Major reasons of upwork account suspension for freelancers

1. Having multiple accounts :

This is not a common practice, however, a lot of freelancers try to outsmart the upwork system by creating multiple accounts for more connects (upwork offers a limited number of connects per month and you need to pay to get more to bid on more projects). Some freelancers even make different accounts for reciprocal reviews, fake job posting etc.

You got to realise that upwork is the largest freelancer website in the world and they have their technology in place to determine such practices. They have multiple ways to figure out if one person is operating more than one account and will immediately suspend the account, without giving the freelancer even a chance to recover the account. So do not do this mistake ever, if you want to have a career working on upwork.

2. Accepting Payments outside Upwork :

This is yet another reason that can lead to the suspension of even the established freelancers. Often, freelancers start with smaller projects where the payout isn’t too high. Once they start getting bigger projects, the 20% commission (10% if the billing from one client crosses $500) starts to seem big to the freelancers and they start to find out ways to save on the commission.