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Originally Posted by AdultKing
It's simple, to me UpWork presents value for money, a maximum $25 monthly increase won't stop me from using the service.
If you don't like it then vote with your feet and go do business elsewhere, although I doubt you will find a better outsourcing platform. You obviously chose UpWork for some reason - if those reasons don't stack up anymore then nobody is forcing you to use them.
It's a fact of life that businesses sometimes raise prices, the market usually works this out in the end - if the price rises are untenable to the majority of customers and they go elsewhere then that's the market at work.
In any case, with outsourcing you have a direct business expense, so just deduct it like you would any other expense. If you need to pass a small increase in pricing to your customers, if you don't want to absorb the whole cost yourself, then do that.
Whinging on GFY isn't going to change UpWork's new transaction pricing, I am sure they have done enough research to know that the customer base will just absorb it.
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Oh I am sure the customer base will just absorb it but this does not mean I am happy about it. Like when your bank charges you ridiculous fee after ridiculous fee. Now what if the bank then says "Pay me $25 a month on top of all that"? I would not be happy. Perhaps you would shrug it off.
And this thread (while yes whining) is also meant to let people who may be considering using Upwork know what fees they will now be paying. And then 'the market' can decide if this is a good thing.