick & the goLance Team
OU
OurFreeSociety
As a client I don't recommend golance
So I'm a client looking to hire freelancers. I posted a couple of hiring ads & 90% of these freelancers just ignore the hiring ad & then spam a generic cover letter ignoring my needs & questions.
Unfortunately a good 75% of the online freelance space, but it seems worse on golance.
During this time I got sick (still am sick in fact) & the next thing I know, I'm locked out of my account.
I managed to somehow get their evil AI bot to get me a ticket opened & asked what was going on.
golance pretty much accused me of whatever they accused me of, their exact words were "Your account was flagged due to suspicious activity. Our department of Risk & Compliance has banned you from our platform due to not verifying via Persona."
No clue what Persona is, nor did they explain what it was.
They didn't ask me ANY questions, didn't even want to hear my side of the story about anything & just closed the ticket. WOW
They just cost freelancers potential work & me being able to hire freelancers.
I guess there's soooo much work out there for freelancers these days (we know there's not), they don't care if they just cost them jobs.
As a client, I don't recommend this unprofessional RUSH TO JUDGE company.
Any company that doesn't actually TALK to their customers isn't a company anyone should want to deal with.
That's the problem with some online companies, they are full of fear, they accuse human beings of things that aren't true, & they don't even have the intelligence & respect to talk things out. SMH
Response from goLanceApr 15, 2025
Hello Michelle,
I hope you're doing well. When you have a moment, could you please reach out to me at [email protected]? I’d love to hear more about your experience and see how I can assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
Looking forward to connecting, and I hope you have a great day!
Kind regards,
Nick & the goLance Team
DS
Doc S.
Work Payments Held For Extended Period
The company I was working for on this platform paid me on Tuesday, it is now Thursday and I am still not paid. I contacted their support yesterday and they said it was so-called “under review”, and sent me a bunch of links saying it could take up to 5 business days to be paid, which means I might have to wait until the middle of next week to get my money. This is completely unacceptable! I am completely unsatisfied with this platform, and even though I know they are using a third-party processor, this processor should not have the right to make people wait so long to get paid. The decision to use this processor ultimately leads back to GoLance, so they are directly responsible for this situation. I would not recommend this platform in any way.
Response from goLanceJun 30, 2023
Hello @Doc Snake. The 5 day review period is the time you agreed to give your client to review your work before your payment is released. Please reach out to our team and we can try to work with your client to shorten that time. We would need them to agree. But ultimately, you gave us a 1 star review for being honest and upfront about a short work review period. Thats pretty messed up. I ask that you delete the negative review.
JL
Janusz L.
BEWARE BIG MONEY SCAM
BIG SCAM! They have stolen, almost 60 000 USD! I have reported the fraud in my country, but police was too lazy, and canceled the investigation, when the company owner said he refunded my money to my partner, however he never provided the proof! My partner also says he never received the money. The company kept telling lies! With my every question, the people from support kept blocking me on telegram! Now I am reporting the company to BBB and also Delaware Government in United States, I bet they will want to take a closer look at this company and it will be much easier from their country to find justice. Stay Away From Them!
I am making update to the answer from the golance owner to my review, if there was anyone unethical, that was him! He has stolen all our money. There was cash in my account that I tried to withdraw, but they mistaken my address and bank rejected the incoming transfer, and the cash has never been refunded to my partner! Also I started the poIice investigation, the owner never provided any evidence of the cash refunded. My partner has lost his cash as well! The owner of the company has stolen all the funds! I can easily provide all evidence!
Response from goLanceJan 3, 2023
This gentleman and his partner decided to use our platform.
His partner set him up as a freelancer, and paid him through our platform.
He and his partner had a falling out, and his partner charged back everything that he was going to pay him through our platform before it was paid out. All the funds were returned to his partner.
Since they had a prior arrangement, I asked if I can get both of them on the phone and work it out with both of them. The partner was nowhere to be found, and this gentleman was obstinate. Wouldn’t work with me at all. Just maintain that we should pay him whatever his partner failed to.
To this day, he and his partner will not open up any lines of communication with us. I believe this to be extortion.
As a platform, we are in the unfortunate position being the target of this type of unethical behavior. To this day, I would still very much like to get on the phone with him and his partner and resolve this. Neither of them seems willing to do that.
We can not pay out what we don't collect due to a problem between tow business partners.
I continue to offer the opportunity to communicate with both partners.
ZA
Zain Ali A.
My First Experience is so bad
My First Experience is so bad. I don't want to say more just for clarification (not good) Disappointed
Response from goLanceApr 15, 2025
Hello Zain,
I hope you're doing well. When you have a moment, could you please reach out to me at [email protected]? I’d love to hear more about your experience and see how I can assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
Looking forward to connecting, and I hope you have a great day!
Kind regards,
Nick & the goLance Team