How to start working on Upwork?

Question

Freelance

Good day. My first post on UpWork. I work in the field of web development (front and and), but I have no experience with Freelance as such. It so happened that I have to find a new source of funds, in connection with which I want to try my hand at the Upwork exchange. After reading and analyzing questions and answers on the Toaster, some questions still remained and even new ones appeared.
Please give answers to my (and possibly someone else's) questions:
1) Is it true that in order to activate the profile, you need to pass an English proficiency test via Skype with a native speaker?
2) Is it true that I can withdraw money in the Russian Federation using a Payoneer card, how profitable is it?
3) Is it true that I need to have a working webcam to monitor the monitor at the time of the order?
4) Is it true that customers mostly want to communicate via Skype by voice and not by chat or email?
5) Is it true that you need to buy Premium status to increase the number of available customers?
6) Is it true that in order to earn at least 25-30 tr, you need to "work hard" for 8 hours, seven days a week?
7) Does the success of my profile affect UpWork for cooperation with local (Russian) customers?
8) What is the best bet for a newbie and what is the basis for calculating the reliability rating of a freelancer?

Answer 1

1) No
3) No
4) No
5) No
6) No
7) Rather yes
8) Try different rates. What rate will customers agree to with such a rate and work.

Answer 2

1 is not for activation, but for confirmation it may sometimes be necessary. by phone / skype ask your name, and where you live, that's about the whole procedure.
2 yes. more profitable than other methods.
3 no. for surveillance, this is if you have an hourly payment, but not a camera, but their application, which will take screenshots of the screen every 10 minutes so that you can check that you are really working.
4 no
5 is optional. and not to buy, but to confirm your qualifications - with test tasks.
6 depends on specialization and rate.
7 no. but how can a criterion be suitable - a pumped profile will be such a measure for those who are in the subject.
8 rating is considered according to its hidden criteria - if everyone knew it, it would be possible to wind it up. set the rate according to how much you evaluate yourself.
you can figure out what salary per month you value yourself, divide by 22 days, divide by 8 hours - so you get how many dollars per hour you value yourself. This will be your bet.

Answer 3

no
yes
no
no
no
30 thousand about 500 bucks
with a rate of 50 you can work 10 hours
a month, that is, about 0.33 hours a day, that is, 20 minutes a day
no
for an average 20-30 bucks per hour, based on your feedback
, taking into account the full verification to start a lot of acs will not work

Answer 4

It is better to immediately register an IP and do everything in white. Starting next year, all transfers of funds will be tightly controlled, and it is not difficult to open an individual entrepreneur now. From the very beginning, do everything right and you will sleep peacefully. Then it will be more difficult.

Answer 5

There is also a rumor that if you do not take an order for a few connections, you will be banned. How many connections to spend is not known. If you have already made 1 order and cannot take 2 for a long time, it is also not known whether they will be banned.
I cashed out my first order through paypal. You have to pay for the pioneer once a year and wait up to 2 months until she comes.