What is changing: Beginning March 19, 2024 we are changing the way Direct Contracts work.
How it works: Contract proposals for Direct Contracts can still be sent to clients who aren't on Upwork yet, but starting on March 19, 2024:
- Freelancers will pay a 5% freelancer service fee on the earnings
At a glance
What changed: Starting February 16, 2024, the monthly subscription price for Freelancer Plus will increase to $20. If you subscribe to Freelancer Plus through the Apple App Store, different pricing and conditions apply. Check your app for the latest pricing.
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What changed: Boosted Proposals are available to freelancers meeting specific job criteria to help you rise to the top of the clientâs list. To promote a quality match with the client, the boost table appears if you are a relevant match for the job. Eligible freelancers will see this option, while o
What changed: We updated the qualifying criteria and some logic of our Job Success Score calculation to improve score accuracy and speed up the time to match clients with the right independent professionals or agency talent.
How does it work:
- A Job Success Score now appears once freelancers compl
What changed: Boosted Profile is now generally available, enabling freelancers and clients enhanced discovery across all work categories and job types.
Boost your profile to reach more clients who are actively hiring in the work categories you target. Once boosted and after you set your budget, bi
Weâre updating our Dispute Mediation Policy. These changes are effective as of January 12, 2024.
Whatâs changing?
- Upwork will only review the last 30 days of milestone payments prior to the date the customer contacted Upwork. For qualifying Fixed-Price Contracts, payments outside the 30-day win
What changed: Filing disputes, submitting supporting evidence, and viewing status updates for fixed-price contracts are now all done directly within Upwork instead of through email with customer support. Freelancers must file a dispute within 7 days of the contract ending, and clients have 5 days to
Upwork is required to comply with the tax laws of the countries where we do business, including collecting taxes and remitting themâwhich means sending the money we collect from you to the tax authority of the government that requires the tax.
To be compliant, Upwork will begin charging goods and
What changed: A waitlist to a new product experience, Upwork Chat Pro, has launched for freelancers on Upwork. Upwork Chat Pro is a GPT-4 powered app that utilizes the same Open AI technology from OpenAI that ChatGPT is built on, and helps you start work and create and complete projects on Upwork.
What changed: We have made updates to the Upwork Desktop App that will affect our Time Tracker and other desktop app features, such as Upwork Messages. The next time a user logs in they will be prompted with an âUpdate Nowâ button. If they are using Linux 32-bit they will need to update to one of these supported operating systems