Setting earnings to private issue

[#1]

Hello,

I would like to set my earnings to private, but under "Settings/Profile Settings" I don't have the "Earning Privacy" option shown anywhere, as described in the below article:

https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063168-Earnings-on-Your-Profile

I successfully set my Agency earnings to private, in Agency Roster, but don't seem to be able to do that on my freelancer account. 

Please advise.

Thank you

[#2]

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Marija L wrote:

I successfully set my Agency earnings to private, in Agency Roster, but don't seem to be able to do that on my freelancer account. 

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Do you have the Freelancer Plus plan as well as the Agency Plus plan? Are you an exclusive agency member, in which case you may have to do it from the agency side.

Also, you are aware that client you work with and/or apply to can see your full earning history, that you exclude yourself from any earch that has an earnings filter and that a lot of client won't invite freelancers with private earnings, right?

[#3]

Thank you for the reply, Petra.

I am an exclusive agency member (owner, contractor), with the basic Freelancer plan (there is no option to upgrade) and Agency Plus plan. In Agency settings I also don't see an option that would allow me to set my earnings to private - for my Freelancer account, not for Agency.

I am aware of all the things you mentioned; thank you for pointing them out. 

[#4]

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Marija L wrote:

I am an exclusive agency member (owner, contractor), with the basic Freelancer plan 

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You can't set your earnings to private with a free plan. You'd have to upgrade to Freelancer Plus to do so.

[#5]

As mentioned, I don't have an option to upgrade. 

Please see the screenshot attached.

Please advise. 

[#6]

Have you tried adjusting the setting from within your agency? Have you tried making yourself a non-exclusive member of your agency and then adjusting the setting?

[#7]

The former - yes, but the only option I get is to choose the type of membership to the agency (exclusive, non-exclusive or non-asscociated). I don't have the option to adjust earnings privacy from here. 

The latter - I haven't tried it. I wasn't sure how that would affect the agency or my status, since I am the only owner/contractor/member of the agency and I figured I had to be the exclusive member. However, if I can be a non-exclusive member while still being the only owner/contractor/member of the agency, I may as well try setting that and then adjusting the privacy of earnings on my freelance account.

[#8]

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Marija L wrote:

The former - yes, but the only option I get is to choose the type of membership to the agency (exclusive, non-exclusive or non-asscociated). I don't have the option to adjust earnings privacy from here. 

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Set yourself as non exclusive, buy the Plus membership for your freelancer account, then you can set earnings to private. 

[#9]

Thanks a lot for your help, Petra, I appreciate it!