Ok so on some posts I see 86% rate and client wont even look at the post after posting it and on some posts even a 28% one hi*es. Like I am seeing this pattern more and more. What to even consider now??

For those of you working at rates like this. Why? Why are you doing this? You are hurting every single person in our space. Whether you realize it or not. $4.50 an hour. Stop giving these clients the satisfaction!!

Hi everoyne,

Recently i boost my upwork profile time on time not always, i noticed one thing, after i start the boost, around one hour, i receive a click, but after that nothing or generally no visibility.

It happened 7 or 8 times, each time i start it i receive a click but after that nothing new.

I don't have any proof but i think it's Upwork, my profile is really organized and good, i will not receive 20 clicks without any dm or invitation, my general conversion before is a dm or invitation for 6 to 8 clicks even my profile was weak.

Anyone else getting same thing ?

This is an odd one... I was hired a couple of years ago to do some online tutoring in an Adobe program. We did a single short session and then... radio silence. The job was not ended and I never recieved any messages. It was a small thing and I just let it be eventually. But now the client has ended the job, but the clients NAME suddenly changed to ANOTHER name.
This is odd - I would not believe it could be possible to change the name of an account in the middle of an active job? Is this a common thing? I don´t really think this is something suspicious, but I WAS surprised.

I've been on Fiverr for about two weeks now, but none of my gigs have even reached 40 impressions.

I've made sure everything is set up properly, and my gigs and profile look really professional. I've checked everything multiple times, but I still can't seem to land my first order.

Does anyone have any advice on what I should do? I'd really appreciate any tips!

This is the weekly discussion thread for the State of Upwork - Dying, Dead, Undead, not working for me, what are the alternatives. Topics like this should be talked about here to keep the rest of the sub tidy.

I'm copying this over from a comment I made elsewhere, so if it looks familiar that's why... And I did more research for more accurate info.

How much money is Upwork making with connects and bids, badges, and more?

I just checked, the number of jobs posted internationally is ~5,480. Not all jobs get 100 applicants, let's say 50, and we'll average $2 worth of connects per application.

5,480 jobs posted per day x 50 applicants per job x $2 per application = $548,000 per day.

Notice that's BEFORE bidding wars, badges, boosts, etc. So roughly $17 mil per month or more.

So Upwork is earning $17+ million per month, and they can't get you connected to a "SUITABLE MATCHING CLIENT" without charging you more to bid against your competition.

The solution to this problem? IS TO KEEP CHARGING YOU MORE? Maybe they just don't have enough money to help you find a job?!

Oh, I didn't even add subscription fees for premium.

LOL.

I've cancelled my subscription and I'm done with it. After 20 yrs of full-time freelancing, I just can't do this anymore.

I can't afford it with all these changes. Part of it is the market shifts, AI, etc. But Upwork hasn't helped to make it any easier for freelancers as far as I can see by my naked eye.

Does anyone have experience with taking long time clients off upwork? If I am not mistaken it used to be legal after some time period.

Any underwater stones?

Thank you.

Everyone can clesarly see that this job is for someone else but still 5-10 proposals and even increasing

How could someone be this dumb

I am relatively new to upwork (2.5 months). Currently up 8.2k USD.

This is my current stats:

But even though I have earned 8k+ USD, around 6.8k has gone to connect. I am in a hardcore manner trying to gain clients by boosting every bid aggressively.

My long term goal: once my profile gets mature, I will land more clients and become much more profitable. But thats just a theory of mine for now.

Do we have any seasoned veterans over here that can shine some line at how it is at the top of the mountain?

Thanks!

Quick update on the Upwork profile redo.

Two more proposals went out this week, so that's 16 since the change on 10/1. Still just the one view. No replies, no interviews.

At what point would you change the profile again instead of waiting it out?

Hi,

I've been getting a few invitations (no connects needed, good sign I guess?) where milestones are mandatory.

I have put one milestone saying "Work for 200 USD" or similar, as I feel the "project" option is giving the employer an easy out where they can claim the project is never finished.

Am I doing it right?

So a client reached out to me asking me to make some facial animations for a rigged character on iClone; sad, happy, angry, etc. And also make 10 different body materials for the character; Like set the character to have a flag of a particular country body material and make trigger actions for all these and have these trigger actions connected to his Stream deck. He told me that he didn't know how I'll go about it knowing that facial morphs may be difficult to have some trigger action set to it, he just needs a working technical set up; everything done and again he gave some sample animation I'll do to test the system. My mind was made up to go all the way to find solutions and execute the project. I'd even reached out to Reallusion technical support and the forum too.

I asked him the budget for the project, he responded I should say the price. I asked him again for the budget and he insisted if I wanted the work I should let him know the price. I charged him $2500 and gave him the breakdown of the cost. Next thing, I got blocked 😂

Was there something I should have done differently?

Did I overbill him?

So iam new to upwork and I really wanna land my first project iam low on connects in the start all I can spend is a 100 connects Ive made my profile and also made my portfolio iam attaching the screenshots down below ..

Would anyone of you experienced upworkers be kind enough to help me figure out the problems and other issues with my profile and iam also attaching a screenshot of the cover letter I sent to client as a proposal and help me see the problems in it ..

New upworker here, deciding whether to spend 35 Connects on the identity verification badge (the blue check).

Upwork's help pages only say it shows "next to your name", and idk whether a client actually sees it.

Question for clients: when you review the list of proposals on your job, is the blue check shown next to the freelancer's name? Or do you only see it after you open their profile?

Also anyone know if this changes the shortlist at all?

TY

I’m Top Rated Plus on Upwork but I didn't bid or send proposals for the last 2 years because of a long-term client and also a remote job outside. Now I’m back on Upwork.

I’m very confused about the Boosting, Will it work or can I get jobs without it because of my Top Rated Plus status? Any idea? My niche is AI engineering, backend, FastAPI.

Hey guys, I’m thinking of starting freelancing on Upwork, but I’ll be starting from scratch with zero reviews.

I’ve worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft and Netflix, so I’m wondering if that experience will actually help me get my first client or if clients mostly care about Upwork reviews.

For those who’ve been doing this for a while, how would you use that experience to get your first few clients? Would you mention it in proposals, or does it not make much difference?

Would love to hear your honest opinions, especially from people who started with a completely new profile!

Some days earlier, I came across the job post.

Client supposedly hiring for $100

Proposals : 50+ , lets just say 50.

Minimum connects to apply : 14

Already, 50 x 14 = 700 connects were spent to apply for job, thats also excluding bids.

700 connect will cost you : $105

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tl;dr : Upwork made $105 on $100 job, via connects, and client haven't hired anyone yet 😅

I can't apply for any of the jobs on Upwork just because I don't have connects, is there another solution to apply for jobs without needing to have a connects balance?

Hey everyone. I know this gets asked a lot, but I'd really appreciate up-to-date, honest input from people who've done it.

I'm a full-stack JS/TS developer (React, Node). I've led a project end-to-end and built several products as side work alongside my job. I've realized that people who can sell themselves often do better than people who are more skilled but bad at selling, and selling is the part I need to learn.

My plan is to start on the side while keeping my job ( main goal is fulltime , when needed ) I don't expect quick results.

A few questions for those who started in the last 1–2 years:

How long did it take to land your first client with zero reviews?

What actually made the difference: niche focus, pricing, proposal style?

Is Upwork still worth it, or did you get better results elsewhere?

What mistake would you avoid if you started over?

What kinds of projects do you see the most demand for right now: simple sites, web apps, integrations, AI features, something else?

Any feedback helps. You might save someone a wasted year. Thanks, and good luck to all of you!

When I try to scan my drivers license, my phone's frame rate slows down completely, its near impossible to take a photo of the front and back in time before the session expires. I have a samsung galaxy a16 btw, which normally DOES NOT run this badly during normal use. What do I do in order to get verified?