Job guide
What buyers wantSmall brands and local businesses want someone to run their social accounts — scheduling posts, making graphics, answering DMs — and sometimes their ads.
Four numbersLast 7 days · updated hourly · last update 10-04 11:04 (Beijing time)
Where AI fits: AI can draft most posts, graphics and schedules. Positioning, the tone of replies and how the ad budget is spent need a person.
Market
7 sub-categories combined; a post that fits several counts once
Job posts per week (weeks start Monday, Beijing time), both markets
| Week | Total | Overseas | China | Days with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| week of 2026-09-21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| week of 2026-09-28 | 211 | 183 | 28 | 7 |
Job posts per week, Monday to Sunday (Beijing time), both markets. Lighter bars are partial weeks (this week so far, or weeks with days missing). Hover a bar for the split by market.
By job posts in the last 7 days. Category pages are in Chinese for now.
Budgets are what the posts state: USD uses the upper end of fixed-price budgets (Freelancer uses brackets, so percentiles often land on $30, $250 or $750); CNY uses the stated budget. Neither is the final deal price. Last 4 weeks of posts; fewer than 3 posts means no percentiles; other currencies are counted, not converted.
| Metric | Overseas87% of last 7 days | China13% of last 7 days |
|---|---|---|
| Job posts, last 7 days | 183 posts | 28 posts |
| Job posts, since 09-27 | 193 posts | 29 posts |
| Median budget | $250USD · 64 posts | ¥2,350CNY · 6 posts |
| Median bids per post | 46183 posts with bid counts | n/aonly Freelancer shows bid counts |
| New listings, last 7 days | 5 postsSince 09-27: 5 | 1 postsSince 09-27: 1 |
| Median listing price | n/aonly 2 in 30 days | n/anone in 30 days |
| Posts that mention AI | positive 3% · negative 0%197 posts, last 4 weeks | positive 3% · negative 0%29 posts, last 4 weeks |
Positive = the buyer wants AI output, names an AI tool or accepts AI; negative = says no AI (posts that say both count as negative). Job posts only. Listings = service listings first seen that day (Etsy / eBay service listings only); freelancers who sell privately don't show up here.
Tools
Three levels: get the essentials first, add the next level as work grows, use the optional ones when a client asks
Enough to start taking work
Comes with your accountthe official help pages mention no fees
FreeTikTok says it is free; 18+ only
Free plan availableinternational pricing varies by region
Add when you have more work
From $14/monthEssential, billed yearly; $17 monthly; free plan available
No setup feepay per click; one day can cost up to 2× the daily budget
Use when a client asks
From $117.33/monthSEO plan, billed yearly; $139 monthly; free accounts get 10 reports a day
Daily budget from $1pay-per-click bidding; no monthly fee or prepayment
Prices and partner terms come from each vendor's official pricing pages (check dates on each card) and change over time. Prices may vary by region, and tax may be added at checkout; the official page is always the final word. “Price not verified” means we haven't checked the pricing page yet. Links go through our redirect page: “Affiliate” means we may earn a commission; “Has an affiliate program” means we don't have a link yet.
Where to find work
Posts for this job we collected in the last 28 days: Freelancer 184, Zhubajie (猪八戒网) 23, Himalayas 11, Eleduck (电鸭社区) 8, Jobicy 3, Reddit 3. We only count platforms we collect from; a missing platform doesn't mean there is no demand there.
| Name | What it is | Fees | Best for | Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upwork | One of the largest general freelance marketplaces — send proposals for fixed-price or hourly work | 0%–15%varies by contract, shown when you send a proposal | Good English · longer projects | Go → |
| Fiverr | Package your service as fixed-price gigs; buyers order directly | 20%sellers keep 80%; withdraw 14 days after completion | Can package a service | Go → |
| Freelancer | Bid on projects with public budget ranges; many of the job posts we track come from here; 184 of these posts here in the last 28 days | 10% or $5, whichever is higherhourly projects 10% per payment | Good for first jobs | Go → |
Platform fees, payouts and getting your first order: see Platforms (in Chinese)
Get started
Four general steps: pick tools → make samples → list a service or bid → let AI draft, check by hand
Start with each platform's official creator dashboard to schedule posts and check the numbers, then add a design tool. For accounts with lots of DMs, add an auto-reply tool.
For a made-up brand, make a two-week posting schedule and six to nine finished graphics, noting what each post is meant to achieve.
Price by the month. State how many platforms you manage, how many posts a week, whether you answer DMs and who pays for ads. Only use the client's own official accounts, don't promise follower numbers, and don't take work that fabricates follower or view numbers.
AI drafts the copy and graphics; you edit them to match the brand's voice and check the platform's rules before posting. If there are ads, review spend and conversions once a week.
Updated 2026-10-04 11:04 (Beijing time) · data up to 10:48 · demand numbers aggregate public job posts, not completed deals; tool prices and partner terms follow the official pages.