Gotta' be fair here. Not entirely true. With a non-paid membership, you CAN bid on projects that are listed as "Open" by the employer, and you're limited to 10 of those bids within a 30 day period.

I'm a basic member in the writer, proofreader, copyeditor category. I did not find one job listing open to a basic member. At least it seems there could be some way to select "Basic Member" and find what jobs are available without having to scroll through 27 pages to find nothing available. It seems there's some lack of creative intelligence in the design of the site.