"Invite Only"?

[rafsun_ug]

I can see many clients turn the Job into "Invite Only" after some minutes or hours of posting the job in public!

I don't know if they want to invite only then why the job doesn't show as an "Invite Only" in our Job Post? I can see this in the proposals after some minutes or hours of applying that they want to invite-only! Definitely I would never lose my connects and time by applying for those clients who want to invite-only! I don't know how this can be a fair process of posting a job who change their mind! Are there no rules for these kinds of job posts? 

Thank you,

RAFSUN

[versailles]

I have posted public jobs only to turn them to invite-only and the other way around.

Now, invite-only jobs should not show up in the board and should not accept proposals. But this is Upwork and on Upwork nothing is updated in real-time...

[ea9ee03a]

As a new user, I think the only way to make a post "invite only" is to first post it publicly because I see nothing allowing the invite only option when writing up the listing

[petra_r]

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John W wrote:

I think the only way to make a post "invite only" is to first post it publicly because I see nothing allowing the invite only option when writing up the listing

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It is entirely possible to set the "invite only" option without first posting the job.

The option comes towards the end

[lysis10]

I think a lot of clients get overwhelmed with the junk bids and flip the job to private.