At first I thought it meant that my rate was too high. So yeah, I am having some problems that I need to fix. Jennifer M., compared with other writers I am viewed slightly above the average, I am interviewed slightly below the average, and I am hired well below the average. But I know that if I had more credits I would bring in more business, bringing in more money for me and them. Maybe they make credits scarce so they can sell them. I assume they are given on a finite basis because more credits would somehow exhaust company resources (I'm not sure exactly how, maybe server space associated with storing and tracking proposals). Instead, Upwork should devote effort to giving freelancers more credits. This is wasted effort on Upwork's behalf. I have no idea why they are being promoted. These posts probably won't result in a contract, let alone a lucrative one. For example, they promote a lot of jobs (over email and with this new and somewhat pointless 'Interesting Job' filter that interrupts my job searches) that pay next to nothing, are several days old and were posted by clients with a very low hire rate. Upwork seems to be making a lot of very strange adjustments, and seems to expend a lot of energy in non-productive ways. I need to connect with the clients that will eventually hire, and to be honest those are few and far between as far as I can tell. I follow up on a lot of proposals and see that many of them don't make a single hire. So I think that my problem is that I'm just not connecting with enough prospects. I have been freelancing for almost two years now and have had barely any complaints (just a few early on, none in the recent past). In response, I would point out that not only do I spend a great deal of time and effort on constantly improving those things, but I also have a great track record with all of my clients.
I know people are probably going to speculate that my proposals simply aren't good enough, I'm not skilled enough or my portfolio is weak. You might think, "whoa, that's way too much," but that's just what it takes to get regular work - which would benefit Upwork too because I'd be bringing in revenue for them. I think about 150-200 credits for the basic plan might suffice. 60-70 credits a month might be enough for an elite few to find gigs, but for me, I need to apply to much more.
I think freelancers should get more credits - a lot more credits, actually.
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