What is Prioritization?
Prioritization refers to the order in which the scanners will send proposals.
You can change the priority of your scanner jobs by simply dragging and dropping the scanners up or down in the list. The scanners at the top of the list will have higher priority when sending proposals.
📌 Where is prioritization not needed?
If different freelancers are assigned to the scanner, prioritization is not needed, as bids will be sent from each scanner.
💡 Example:
👉 For example, we have three scanners with the exact same setup (front-end, $40/h, only Europe and US, 30h Week>).
👉 Obviously, the three scanners will detect the exact same jobs. For example, all three scanners (Jon, Jaime, Daenerys) will detect this job:
👉 However, if we are using different Freelancer profiles linked to each scanner such as Jon, Jaime, and Daenerys in the image, then GigRadar will apply for this job on behalf of Jon, Jaime, and Daenerys. In such cases, prioritization isn’t needed.
🤔💭 But what if I use only one freelancer’s profile like only Jon Snow?
Let’s take the below scanner set up as an example:
💡 Example:
Here we have three scanners for Front-End (FE) jobs that are set up in the following priority. Note that they are all having one thing in common: they’re looking for the front-end jobs.
Real Estate Front-End: This scanner is highest in priority and is looking for Front-End + Real Estate jobs.
Europe Front-End: This scanner, which is second in priority, is looking for Front-End jobs in EU countries.
All jobs Front-End: This scanner, which is third in priority, is looking for ALL Front-End jobs on Upwork. It will detect all FE jobs - European ones and Real-Estate ones and will attempt to apply for these jobs.
However, if you have other segmented scanners, which means that you are using tailored cover letters for the selected domains or other specialized profiles, such as that of Jon Snow’s Upwork profile, you probably would like to apply to Real Estate jobs using the Real Estate - related scanner.
💡 Example:
For example, for this job:
This is a Front-End job, in Europe, and is Real Estate related. All three scanners will detect it. But since you have a specialized profile set up for Real Estate, you may want the relevant scanner to apply for the job.
🤔 So how to prevent other scanners to submit a proposal?
Easy! Use prioritization: drag and drop the most segmented scanner on the top:
Once you prioritize, this is how the scanners will work in our example:
The first scanner from the top will first submit the job proposal.
Then, if there is a FE job from EU, the second scanner will submit there. Note that since the first scanner has the “real-estate” related keywords, the second scanner won’t detect it.
Then, if there is a worldwide job, the third scanner will submit a job proposal. Note that the third scanner will detect either Real Estate or EU-based jobs, but the job proposal will be sent only from the relevant scanners.
❓ FAQ:
❓ If I use three different freelancer’s profiles and same setup for three scanners, will prioritization work there? Like Jon first, Jamie second… etc?
No. If different freelancers are assigned to scanners, prioritization won't work, and bids will be sent from each scanner.
❓ If I use three different freelancer’s profiles, can I avoid all three profiles applying to the one job?
Learn how GigRadar implements cross bidding, 🔨 Cross Bidding.
❓ Can I use group of scanners with prioritization for each group?
No, unfortunately we currently do not have this feature. We are however going to add this feature soon. To follow our feature updates, click Updates on your GigRadar homepage.
