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$150,000 by Dec 2020. Crushing it on Upwork
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bandititf9
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I was trying to help once for a B2B company to bring more sales, it's much harder than regular B2C companies. But the problem is they were very low on budget, barely even could afford my monthly hours, which are not the cheapest in the market, but also not the most expensive.
I guess you found the right company with a good standing, who needed the right person, which happened to be you. Keep it up man.
When I first was reading your thread, I thought that the goal you put was impossible or too hard to reach. However, you showed that it is indeed possible.
Jyeshtha
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That's really crazy. Since 40 have replied. Assuming, some might have been replied with 50/50 on their decision (if that's the case), maybe you can expect at least a couple more replies. Since it's B2B, even a smaller deal than the one you have closed can get a huge chunk of share.
Now, that's where you got a new business model.
I don' know if I am going deep asking you this. Was the client a manufacturer? Just curious.
stepdub
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Jyeshtha
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No. The client is a trader.
Yes, still discussing with the other leads. Let's see
Oh BTW. Was it all closed through email and chat? Or, you called them once they started showing interest?
stepdub
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Involved a lot of phone calls.
bandititf9
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Reading your other message, it seems like this is the one thing you tried to avoid most of times while interacting with your clients,
this is the one thing you had to do to reach your goal from the beginning.
WolfPack Riot
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Keep going. All the very best.
soulburger
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That's absolutely crazy! Congratulations!
I have a few questions. Feel free to not answer any if they are too personal.
1) How much was the deal worth for you to get that commission?
2) Did you already agree a percentage commission before you closed the deal or you just added on your commission to the total price?
3) What was the product? Ventilators or something like that?
4) What's your plans for your new found riches?
5) Do you think this is at all repeatable? Are you thinking of selling this product yourself or doing more sales for people on upwork?
I have a few questions. Feel free to not answer any if they are too personal.
1) How much was the deal worth for you to get that commission?
2) Did you already agree a percentage commission before you closed the deal or you just added on your commission to the total price?
3) What was the product? Ventilators or something like that?
4) What's your plans for your new found riches?
5) Do you think this is at all repeatable? Are you thinking of selling this product yourself or doing more sales for people on upwork?
Jyeshtha
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Wow, though the questions are good, I think those are too straight forward, which might be hard for @stepdub to answer all of them with accuracy.
I have another question. Did this extension take place within Upwork or you people dealt this outside? If it was within Upwork, then they would also have bitter a big chunk of that money.
But traders themselves only earn a low%.
I worked with a lot of traders from china their margins are below 20 %.
In some industries like tired even only 2 or 3 percent or the total.
I assume if it was a mask deal it is certainly possible since the prices increased a lot.
I worked with a lot of traders from china their margins are below 20 %.
In some industries like tired even only 2 or 3 percent or the total.
I assume if it was a mask deal it is certainly possible since the prices increased a lot.
stepdub
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Of course outside Upwork
stepdub
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We agreed one a price per piece as commission before we started working.
No, not ventilators
I'm going to stay low key. I've made similar money in the past, and lost it all in celebration, lending money to friends and relatives, flaunting and all that. So I've decided to stay calm for a couple of months - I'll plan later how I can use it to grow my wealth. For now, I'll just meditate and keep myself from jumping around.
I don't think this is a scalable business. It has magnitude but not scale.
limitbreka
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This topic has been hiding from me. I'm all into it, i should learn one or two things here. Going to page by page
2D animation and motion graphics.
stepdub
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Please PM me a few links to your work. I worked with someone from Nigeria for 2D Animation. Very talented guy and I got us a $700 job in two days of starting the JV but he got greedy and wanted to renegotiate the deal
I hope you won't change the terms later on and accuse me of slavery just cuz I bid and you do the work. Getting a job on Upwork is more difficult than doing the actual work.
Please PM me a few links to your work. I worked with someone from Nigeria for 2D Animation. Very talented guy and I got us a $700 job in two days of starting the JV but he got greedy and wanted to renegotiate the deal
I hope you won't change the terms later on and accuse me of slavery just cuz I bid and you do the work. Getting a job on Upwork is more difficult than doing the actual work.
Don't worry once we have a deal, I won't break. Although for animation, pricing depends on the nature of the job to be done.
I wanted to send you a PM but seems I don't know my way around here cos I am new .
Could you send me a PM instead so I can reply with a sample of my work
stepdub
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Sent you a PM.