Today I banned one Upwork agency / Convertix "client" who was arguing for 225 usd of auto bidding package with no time limits! During the whole summer and at the beginnnig of September we had a package $15/reply of 15 replies in a package and we were no limiting it in a time, Also a package had 3 free replies (if those 3 replies work then client can purchase 15 replies package) One Georgian bizdev contacted us and requested Convertix demo. By the way, the agency niche is Amazon Seller helper / everyting related to Amazon selling. Their Upwork account is 100% fresh - no earnings at all. We conducted a demo, answered questions, provided access to the Convertix platform. During 1-1.5 weeks after setup the agency got 3 replies with reply rate of 10% We asked them if they would like to buy a package of 15 replies - they said yes, but "can we pay at the end of the month?". I said ok - the end of month was in ~1 week. Today I am contacting them with a friendly follow up and payment link. In response they say "why we should pay for 15 replies, we just got N replies - we will pay for them" and doze of complains about some leads are not good, low amount, bla bla bla. My arguments about filters tuning, MCP connection/analysis was ignored and then they started to argue that we didn't say on a call about 15 replies package 🤦‍♂️ (p.s. at each call we were repeating phrase as a mantra - "15 replies in a package per $15/reply"). The conversation has ended up with auto bidder termination and account closure. I am shocked how unthankfull people can be and do not value what they get. On the other hand it is post soviet country - quite common situation there and I want to have nothing in common It is better to have a good mood and inner state then paying brain f*cker

#Upwork is dead. Do not use it

Doing massive research on B2B micro SaaS ideas... Here is what in the list so far: 1. Ln AI outreach 2. Email AI outreach 3. Upwork AI outreach 4. HR AI automation 5. LLM SEO tool I'm not good in idea generation, so any recommendations of what to add to the test list? #saas

What I have learned: 1. The app must have the onboarding flow. Otherwise, 80% of users leave the app after sign up 2. LTV and users willing to pay. Think about it before building the app. In my case LTV is around 2-3 months max and Ukrainian devs not really willing to pay

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