Marketplace Updates: Changes to Upwork Application Prices

[StanG]

Our goal is to make the number of Connects per proposal better reflect the demand for work in the Marketplace. This change will help us facilitate better matches, increase flexibility to price projects accurately, and attract more top tier clients to the platform.

Check out the product release for Marketplace Updates: Changes to Upwork Application Prices, and let us know your thoughts and question in the comments below.

[rafikdz]

To be honest, I disagree with a lot of Upwork decisions recently.

When I look at the idea of making paid connects a requirement to apply for jobs, it seems a great idea at first it can reduce random job applications, unqualified freelancers, and give a better opportunity to more serious and people that are the best match for the job.

But when you look to what is happening in the Platform, from fake jobs, to connects battle races, to unresponsive clients.

I am not against upwork making money, it is good for both freelancers and Upwork to stay in business.

But, it must be a platform where freelancers feel appreciated so they can perform at their best.

[jendubois]

What other company in the world that isn't a scam makes you pay money to apply for a job? Think about it. Once again, Upwork, looking for revenue, penalizes the freelancers. They keep raising the number of connects required and it is OUT OF CONTROL - 60+ connects sometimes! Why not charge enterprise clients more for the cheap labor and savings on health and other corporate benefits they are raking in using Upwork freelancers. I feel Upwork could be champion for freelancers and the networked organization and instead they nickel and dime us. There are other ways to sort out bad profiles, scamming freelancers, etc. And the connect required do not consistently reflect pay rates. I'd love to see their data on that argument.

[79d8954d]

I came to this platform for the first time to look for a job and ended up wasting a lot of connections because I wasn't familiar with the rules

[dev_null_elop]

Okay, but we are seeing 16 connects jobs since June. Is this just an announcement, or what? I don't understand 

[researchediting]

[Comment withdrawn. Apparently I misunderstood.]

[AveryO]

Hi Dmytro, 

We initially tested the new Connects range in limited categories. The new proposal amounts have now been applied to all categories.

[dixitshubhashish]

I wish there should be downvote button as well.

[butt_wadood]

Hello, I have seen something today, the jobs are requiring more connects to apply than was required before. Till yesterday the rates were different and quite low, but today I have seen that it is charging 12 - 16 connects to apply for an intermediate-level job with a client's budget of around 100 - 500 USD. Have anyone else faced the same type of issue?

[spectralua]

Is same. I see many jobs from scammers, with budget less than $10. All costs 16 connects.

Lets wait 32 connects for job. Or 320. It will be added soon as i see.

ps Upwirk is a zombie! Platform dead but hungry, need more and more.

[da48367a]

@Upwork Please if this is a glitch you guys should inform us... How can one apply for a job with almost $2 and might not even get a response or the client might not even hire. tell us if  Upwork is now expensive or it's just a glitch🙏🙏

[mzitchr]

This is discouraging, there has to be an upper limit for connects.  

[spectralua]

Greed is unlimited. 🙂

[da48367a]

I'm tired of this, Imagine I haven't applied for any job since yesterday thinking it might be a glitch

[spectralua]

Sorry, but it is real. I checked my feed, found one job for 8 connects (unverified, $5 budget). All other 16.

[da48367a]

that means you can now see  16 connect for $5 job😔

[the-right-writer]

So, do not apply for a $5.00 job.

[spectralua]

Bots will aply for sure. Them have free connects.

[da48367a]

After collecting 10% from my pay, i will still use $2 to apply for a job

[tlsanders]

The upper limit is defined by what you are willing to pay.

[hvostal_zabrina]

I just noticed this too starting yesterday! Before yesterday all jobs I saw were between 2 - 8 connects and now every single one is 16! What is happening?!

[3a89c1ab]

Upwork must think they'll always have the market and users won't have alternatives

[68cb8e5a]

UW greed. Without warning, UW retroactively doubled the number required for all jobs <16 connects early yesterday morning, including those that were already posted (the search results were showing one number, but it was double that number when you clicked on the title; it looks like they fixed that revealing glitch). Now you can use double the connects for jobs posted by clients who post and then disappear (no hires, interviews or activity) or for scam postings. 

First, UW introduced the bidding war to try to get people to buy connects, which apparently didn't generate enough $ because some freelancers refused to play the game. Now it's this (freelancers can't really opt out).

[amycapolupo]

I posted this in another thread but here is the kind of high quality job you can apply for for only 12 connects! /s

**Edited for Community Guidelines**

[tlsanders]

Have you considered that Upwork may want to steer freelancers away from those jobs?