Project Catalog is the part of Upwork where freelancers and agencies list pre-defined, fixed-price projects with set deliverables, turnaround times and tiered prices that a client can buy without posting a job or reading proposals.
Where the Talent Marketplace starts with a client's job post and ends with a proposal, Project Catalog runs the other way. The freelancer writes the offer first: a title, a description of what is included, up to three price tiers, a delivery time and the questions the client must answer at purchase. Upwork reviews each project before it is listed. A client who buys one pays the full price into escrow, the freelancer accepts or declines within a window set by Upwork, and the work proceeds as a fixed-price contract with the standard protections and the standard service fee.
No Connects are spent, which is the main attraction for freelancers, and the client knows the price before any conversation. The trade-off is that catalog projects suit repeatable, well-bounded work: a logo, a landing page, a data cleaning job. Open-ended or consultative work does not fit a fixed menu, and a project that over-promises tends to end in revision requests and poor feedback.
Catalog sales count towards earnings and the Job Success Score in the same way as any other contract. Agencies can list projects as well as freelancers, and the listing appears under the agency's name.
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