Why do I no longer receive Speedies?
I get contests, but have stopped receiving Speedies. My stats for speedies are in the top 30%, so why don’t I get them anymore?
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I get contests, but have stopped receiving Speedies. My stats for speedies are in the top 30%, so why don’t I get them anymore?
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Hi, Aleesha!
Please be advised that the stream of Speedies fluctuates a lot for several reasons. There's seasonality, where some weeks might have a high influx of projects and others where the project count will be low. This, combined with the abundance of pros that speak the language categories that you work on (mainly English - North America), means that an invite to a speedy project might have been sent to another pro with better stats on the platform before you. Remember, all the invites aren't sent immediately but in ranking order and sometimes in batches. The speedy locks down when a Pro accepts the project. Once some time passes and nobody has accepted, more invites are sent out.
To give a fair chance to pros that are new, we give them a boost so they also receive these types of projects and have a chance to make a name out of themselves on the platform. I've seen that you've been applying to a lot of Contests! It's great to diversify the type of projects that you work on, so you should add more Samples to your Profile so that you appear on the sample search results and get some Bookings under your belt as well. I see that you have only 3 samples posted, so I suggest that you increase those numbers to the low or medium double digits (40-60 samples would be ideal). We'll be launching a new feature within the upcoming weeks that will help you personalize your samples even more.
If you still don't receive any speedies within the next couple of weeks, do let us know and we'll investigate further into the matter.
Have a nice afternoon! :-)
I’m working on samples right now. I uploaded several last night, I’m not sure why you aren’t seeing them? I’m hoping to transition to more bookings, as I don’t actually like speedies, but at least it was steady income!
Just saw!
They've been approved. Thanks for uploading them! :)