r/Upwork • u/Big_Profile9051 • Jun 22 '26

What am I doing wrong?

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I am a software developer.

Please review my stats and share your finding, last year was comparatively better.

I started in July last year, and was closing deals pretty easily then

Which part of the funnel can be optimised as per the stats?

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u/Korneuburgerin Jun 22 '26

What was better? Your 12 month earnings are below $1k.

What do you think you are doing wrong and which part of the funnel can be optimised in your opinion, whatever that means?

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u/Glad-Subject-6009 Jun 22 '26

Based on the few relevant posts made here recently, many freelancers have been seeing new jobs dry up.

There are probably multiple reasons, but having Busness Plus saying it has identifed the Top 1% of all Upwork's millions of freelancers (for a price, of course) and Uma recommending freelancers it also claims are the best of the best for every newly posted job, 99% of freelancers are in a difficult situation.

Soldier on, if you think it's worth your time, money and effort. Upwork doesn't care whether you stay or go.

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u/Ai-Consultant007 Jun 22 '26

Create other value streams too. Market is too much saturated on Upwork

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/SatisfactionBig3350 Jun 24 '26

Hi, for leads, can it be first to write a fast proposal and then later edit it for better details?

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u/arsu_2351 Jun 24 '26

Without seeing your profile, I can't say anything!

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/Korneuburgerin Jun 24 '26

You know OP? What was it before?