Hey, I just received my first-ever hourly contract offer. Until now, I’ve only worked on fixed-price contracts. This project is a bit different from the others. I usually create scripts (code used for trading automation and backtesting), but this time, I need to teach how to create certain functionalities via Upwork Zoom calls.

As per my discussion with the client, I need to conduct these Zoom sessions for 5 hours per week over a month, totaling 20 hours. There’s no fixed schedule like 1 hour per day (Monday–Friday); the timing can be dynamic.

What advice do you have for such a contract? What are the things I should take care of?

The client send me a direct offer no invitation, I have never worked with this client before, his payment method is verified but zero jobs completed.

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Hi everyone,

I’m new to freelancing as a data scientist and recently decided to close my old Upwork account and create a new one using a different Gmail address. However, I used the same personal information from my previous account when setting up the new one.

I’ve realized now that this might violate Upwork’s guidelines, as it could appear like I’m trying to bypass their rules. To clarify the situation, I’ve already written a message to Upwork Customer Support explaining myself.

Do I need to worry about this situation? Could they ban me permanently? Has anyone experienced something similar and managed to resolve it?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

One of the jobs I applied had only two proposals still mine was the one which didn't get opened

Content Just started applying yesterday Niche-video editing

Anyone else having issues with UMA and getting the message "Sorry, something went wrong on our end. Please refresh the page or try again later." I've tried on multiple devices along with different connections with the same result.

100 JSS, glowing reviews all round.

I received a bad feedback from a client despite delivering the job successfully today i received an email that she ended the contract and leaving me with 2.5 stars , I don't want to refund since i have more than 70 job Completed only two reviews one With 4.6 and one with 4.3 but 2.5 too much honestly Upwork did is dirty by removing the top rated perks of feedback removal, what do you think about this feedback

Hello,

I hope you're doing well.

I recently joined Upwork and I am unable to purchase Connects. I've tried with PayPal and a credit card, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know of any ways to get Connects for free easily? Or has anyone had the same issue of not being able to buy Connects? How did you resolve it?

I am brand new to this, had an expirienced friend help me with setup and told me what i need to do. I have purchased connects bunch of times and applied to a lot of jobs, yet nothing is happening, even when i boost and apply early. Any advice? My profile is fully set and ready

Hello, I agreed with a customer in the city where I live to transfer our relationship to Upwork and receive payments from there. This will be my first job on Upwork and we created the contract and my customer deposited the payment to Escrow. Since we do not meet my client through Upwork, our communication channel is by phone. Would it be a problem if my client immediately released me this money in escrow?

I often see people claim that if you apply to a job with 50 proposals, you have a 1 in 50% chance of getting the job.

Well – it doesn’t work that way because not all applicants are equal. For starters, about 80% (a guess) are useless and thus stand a 0% chance of getting the job. If there are 50 applicants, this leaves 10 viable proposals.

So your chances would be 1 in 10?... No. Because it still stands that not all the remaining contracts are equal. The client will likely narrow it down to a handful of individuals of which you may or may not be included.

In reality, many applicants have a 0% chance while others have a much higher chance of being successful. Some stand-out candidates will be closer to 100% even if there are 100+ applicants.

It is not a roll of a die. It is not a lottery.

And another thing – proposals ARE NOT listed according to how quickly you applied. They are listed according to Upwork’s ‘best match’ algorithms. (Plus there’s the boosting abomination which further boosts visibility for some)

I started working on Upwork around mid August. I've sent out 42 proposals and got hired 3 times. 3 of those times were when I initially was sending out proposals like I got hired 3 times when I sent out my first 10 proposals. All of those cover letters were poorly written and very precise. No previous work experience or portfolio attached. But now that I've attached portfolios and actually put effort into writing cover letters, I haven't gotten hired once. What sorcery is this edit: When I previously got hired, I was just starting out. Now I have 100% JSS and good reviews but I still haven't gotten hired once since then

Hi, Upworkers! I’m exploring an app idea called MyPercent, designed to help freelancers and gig workers like you manage irregular income more easily.

The concept is simple: when you get paid, your money goes into an allocation account, where you can:

• Set custom percentages (e.g., 20% to savings, 15% to taxes, etc.) for bills, taxes, or spending.
• Assign fixed amounts for recurring expenses like rent or subscriptions.

The app automatically distributes your income based on your chosen settings, ensuring your priorities are covered and you stay organised—even with fluctuating earnings.

This is just an idea I’m working on, and your input would be invaluable.

I’d love to hear your thoughts:

• Would a tool like this help you budget freelance income?
• What categories or features would be most useful for you?

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback!

That’s certainly a person I’d immediately love to work with. Not 🙈

Hi there, my brother has created an upwork account. But now when goes to purchase connects it always says failed to attach the card. We have tried multiple cards. On the top it says account has been restricted but we got no email. We submitted a support ticket 3 days ago but got no response. Can someone help?

As the title says, how do you approach this? I have this client wherein we were communicating just fine, and suddenly no communication from her. I already made a follow up on how things are after a week of no communication from her, but still no response. I'm thinking of giving another month and if still no response, I'll ask if we kindly close the contract and ask for review. Do you think that'll be better or I'll just close the contract right away, ask + provide a review?

I usually don't spend connects on jobs posted more than 2 hours ago assuming clients won't see my proposal after all these candidates.

But since I usually get interviews more than a week after the job was posted, especially for large projects, I think I may start applying for jobs posted even more than a day or two ago. Just wanna be sure it's not a waste of money (connects)

Here are the job description, it remote base 30 days a week but flexibility of time. what should be my monthly salary?

Responsibilities:
-Create ads to market a variety of content on platforms such as Pinterest, Facebook, and Google Ads (content categories include celebrities, funny, beauty/fashion, animals, hacks, etc.)
-Manage campaigns on various platforms by setting/changing bids, budgets, audience, etc.
-Maintain high ROI and profitability for the business by overseeing a network of 300+ campaigns

Sometimes, I really wonder what happened to those who posted jobs but never responded to any of the proposals received. Do they just forget about the stuff they wanted to be done? 😔 I'm tired of sending proposals that never get viewed in the first place.

Do you guys experience any problem with your money from upwork to UB today?

So I’m on a 30 days financial hold or something like it. I won’t be able to appeal until the end of the period but 99% sure my account will be closed/banned. This is just for context for my real question.

My wife also has an UpWork account that she usually uses, as an active member, do you guys think that UpWork might close her account thinking that it is me using it? As the IP might be the same/similar. Should she contact CS and explain the situation?

PD. I only want to discuss about my wife account and no the reasons my account is suspended.

Thanks!!

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I am stuck into "We have started a manual review" for identity verification and it is already 3 days

How to even reach out to the real customer support? From help center, it is just the AI talking. Help me out if anyone faced the same.

Hello, I started to be active on Upwork around June this year, and I wanted to share with you how my stats look like today, as it's almost 2025. I had 28 different clients this year [not sure why it says only 24 hires, it should be 28], some of them i'm still in contact with, with open contracts and weekly work :) I made around 7k until now, which I can't tell if it's amazing but it surely is pretty good.

For those who don't know me, my field is Web Design, I started learning it a year and a half ago, and as soon as I felt ready I joined Upwork. I'm curious to see your journey for the year, if you have any advice for me to improve my stats for next year, and curious to ask the seniors what do they think overal about my year.

I'm not trying to get to a point with my post, I just want us to share our experiences during the year, to gain more confidence together and to wish everyone in advance a 2025 filled with kind clients and great contracts :)

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can someone enlighten me on how the payment works? i recently got paid (Nov 25) and until now i still haven’t got access to my earnings. it says due date is december 4. what does that mean?

Hi guys so if I understand it well. Getting paid for a weeks work on upwork will basically take two weeks to get into my available funds ? Monday-Sunday work week. Monday to Sunday - client review. Monday to Wednesday - upwork holding Wednesday funds are released ?

What are you guys using to take notes in the consultation feature?

Is there something that works better with Upwork?

Looking forward to hearing if anyone has any solutions already.

About to start looking into this myself, so if I find an answer first I'll come back here and share it. :)

Sorry, but this is the first time i received this. I got an email for dac7 tax report. I have only made 15$, i dont understand, what i need to do? I wasn't even using upwork during the year..

Maybe somebody will find this useful, I wasn't aware of yet another Upwork shitty behavior.

Basically I was up to get a TR+ badge because one of my projects passed a large project threshold, only to find out that client probably by mistake created it under Dev category (I'm a designer), and for software developers threshold is 3x.

I wasn't aware of this when we started, and usually I don't even see project category. So I reached out to ask for a change, they advised that client needs to reach out and he did (shared his screen) but upwork bot told him that category can't be changed now (project is still ongoing). Now I get the instructions in email that I would need to hustle this client more, to call them, without even knowing that'll work at very least.

Fuck Upwork.