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Found a trick on Upwork that saved me $40 in fees last month
I was browsing the Upwork forums and noticed someone mentioning how they bundle small tasks into single milestones instead of separate contracts. I tried it on a writing gig where I had 5 short articles for $20 each, bundled them as one $100 project, and the fee dropped to $10 instead of $14 across 5 contracts. Has anyone else played around with milestone bundling to dodge those annoying per-project cuts?
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charlie1983mo ago
Wait, why wouldn't you always do that? I've been bundling small website copy jobs into one milestone for months now. Five blog posts at $30 each turns into one $150 payout and the fee is way less painful. Just make sure the client is cool with it first, some get nervous if they can't release payments one at a time.
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angela7283mo ago
Smart move cutting down on the fees like that.
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caseywalker3mo ago
Oh man, totally! I do the same thing with my freight invoices whenever I can bundle them.
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