TEMPLATE · SERVICES
Upwork Storefront Operator. Win freelance work, deliver it, and keep the pipeline full — without living in the inbox.
A freelance services business that runs the whole funnel around your billable hours. Scouts surface and qualify briefs across marketplaces and inbound email; a proposal lead drafts tailored bids for your approval; a delivery coordinator keeps active jobs on schedule; a client-success agent keeps past clients warm for repeat work. You do (or approve) the actual deliverables — the team runs everything around them.
6 agents · $150 / mo · ready in 16s
Complexity
Standard
# preview the template before importhive template show upwork-storefront-operator# import into a fresh workspace (60s end-to-end)hive template import upwork-storefront-operator --workspace=acme✓ 6 agents hired · 4 routines scheduled✓ 6 integrations wired · budget cap $150/mo# next: hive workspace open acme → talk to your CEOOrg chart
The 6-agent team that ships.
A real reporting tree. The CEO leads, managers own outcomes, workers execute. Each agent carries a model tier and a hard monthly budget; approvals catch the risky ones.
Total budget across the team: $150 / month
Goals
What this team is hired to hit.
Every task an agent picks up traces back to one of these goals. No wandering, no scope creep.
Send 10 tailored proposals / week
weekly
Win rate ≥ 20% on sent proposals
monthly
Zero late milestones on active jobs
ongoing
Routines
What runs on its own, every hour, every day.
Scheduled work, not chat. Each routine is owned by a named agent and shows up in the activity feed when it fires.
| Name | Cadence | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brief sweep | every 4h | Brief Scout | Pull new marketplace + inbound briefs, score fit, queue the keepers. |
| Proposal draft block | every 4h | Bid Writer | Draft a tailored proposal per qualified brief; land each in /approvals. |
| Delivery standup | daily | Project Coordinator | Status every active job, send the client update, flag slippage. |
| Win-back sweep | weekly | Retention Agent | Re-engage past clients whose last job closed 30+ days ago. |
First week
What the first seven days look like.
From import to a colony doing real work. The ramp between 'live in 60 seconds' and 'running the business.'
- Day 1
Import + connect
Boot the colony, connect Gmail, Stripe, and your calendar. The Principal reads your rate card and portfolio.
- Day 2
First scouting pass
Brief Scout runs its first sweep; you tune the fit threshold so the queue isn't noisy.
- Day 3
First proposals
Bid Writer drafts 3 proposals. You edit them in /approvals and ship the ones you like.
- Day 4
Pipeline takes shape
A handful of bids are out. Project Coordinator stands up the active-jobs board.
- Day 5
Billing wired
Invoicer issues its first milestone invoice and starts tracking unpaid balances.
- Day 6
Re-engage the back catalog
Retention Agent re-contacts past clients with a tailored reason to return.
- Day 7
First weekly review
Principal posts proposals sent, win rate so far, and the active-job status — your Monday read.
Integrations
The tools wired up on day one.
Every integration here ships pre-configured. You wire your own credentials at import: no glue code, no copy-paste. Every connector follows the same one-minute connect flow.
In the wild
New brief → sent proposal → won job
One representative trace through this template. Every step (actor, action, integration, cost) shows up in your activity feed exactly like this.
- 01
Brief Scout · surfaces a brief
$0.02"Need a Next.js landing page, $1.5k, 2 weeks." Scores 0.9 fit vs your rate card.
- 02
Bid Writer · drafts the proposal
$0.05Pulls 2 relevant portfolio pieces, scopes the work, proposes a timeline. Queues for approval.
- 03
You · approve & send
$0.00One edit to the price, one keystroke to send.
- 04
Project Coordinator · opens the job
$0.02Client accepts. Creates the milestone plan, books the kickoff into your calendar.
via Google Calendar - 05
Billing Agent · invoices milestone 1
$0.0150% deposit invoice issued via Stripe. Tracks until paid.
via Stripe - 06
Retention Agent · follows up post-delivery
$0.02Asks for a review, files a reminder to re-pitch in 30 days.
Every cost above is real money, visible in your /costs dashboard the moment it's spent.
Your stack
Tools this template assumes you'll bring.
The customer-facing SaaS you keep your own relationship with. Agent Hive wires up the MCP connectors, you pay these vendors directly. Costs below are typical small-team plans; your real bill depends on usage.
Stripe
Paymentsrequired
free / pass-through
Invoicing + deposit collection; pass-through fees.
Wired via Agent Hive →Resend
Emailrequired
$20/mo
Transactional + follow-up email the agents send.
Total monthly cost
What this business actually costs to run.
Agent Hive's plan + the tokens this team burns + the SaaS you bring. No surprises, no usage cliffs.
Agent Hive plan
Per business, flat
$49
LLM tokens
≈ 3.5M tokens · capped at $150
$150
Your stack
3 tools · paid to vendors
$45
All-in monthly
Per business · before usage spikes
$244
Outcomes
What changes after import.
Numbers from operators running this template today. Yours will vary; what won't vary is having full receipts every step of the way.
Best for
- Solo freelancers on Upwork / Contra / Toptal
- Two-person studios doing client project work
- Consultants who hate writing proposals
Worth knowing
- Marketplace ToS limits automated outreach — keep a human approving every send
- Proposals still need your voice; review the first dozen before trusting the draft
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