Ask for an Upwork tip if you're within the first couple of years of your freelance career. Give an Upwork tip if you've been a freelancer for 5+ years. 👇
Edward Humphries
3mo
I've been on Upwork for more than five years. The biggest tip? Create a KILLER portfolio that distinguishes you from the myriad of other workers on Upwork. You can use Upwork's profile tools or create an external portfolio. Also, don't just send samples of your work. Instead, share CASE STUDIES. People want to see how your work contributed to the success of a project or campaign. Showing just samples doesn't impress people.
Miguel D.
3mo
giving a tip costs 12 connects 🤣
Micah Randolph
3mo
I would like to acquire one tip please
Jorge Luna
3mo
Here is a piece of advice from a Top Rated Plus Upworker with 7+ years of freelancing experience: Diversify your options - Upwork is not the only option. I can't say I've had a terrible experience with the platform. However, they are taking advantage of us - there is a significant imbalance between what they charge us and the client (which is nothing). We have to pay a 10% fee for every hour/project we do, $1.5 for each 10 connects we buy to send a proposal (each proposal costs around 4 to 7 connects, not including boost proposals), and they also added a one-time fee of almost $5 if the client contacts (and hires you) directly. I'm not saying that they don't make a profit, but this is getting out of control. So please, diversify. Good luck everybody.
Priyabrata S.
3mo
The tendency I find lately is to hire freelancers in closest time zone. That said, Upwork can always create and match best talents and employers in close time zone. I also observed employees post job with higher hourly rate just to attract more applications but their average pay rate is less than 1/3 rd, with high connect to bid, these jobs are most likely to misguide freelancers. The connect cost thus makes no sense. There is no incentive for long time jobs and acclaimed freelancers and you probably have already lost many of them. I have good knowledge many large clients left Upwork followed by their team of freelancers.
Haris ur Rehman
3mo
We are stuck with Upwork's greedy connect policies, as now if we shift to another platform, we will need to start from scratch to establish our reputation.
Georg Kasmin
3mo
I have a tip, don't use upwork. You get screwed up.
Shareef Rahman
3mo
It's frustrating to see clients repost jobs without hiring, costing freelancers valuable Connects. While Upwork mentions returning Connects in some cases, I haven't experienced this. Additionally, unclosed postings hold onto Connects unnecessarily.
Artist
3moHow is someone able to find a niche on a platform like Upwork? If Upwork is just for "corporate freelance art," it isn't much use, and certainly isn't groundbreaking in any way. Basquiat, for an example, lost an art competition as a child to a student who could draw a perfect Spiderman. It's the same lie around NFTs being in some way revolutionary. There is still no professional platform that isn't seemingly built around exploiting artists. I have had many jobs on Upwork that didn't end well, but only one bad review. This client expected, for some reason, technical skills far beyond what could have possibly been displayed on my portfolio. Sadly, we ended the job agreeing to mutual positive reviews. My 5 star review can be seen on his profile, and his not even 2 star on mine. I haven't had much work since.