Upwork: Product Developments: Difference between revisions

* January, 2021: Upwork introduced '''Project Catalog''', which is simply ready-made projects built by talent A client can compare project catalogs side by side and even customize them using ad-ons such as additional rounds of revision. The catalogs also carry ratings and reviews from clients<ref name=":1">https://www.upwork.com/blog/top-2021-upwork-features-and-updates-for-clients</ref>. In Q1 2022, Upwork said in the shareholder letter that Project Catalog was converting visitors to light wait customers and improving their retention. ". For example, '''47% of clients who bought a Project Catalog project in 2021 made a repeat purchase later in the year. Of those repeat purchases, 72% were made on the Talent Marketplace and 50% were another Project Catalog project''', suggesting up to 22% made repeat purchases on both. More than half of clients who hire again are working with the same talent."<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/static-files/28d7a49a-75bd-4eb9-b57f-96b0ec3ed378</ref>

* August, 2021: Started '''testing boosted proposals'''<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Product-Release-Notes/Boost-Your-Proposal-to-the-Top-of-List/ba-p/957413</ref>'''.'''

* July, 2021: Started testing availabilty badge<ref>https://community.upwork.com/t5/Product-Release-Notes/Show-clients-you-re-available-to-work-right-now-with-the/ba-p/940580</ref>.