7 posts tagged with Upwork
Fixed-price and hourly Upwork contracts carry the same 10% fee but completely different risk profiles. A worked example priced both ways, the estimate-error math that decides which...
Most Upwork agencies are really two businesses — platform contracts and direct clients — run on disconnected tools. Here's what breaks when you run two systems, what a consolidated...
The two-rate model that every Upwork agency runs on — what bill rate and pay rate mean, how the 10% fee changes the real spread, and how to set margin bands per seniority. Includes...
A practical reporting cadence for Upwork agencies — per-contract margin, rep bidding activity, win rate, and utilization. Includes a copyable weekly and monthly report structure an...
How Upwork agencies should track time across platform contracts and direct work without keeping two sets of books. Covers Upwork's tracker vs your own system, automatic hour syncin...
The full profit calculation for an Upwork agency contract — bill rate, the 10% service fee, freelancer pay, management overhead, and FX losses. Includes a worked example on a reali...
A practical guide to Upwork invoicing — how the payment flow works, how to set your rate to offset fees, how to track Upwork and non-Upwork hours together, and when to move clients...
