Has anyone else noticed good months followed by poor months?

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Rachel

• April 10, 2023 08:46

I can't help but notice a pattern in my earnings on here these days - I have a good spell which puts me into the 7-day payment processing bracket, and then I can almost guarantee that the following month my earnings will suddenly take a nose dive, bringing me swiftly back down the to 14-day payment processing bracket.   I can't help but think that there is an algorithm at play here, to keep as many people in the 14-day bracket as possible - Sellers are bumped up and down in visibility, to keep things balanced just right in PPH's favour.   

 

Has anyone else noticed this pattern?  

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  Nancy

  • April 10, 2023 10:53

  I have noticed this - but it's also with my clients outside of this platform.  I don't think it's a PPH algorithm.  I think it's the 'feast or famine' nature of freelancing. (Unpredictable).

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  Simon

  • April 10, 2023 10:57

  The earnings are up and down for me but I'm not reading anything sinister into it. My guess is that there isn't enough work to get a smooth average.
  
  In my case I'm not near the 14 day payment bracket, but my target is top cert. I get a run of work and am right on the dividing line between cert 5 and top, and then I don't get anything for a week and it slips back down again.

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  Rachel

  • April 10, 2023 13:23

  @Nancy - interesting.  I've not noticed the correlation with my outside clients, just as a repeated and predictable pattern on PPH.   I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I do find it odd.  One month well over £1k earnings, the next month, barely £200, again and again.  Doesn't make sense to me.  

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