Proposals eat the evenings
Reading the brief, judging whether it is worth bidding, writing a proposal that stands out: that is real work, done free, often for jobs that were never going to close.
For freelancers
One person, fully staffed
You are the salesperson, the analyst, the PM and the bookkeeper, and only one of those pays. Basic hands the unpaid roles to modules so your week goes to billable work.
Every module unlocked for 14 days. Card details at checkout, nothing charged until day 14, cancel any time before then.
The problem
The unpaid half of a freelance week
Every hour on proposals, scoping and chasing is an hour you cannot invoice. At freelance rates, the admin is the most expensive employee you have.
Scope creep with no paper trail
Without a written scope and acceptance criteria, the fourth revision round is your problem. One person has no leverage in a dispute except the document they wrote at the start.
Clients who need a status update
The check-in emails and where-are-we calls are unbilled account management. A client who can see progress themselves stops asking.
Where to start
The modules that replace the roles you can't hire
Basic already includes both the New Business and Delivery departments. That is the whole unpaid half of the job, staffed from day one.
Upwork Business Developer
New BusinessReads the job post, decides whether it is worth bidding, and drafts the proposal.
Decides whether the job post is worth your time before you spend it, then drafts the proposal, so volume stops being the constraint.
Client Discovery
New BusinessA link the client fills in themselves. It comes back as a PRD draft the next module can use.
A link the client fills in themselves, which comes back as a PRD draft. Discovery stops being an unbilled call and becomes something you review.
Technical Business Analyst
DeliveryTurns a brief into a scope, a plan and acceptance criteria you can defend in a dispute.
Turns the brief into a scope, a plan and acceptance criteria you can defend when round four arrives. This is the paper trail that protects a one-person shop.
Client Portal
DeliveryClients see delivery, invoices and change requests without a status call.
Your client logs in and sees delivery, invoices and change requests. You look bigger than you are, and the status emails stop.
Pricing
The plans that fit
Basic at $99 puts a one-person shop on the full new business and delivery toolkit. Plus at $199 gives you 3x more usage than Basic for once the pipeline gets busy, on the same full OS.
Bill more of the week you already work
Every plan runs the whole OS, and every one starts with a 14-day trial of all of it.
Every module unlocked for 14 days. Card details at checkout, nothing charged until day 14, cancel any time before then.