I feel that the online programming market has been lost and is at this point beyond recovery. The issue is that all the clients who are willing to pay a fair price just hire a local consultant. The ones who go online are looking for a bargain and will immediately spring for the lowest bid. The only reason I'm even offering services online is because I'm a fulltime student and don't have time to get a real job. At this point I'm just selling a very niche script I wrote over the summer.

If, after college, I decide to do consulting again, I won't even be wasting my time advertising online. There's enough jobs in the Chicago area that it won't be worth my while to mess with the bargain hunters that come to the online market.