[Sikom]

He is mainly selling his custom Minecraft plugin writing service but is also trying to branch out as a freelance coder, or at least that is the feeling I got from digging through it.

Would say you are pretty right on the spot.
I use the site mainly for those purposes, but I also use it to test my side projects. It is also always nice to have a website you can show to people.

Another advantage with it is that I get more used to web development, and I am taking a class in that next year, so a larger head start is always nice.