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Bidding wars!! 🧳 🤺 ⚔️ 💥
In case you didn't see it already... Today, some Upwork developers paid $200+ to auction their proposal for the top position at the client's end. It's very quickly becoming a hot topic 😅 🤣
The job post is here if you want to confirm it for yourself
Oh I see! it's my first time seeing 1K+ connects. When I used to see 150 connects used I thought it was extreme lol
A $200 boost buys the first slot, but the useful number is how often those proposals get opened. Without that, developers are bidding on visibility with no way to price the odds.
True. I think "plus" subscribers get some of those stats but I'm not subscribed to plus at the moment. All we get is when the client last looked at something on the job post. if that slot is blank it means the client didn't look at anything 😅
That last-viewed field is the decision point I'd use. If it stays blank, I'd stop bidding on that client and save the Connects for one who's actually active.
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Three decisions shaped the experience:
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3. Give the business a useful overview.
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