Switched from Fiverr to Upwork and doubled my rate in 3 months

I used to grind on Fiverr doing $15 logo gigs with unlimited revisions. Switched to Upwork in January and landed a $30/hr content writing gig on my second proposal. The difference was actually writing custom cover letters instead of just clicking 'send offer'. Has anyone else seen better pay on one platform over the other?

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ward.diana2h ago

Yeah the "unlimited revisions" thing is such a trap lol. I did that on Fiverr too for logo work and people would just keep asking for tiny changes forever. One guy made me change the font 12 times and then went back to the first one. Custom cover letters are a game changer though. I moved to Upwork last year and started doing blog writing for $40 an hour, which felt insane after Fiverr's race to the bottom. The clients just seem more serious about actually paying decent rates.