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No, definitely not. All that matters is you can communicate well and get the job done.

Personally, I would remove the fact that you are based in Bangladesh from your about page. A few years ago I did freelance work and found I could get a better response rate when I mentioned that I was Canadian (even though I was living in China at the time).

Here's what might be going through a prospective's client's mind when they find you. They like your designs, then they read your About page and start forming a price in their mind - maybe $500 - $1000 because you are in Bangladesh. Then when you quote your price, it is way over what they were thinking so they go elsewhere.

Discrimination? Yes. But, like a resume, you don't want to give people anything that could take you out of the running before you've had a chance.

If they ask you where you're located, don't lie but don't bring it up either unless they do first.

I would also spice up the About page and say more about what you offer and why you are good to work with.

Also, I like the VLC website. I visited that site for the first time in a while recently and noticed the new design and thought it looked really good.



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