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Connects cost $0.15 each. Find out exactly what return you're getting — and how much each hire is actually costing you in connects.
Typically 2–16 depending on job tier
% of proposals that become contracts
Before Upwork's 10% fee
Your numbers
Connect spend / month
$45.00
300 connects × $0.15
Cost per proposal
$0.90
per bid submitted
Est. hires/mo
1.5
Cost per hire
$30.00
Connect ROI
2,567%
The real cost of bad job selection
With a 3% hire rate, 97% of your connects are spent on jobs you don't win — that's $43.65/month in connects on proposals that go nowhere. Bidding on better-fit jobs is the highest-leverage thing you can do to improve this number.
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