Rehan is a web developer who bills $50 an hour on Upwork, working across Django, React and Rails. He joined Earlybird in November.
Winning on Upwork rewards showing up early and consistently across a high volume of relevant postings. Web development is one of the busiest categories on the platform, which means more jobs and more competition for each one.
Keeping up by hand across three different stacks means a lot of searching and a lot of proposals. Every hour of it is unbilled, and it limits how much of the market one developer can cover.
Earlybird ran a bidder for each of Rehan's stacks: Django, React and Rails. It detected 1,552 relevant gigs and sent tailored proposals from his own profile an average of 9.7 minutes after each posting. The Django bidder performed best, with 260 bids, 34 replies and a 13.08% reply rate.
From November 5th to December 22nd, Earlybird sent 546 proposals for Rehan against about $1,486 in Upwork connects (9,910 connects). They returned 52 replies, a 9.5% reply rate. In those seven weeks that turned into 3 projects and $6,333+ earned, or $4,847+ net of connects, a 326%+ return, with the pipeline still growing.
A $150.75 proposal spend returned $57,275 in closed work. Here's exactly what changed when Earlybird took over the top of his funnel.
A $150.75 proposal spend returned $57,275 in closed work. Here's exactly what changed when Earlybird took over the top of his funnel.
27 projects and $7,295+ earned from 175 AI-sent Upwork proposals, at a 29.7% reply rate, with Earlybird.
27 projects and $7,295+ earned from 175 AI-sent Upwork proposals, at a 29.7% reply rate, with Earlybird.
5 data analytics projects and $7,306 earned in 30 days from 171 AI-sent Upwork proposals with Earlybird.
5 data analytics projects and $7,306 earned in 30 days from 171 AI-sent Upwork proposals with Earlybird.
