How to write Cover Letter on Upwork
A lot of freelancers create a template Cover Letter and copy-paste it without changes for all proposals but it is a big mistake. Cover Letter for each job and client should be personal as much as possible to achieve high response rate from clients.
Upwork profile: Popular projects
Upwork introduced new profile section – Popular projects. It is good place to show your offers and cases for clients. You can add up to 3 items with Title, Description, Skills and Price Range.
Dynamic fees (5%, 10%, 20%) on Upwork
Upwork has dynamic fees for freelancers: from 20% when you earn less than 500$ with current client and to 5% when an amount of money of all operations between client and freelancer reaches 10000$. In addition, Upwork charges 2.75% from a client, so total fees are: 7.75%, 12.75%, and 22.75%. How are the fees calculated? Amounts and commissions (payments for different projects are added): 20% for the first $500; 10% between $500 and $10000; 5% after $10000. Example of how much commission you will pay on project with a new client with budget $15000: $500 * 0.2 (20%) = $100 $9500 * 0.1 (10%) = $950 $5000 * 0.05…
Popular freelancer ban reasons on Upwork
Getting a ban on Upwork is easy because many of the rules of the freelance platform are not obvious, especially for novices. In most cases ban is not permanent and freelancer can fix violation and work more, but not always. Studying possible causes of ban on Upwork will help you to avoid them in the future. Small applications response rate This is the most popular cause of ban. If you send a large number of applications and do not receive a lot of responses from client, Upwork may block your account due to mismatched to market. You will receive a letter that your skills are not in demand at the moment,…
Fixed-price vs Hourly payment on Upwork
Upwork provides two payment option for a job: hourly when freelancer track time via Upwork Desktop App and client pays him weekly, and fixed-price when a job is divided into milestones and client pays partially or for a whole project. Anyway, Upwork gives money protection for both types. Many of my friends like to work hourly. This option is simpler, more stable and less risky. If you spend more time than originally planned, there will be fewer problems. If client wants to change something in the project requirements, what was not in the original job, you just track more hours and get payments for them. When working on fixed-price project, payment depends not…
Why you need specialization(niche) on Upwork?
You should be professional in narrow specialization to earn big money on Upwork. Clients want freelancers, who can do work well and fast on their specific job instead of workers, who can do everything but without quality and speed.
How to fill profile on Upwork?
Step-by-step guide of how to fill Upwork profile and achieve 100% completeness. A lot of freelancers don’t pay a lot of attention to their profiles and it is a huge mistake which causes a low response rate from clients and small earnings. Upwork is most popular freelance platform right now and freelancers should spend the huge effort to interest the client. You will find complete information about filling profile on Upwork: title, Overview, hourly rate, photo and video, portfolio, work history and feedback, skills and tests, education and employment history, certifications and other experience. The profile should be related to specialization and search optimized.
Upwork removes skill tests
Upwork completely removes skill tests from 9 of July 2019. Freelancers will not have opportunity to pass tests anymore and the old test results will be hidden.
Free connects will be removed on Upwork in May
Upwork announced new connect system, which will take effect between May-June of 2019. Free connects will be removed. Connect price will be reduced from $1 to $0.15. Freelancers will spend more connects for job applications.
Freelance on Upwork vs regular job at office
Office and remote work online are very different. When working remotely freelancers have freedom and can earn more. Especially it concerns freelancers from Asia and Africa because Upwork allows them to work with clients all over the world. On the other hand, offline work is more stable and much easier. Pros and cons of offline work and freelancing on Upwork. You should know how to sell your skills, high professional skill is not enough; You should improve your skills. A lot of new technologies appear each day and if you want to be more interesting for clients you should know about all new features; You should make decisions yourself, nobody…
