Step 9: Portfolio
Everything else on your profile is something you say about yourself. Your portfolio is where a buyer sees it. It is usually the deciding factor between a buyer who keeps reading and one who reaches out.
What Goes Into a Project
Each project is added with the “Add Portfolio” button and has a few fields. Only the title is required — the rest are there to give a buyer context, and the more you fill in, the more convincing the entry.
Project title — required
Between 10 and 50 characters. Be specific: “Kitchen remodel in Playas de Tijuana” tells a buyer more than “Remodel” or “Client work.”
Budget and duration
An optional dollar figure and a duration range (from “1 – 7 days” up to “6+ months”). These help a buyer judge whether your typical work matches the scale of theirs.
Key skills
Tag the skills this particular project used, so the entry reinforces what you do best.
Description
Optional, but if you write one it needs at least 60 characters (up to 1400). Two or three sentences: what the client needed, what you delivered, how it turned out.
Attachments
Upload images or video of the work. This is what brings a project to life — clear, well-lit shots that show the result rather than a cramped phone snapshot.
Ideas by Category
| Category | What to show |
|---|---|
| Construction & Home Services | Before/after photos of finished jobs — a remodel, a clean installation, a landscaped yard |
| Events & Entertainment | Shots from events you ran — a decorated venue, a styled table, a packed dance floor |
| Business & Consulting | Clean visuals of your work — an anonymized report, a dashboard, a tidy set of numbers |
If You're Just Starting Out
Make spec pieces — original, professional-quality work for an imagined client. A strong spec project beats an empty portfolio every time. Buyers respond to the quality of what they see, not to whether the client was real.
Best Practice
Lead with your single best project, and add images to your strongest work first — the first couple of images across your projects are the ones that show on your card in search and on your profile preview.
Important
A blurry or pixelated image makes your work look careless even when it isn't. If a photo isn't clear, leave it out rather than uploading it as a placeholder.