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Upwork Account Registration Tweaks and Cheats

I'm a member of many Facebook groups that focus on online jobs and online freelance workers. I once came across a post in an unofficial Upwork group that there are easy and sure ways to get an account registration approved. There are even people who are offering their services to get another account approved instantly, for some fee. There's even a Youtube video demonstrating how exactly an Upwork account registration can be tweaked and get it approved.

To these ideas, I would strongly advise NOT TO FOLLOW. I studied the steps done in the Youtube video, and theoretically, it may actually work. There's a long list of comments wherein the majority claims the technique work. Let me explain why it may work. In my previous post, I mentioned the importance of having the right skills to be indicated when registering for an account in Upwork. So the technique that the Youtube video showed was to simply change and edit the skillset into showing those advance and highly in-demand skills. One can simply edit it again later once their accounts were approved. Other people offering and claiming that they can help you get your account registration approved on Upwork are also employing these same techniques.

Here's my take of such techniques. Surely those techniques would have gone viral, and definitely it would have reached Upwork admins. They can simply monitor newly signed accounts for signs of using the patterns indicated by the tweaks, and get it flagged. This means that while you may have your accounts approved, Upwork guys can still catch up on you sooner or later. I'm saying this because it actually happened to one of the Facebook group members.

Ok, let's say that the chance of getting your "tweaked" account flagged may be slim, assuming that there are so many users to monitored. Upwork has recently taken steps to verify each and every user accounts (new and old) through account validation. They randomly pick out accounts and subject them to video verification and document submission. If you fail the validation (especially since you tweaked it in the first place), then they will still suspend your account permanently. I've been on Upwork since its beginning, and I still underwent account validation a few months ago.  It's a normal procedure for Upwork to ensure that the platform stays clean and fair for everyone.

The endpoint here is that you have to through the legal procedures if you want in. Work with a clear conscience and be confident enough that you earned your rightful spot to be on Upwork. If your account registration gets denied, learn some new skills, add it to your profile, then try again. If after many tried and you still fail, then maybe Upwork is not the right platform for you. There are many other sites for new freelancers to venture (which I will share in my other blogs). Best of Luck!
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