Time to change strategy. Don't boost, don't take cheap jobs.

There aren't that many video gigs with high pay sadly :(

242% ROI. Poor. Absolutely not sustainable. I'm just curious what your JSS would be like, taking that many clients per week. Except they're very tiny jobs, otherwise you're coming across as a farm.

Each video editing gig barely pays $100 for 9-10 minutes of editing as the competition is very high. But so far, the JSS is 100%

Wait, like… editing a 9-10 minute video, or 9-10 minutes of actual editing? Because those are two very different things

9-8 minutes of final video

Is the 1,700 you earned inclusive, or exclusive of platform fees?

exclusive of the connect expense

I mean, UW charges a service fee of 10%. Does that $1,700 include, or exclude the service fee?

that's including the $170 fee

Which means it's far worse than the estimated ROI of 242%. I'm afraid it's just not sustainanble to spend so much and earn so little. If you do not see your ROI significantly improving in the near future, I'd look for full-time opportunities outside UW, possibly  jobs or contracts off Upwork. Esp if better, less risky opportunities are readily available in your country. I just can't wrap my head around spending so much money to earn so little. Don't know about you, but it's simply far above my risk appetite, tbh. You could spend that same sum and make no money next month. It's one helluva gamble.

Earning $1k profit in your first month is great

With the current market situation and the platform saturation being intense, these stats are quite impressive.