DH is a young Albanian who has so far earned 200 thousand dollars from online work for individuals and companies abroad. His profession is web development and he sells his services on the upworks platform for $ 75 an hour.
It is impressive that Doriani, still a young boy, has managed to earn a lot of money living in Albania. Like him there are hundreds of young men and women from Albania who sell their knowledge online. Earnings for their online work are substantial going into the thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars, in some cases.
The Upwork platform is an application that lists online professional jobs from around the world. During the pandemic period, registrations from Albania have increased significantly. The World Bank, in a special report on the development of e-commerce during the pandemic, noted that Albania had a high number of professionals who registered on the "upworks" platform.
The number of Albanians registered on this platform often exceeded that of developed countries.
Elda. K, an architect with 12 years of experience, has earned 90 thousand dollars from her online work, according to data from the platform "upworks".
Albanian professionals include various fields from IT services, architect, translator, managers, consultants, economists, IT engineers, etc.
Young Albanian professionals have generally received positive reviews from employers, because they provide good services for a not very high fee.
A young woman from Tirana is reported to have earned 60 thousand dollars from advanced data processing in excel. Her employers were amazed at the high quality of work in the short term.
Albanian professionals offer jobs for a fee ranging from $ 10 to $ 80 an hour depending on the degree of difficulty of the job. But for some services such as architecture and translation, Albanian professionals charge much lower fees than their counterparts in the region and in Europe.
Banka Botërore e sheh e-commerce si një mundësi jo vetëm për profesionistët shqiptarë, por edhe për kompanitë shqiptare, të cilat mund të shesin prodhimet e tyre në tregje më të mëdha se popullsia e vogël e Shqipërisë prej 2.8 milionë banorësh.
Në një raport të fundit, “Diagnostikimi i e-commerce në Shqipëri”, Banka Botërore tha se karantina nxiti e-commerce globalisht dhe ashtu si kudo në Shqipëri, bizneset u përpoqën që të përshtateshin me kushtet që kishin drejt një tregtie online, edhe pse të cunguar.
"In 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has led to a major impetus towards the digitalization of the Albanian economy. A World Bank Enterprise Survey for 2020 shows that 20 percent of Albanian firms surveyed have either started or increased their online business activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. "In a survey of consumers, the World Bank showed that 55 percent of respondents said they had increased their use of online shopping since the pandemic began."
