What are /r/Upwork's favorite Products & Services?

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Oracle VirtualBox is a free program to download and install an addition operating system.

This allows you to download files and attachments within the virtual "computer" as to isolate itself in its own sandbox. This will allow you to run scans and essentially vet files before moving them over to your native OS and design programs.

I have to admit, this is likely overkill for most, yet I personally download and open enough files on a daily basis to justify the extra steps to protect my design machine.

You can sign up on Periodix. It matches/filter jobs to your Upwork account with the highest possibilities to get them. Also, they have a Google Chrome extention that send projects to you in the browser.

Stop using PayPal, for one. Sign up for a Wise multi-currency account, open a USD account, use those account details to choose "Direct to U.S. Bank (USD)" as your withdrawal method. Deposit USD in your Wise account with no fees, convert USD to your local currency and send it to your local bank account.

Takes a little bit longer, but you save on the fees and get a much better exchange rate.

It's great to see the most frequent over $50k. Crazy to see how much opportunity platforms like Upwork can unlock.

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Here is an example, check out the guy on this website now check out this reverse image search

His image is used on AT LEAST 49 different websites.

One of those is a stock image site so it MAY be possible he sold his image but it may also be possible that someone ripped the image from somewhere else and posted it to the stock site to sell it.

This has happened to a couple of people I directly know.

Have you ever taken a picture of your self from a social media where you have uploaded it and then checked to see if its used elsewhere?

Upwork isn't a freelance-oriented platform. That's why freelancers want to get a project outside of Upwork and find different channels as Reddit, Facebook groups, networking events. People are banned from Upwork for various reasons. Or they don't use Upwork anymore or violated rules of Upwork.

To be honest, it is an excellent way to start freelancing with Upwork, but you have to think about other channels to get projects. Big competition is there among freelancers. Due to I suggest using this tool for searching projects on Upwork. It predicts if the user will get the job or not and shows jobs with the greatest chance of getting hired.

What is your niche?

More information here: https://www.acorns.com/ref-terms/

The regular referral only pays a $5 investment. The bigger referral bonus for 7 referrals is only if the referred accounts invest. So this screams to me that the "client" will require the FL to also invest so he gets his $40 worth.

It just shouts sketchy, if not against TOS.

Great question. I learned that the email you get about your applicants, only lists the top 3 within the email. The rest you have to go back to Upwork.com to sort through.

So this explains why so many "less than 5" job application jobs go so quick, applying ASAP is a major determining factor, etc.

Make a transferwise (Wise account)

Use US bank details from Wise and add them in Upwork (Personal Checking account)

Withdraw to that bank account (free)

Then the bank account (Wise) will receive USD and you can convert USD to ALL in Wise (market / very competitive conversion rate)

I just withdrew a few days ago and added the details 1 week ago. From Germany. Saved a tons of conversion fees and withdrawal fees

Referral link (if you find this helpful - $500 free transfer) https://wise.com/invite/aeg/mail55

Non-referral: wise.com/register

Take a look at this article. It had some nice prep tips: https://dev.to/darryldexter/a-fluff-free-guide-to-pre-freelancing--43i0

I would also suggest waiting to open your account until you're ready, otherwise you will want to start looking and get distracted.

This article is specially for you: https://dev.to/darryldexter/a-fluff-free-guide-to-pre-freelancing--43i0 (nothing is being sold, don't worry lol)

In short: upwork is perfect for working outside of your 9-5

For some reason many people think freelancing (upwork or outside of upwork) means you need to do it full time. That's far from the truth. I advise nobody to do it full time until you have so much work coming in, it's makes your day job seem like an interference :)

Take a look a that post and let me know if you need any additional direction :)

I can certainly relate to your frustration.

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Find a few pics you like of yourself, and pop them into https://www.photofeeler.com. Might help you increase invites.

Look into the emerging field of neuromarketing. Humans make decisions at the emotional-brain and ancient-brain level well before the rational new-brain knows what's happening. It's more than brain scans. See: https://www.amazon.com/Neuromarketing-Understanding-Buttons-Customers-Brain-ebook/dp/B004VF62OI/ for a discussion of how to use neuromarketing in text.

Your 'gut' may have been your lizard-brain saying no, no, no.

Depending on what you do Fiverr is worth a look.

Otherwise, set up a personal website, spend some time learning SEO and applying it to your site.

Get active in your industry, on Twitter, Quora, StackOverflow, Slack groups etc - answer questions, get involved in debates. Use Meetup.com to find networking events in your area.

If you're a 'developer' or something broad like that focus on a niche, present yourself as an expert in that niche and do all the above stuff so that when someone has a problem in your niche, you're the person who's name gets tossed around as someone that can help.

It takes time to get there, but it's worth doing.

Yes i think so. You should also have specialized profiles to reflect each skill!

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Congrats! Loved my first bonus. It's always a nice touch and obviously those clients are great.

I'm working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! It'd be great to have such encouraging people on it. https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

I'm actually working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. Plan on building a community for both new & experienced freelancers. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

I'm actually working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

For new freelancers, I use the Work Diary a lot just until I gain enough trust (or discontinue because they haven't been honest).

For my experienced freelancers, I don't at all. I trust them.

For all the freelancers on this thread - I'm working on a project to help out freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

This is mixed. It's great you got a proposal right away but the pricing seems low. I think it's important to build your profile with good reviews so if you're having difficulties attracting other clients, i'd say do a few jobs here just to build up your profile and then you can charge a higher rate with a more filled profile.

I'm actually working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

I'm actually working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

My thoughts would be to quickly build your profile with review & ratings. I would experiment with a few prices and certainly underpricing it doesn't always work. I know a few good clients who actually get suspicious when they see a really low rate and actually link it to "poorer quality or skills". So defo experiment!

I'm actually working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. Getting people started on Upwork, to the next freelancer status (top-rated, emerging talent), difficult situations. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

Huge congrats!!!

I'm working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help them hear from one another easier. For example - now that you're rising talent, next steps could be on how to get to top-rated and top-rated plus quicker! If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

Upwork launched a feature called mid-contrat feedback that allows you to get feedback on longer-term contracts without closing the contract to have that reflected on your profile so if your worry is JSS - you should see if you can ask your regular clients. Since they're regular, they hopefully shouldn't mind.

I'm working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

I agree with the feedback that your paragraph is too wordy. You should add links to your portfolio earlier in the paragraph section because clients may not scroll far enough down to see the actual portfolio action.

I'm working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

I agree. I would ask the CL to submit mid-contract feedback (a new feature) so you have that positive feedback on your profile and then see with your increased rate whether you can attract clients. I've spoken to clients who get suspicious when the rate is too low as well so you may attract more experienced clients that way.

I'm working on a project to help out fellow freelancers and build a platform & community to help with questions like this. If you want to be part of it, would love to have your feedback! https://www.notion.so/A-new-platform-designed-for-freelancers-7b5fed01a2a64da4b7359166f352874c

So I am making a comparison now, let's say I wanted to withdraw 1,000 USD on Dec 29th. Let me know if and where I am wrong,

Using Wise (according to their prices page:

1. Receiving USD wire payments - 7.5 USD - so this happens when I want to transfer from Upwork to my USD bank account
2. Sending money - From 0.35% - so this happens when I want to transfer from Wise to my European account - 7 USD.
3. Not sure if the exchange is made after these taxes but let's say it does - so I am transferring 985.5 USD.
4. Wise exchange rate that day was 0.885850 so I get in my account 885.85 EUR

Using Local Bank transfer:

1. 0.99 Upwork tax
2. My local bank exchange rate on Dec 29th was 0.8701 so I get in my account 869.32 EUR.

Indeed, for 1,000 USD there is almost 20 EUR win, unless I missed something.

Will need to think about this and talk to my tax adviser, I could use some extra funds this year. Thanks again!

Seems like they do! Check out this link. The only images you can't use commercially are ones marked "Editorial Use Only." If you find one that's marked as such though, you can probably work something out with the author to use it commercially.

Hi I am Gobi the founder of LD Talent. Yes we wrote that article and yes I am happy to answer any of your questions over here or over a call - here is my my linkedin, my calendly

Lol nvm, looks like its just upwork being buggy as usual : https://snipboard.io/qHfzgS.jpg

It still shows on the job page that it needs no connects to apply

Check for yourself: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01804eec18524177c1

Poedit (https://poedit.net) can indeed translate XLIFF files.

What you link to is POEditor, a paid software-as-a-service product that they named this way to cause exactly this kind of confusion with Poedit :(

How did you start, please give us a little advise specially me as a newbies....

https://wordpress.com/home/virtualchefjessiejr.wordpress.com

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LN67X6D/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_TGZDGF2K8BWX3AECK7JD?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

There is only one left at the moment! There are other similar ones, or course.

They are awesome. Worth every penny. A little bit of work to assemble and adjust but great afterwards.

I agree, it will probably be impossible to get VC funding for this kind of project, it has no originality and will never be a unicorn. From the very limited research I have done I thought you could just use stripe connect : https://stripe.com/en-hk/connect It allow to receive payments and do payouts. It allow you to setup crowdfunding platforms, which are imho basically the same. You get money from one, you take a cut and pay it out to another. I'm probably oversimplifying everything. As I'm postponing proper research until I know people would need it. In the unlikeliness I could pull it off, would you use it ?

Always try and get your clients to give you examples of what they are looking for. Styles, images and colors. You're not a mind reader, they have an image in their head of what they want. When you don't match it the process can take forever and it is more likely that your client will walk away unhappy.

Here's a good site for free commercial use images.

https://www.pexels.com/

Hey!

You can check jobs to your profile via this website. It matches Upwork projects for your skills and background. That's why you apply for relevant projects.

In writing cover letters, keep it short. Carefully read a job description. And put quetstions related to the project. You can also check this video where described how to get a job on Upwork and write cover letters.

I didn't get you signed up on Upwork or not.

If no, and Upwork didn't accept your profile, add to your description some skills from this list. After accepting, you can delete them. (I read this tip on Quora, not sure how it works)

You can choose other platforms as Fiverr, PeoplePerHour, Freelancer. There are a lot of job for illustrators.

For winning competition among other freelancers on Upwork, you can use this service. It shows the best jobs for you and you can apply for relevant projects and save your first bids.

Hope it helps you. Let me know if you have other questions about Upwork

Could you send an example of your proposal? I will give a feedback to you.

The main thing is making a personable letter. I looked for freelancers and saw a lot of proposal but some freelancers didn't write anything about my project and their ideas. Write things from the proposal, check client's questions in the end of a job descriptions.

Filter projects. See rating of a client. Some projects are from bots. I don't know why and who is doing it.

Choose your rate and what projects you'd like to do. It helps you to choose right projects. Also, I can suggest a service that shows Upwork jobs with the highest chances to be hired. I think it will help you to find new clients. It helped me and my friends.

Put relevant your works to proposal. Sometimes people put almost all their works but for what?

Hope it helps you!

I am hosting a website fully for Upwork proposals. It is definitely something clients tend to appreciate. Additionally, WordPress gives me great metrics, so I can review these, such as how many clients clicked and got referred by upwork.com.

Even though its required here I have decided not to add adress or any source of contact. Even DNS records redict to my hosting provider directly.

So far did not have any issues with Upwork so far.

Usually, it's because of off-shore agencies bait and switching freelancers. They sell a mid-senior level person and switch in a junior (0-2 years) person for a more experienced rate. "Thanks for the contract, please hire us through this profile: upwork.com/randominexpereincedfreelancer.com"

Edit to add: Usually an agency is upselling a service they can get cheaper by bidding it on the platform. If you want to manage a team I'd suggest bidding with an individual profile, working the project yourself, and then offering an agency arrangement for future tasks that you need to outsource.

Blame Apple's App Store. There are lot's of apps that don't let you purchase subscriptions and other things through the app (or make them more expensive) because Apple takes another 30% on top of any in-app purchase. Just go to upwork.com in your mobile browser and buy them there.

I'm at 500k and there's no badge, etc. lol However, I've had several marketing opportunities and I'm featured on the home page of UpWork.com and in Blog post frequently. Definitely has its benefits!

No, that's only because they have a partnership with Upwork and since you said you were working for them, you can take advantage of LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda) as long as you have an email at upwork.com I algo got the notification. Unusable when you are a freelancer. Only if you are an employee. LinkedIn Learning is available to a bunch of big companies/universities. I had fully access to it before when I was working FT in post secondary.

>whether you can trust the upwork.com contract

I'm not sure how trusting the platform would make a difference, as a counterpart could screw you whether you trust the platform or not. Maybe it'll be better to look for what protection tools they offer, as their escrow system.

>If I hire someone, can I be certain that the IP rights are transferred to me?

If you need to hold rights that should be represented outside the platform, you should create and sign a contract between you and the freelancer. That contract should, obviously, be legally valid where you might need to enforce it.

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Everytime when website is Under Maintenance, when you go on Upwork.com .

You can see sentence that time logged through the Desktop App will be recorded.

And yes its safe. Nothing will be lost.

For pure invoicing purposes, Invoice Ninja is pretty nice. There's a subscription-based hosted version, but you can also opt for the free self-hosted version. It's got plenty of features, supports online payments, and is pretty easy to use.

As for acounting, something like MoneyManagerEX or gnucash would probably be everything you need.

Wise (used to be called TransferWise) is head and shoulders above any other option.

Here's a referral link if you are interested to try it: https://wise.com/invite/u/peterm3775

You can also control when your Upwork payments happen. Just experiment with the payment schedule, or you can submit a payment request at any time.

Free rein. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/free-rein

Now, when the guy gets his hold onto the system, he will exercise free reign...

http://grammarist.com/spelling/free-rein-free-reign/

Thanks for the feedback! Sure, it's up to you to use telegram or not :) And yes, I'll probably build a web UI with push browser notifications, when I'll have a time for it.

About phone number leak and Telegram: telegram does not leak your phone number. No one can access it, not users, not bots. All that bot (and other users) can know about you listed here https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#user

Wow, thanks for all of the great feedback!

Yea the UI/UX is pretty rough, that's definitely not a strength of mine. I built it using bubble.io. There is a lot of data for each platform, and I have been trying to come up with a way that is easy to sort through everything. It's not great, but it's getting better.

Creating an account allows you to store your requirements, save platforms to look into later, and leave reviews. If you don't want to create an account, you can just browse by each category.

I've loaded in a lot of platforms that are available worldwide, but still adding more.

I definitely like a lot that you said though, I'm going to make some changes for the next update I push. Thanks!

IIRC at the time when I was getting into Jekyll, there wasn't anything comprehensive out there. I went through the official documentation and then I followed some of the "official" videos from Giraffe Academy. To be honest with you I had to go through quite a lot of trial and error to get it right.

It's a static website. I started off with a Bootstrap template that came with some CSS / JS goodies. I manage my content with Jekyll. It's a minimalist templating framework made in Ruby that allows you to store your data in markdown files. Takes time to learn and get used to but I'm really happy with it. It gives me full control over my websites and I'm confident I can push out updates without any unexpected overhead such as WordPress plugin conflicts.

Thanks for the reply, when you mention Too tracker do you mean Top tracker from TopTal ? This one looks very promising indeed. They mention no fees as long as you handle all payments through Payoneer.

Instead of Trello, I use a software called Quire to keep track of my tasks.

It's a project management software with feature such as kanban board, offline syncing, easy collaboration, reminders....etc

Highly recommend!

Nothing says precision like a $10 bill.

Correct me if I'm wrong writers but when a book is Kindle-only, being sold at $10, the ship has sailed on the "best seller" goal.

Lots to sniff here. https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Therapy-Quickly-Change-Anything-ebook/dp/B087CC54MP/