How to use Goldmine
Find stronger clients. Keep the jobs worth coming back to.
Goldmine helps you start with clients who look more serious, then gives you a clean board to save your angle, revisit promising jobs, mark submitted work after you apply, and stop good leads from disappearing into search-scroll memory.
Search for jobs on Upwork with a focused keyword.
Hover over the Goldmine logo and click the filter icon.
Stay on the tab while Goldmine reviews the first 50 visible jobs.
Review only the Goldmine picks first, then Shortlist or Drop each one.
Use Pursuit Board to save your angle, revisit promising jobs, and mark jobs after you submit on Upwork.
The freelancer habit Goldmine is built for
Work like a disciplined business owner, not a desperate bidder.
Every new Upwork job can look exciting when you need work. But proposals cost connects, time, and focus. Goldmine helps you turn the search results page into a calmer pursuit routine: filter the noise, inspect the stronger client signals, save the reason a job matters, and come back with intent.
Your connects are not coins
Goldmine is built for freelancers who know every proposal costs money, focus, and emotional energy.
Client quality comes first
A smaller set of serious-client opportunities gives your best proposal thinking a better place to land.
The board protects judgment
When a job sparks an angle, a proof point, or a follow-up check, save it before the next search page steals your attention.
Start with a focused search
Search like you are looking for a serious client, not just any job.
Type your keyword in the Upwork search bar, press Search, and wait for the results list to load. Then hover over the Goldmine logo in the floating bar. It changes to the filter icon; click it to review that search.
Use high-intent words
Try terms such as attached, enclosed, urgent, fix, audit, redesign, migration, workflow, integration, or automation when they match your work.
Use skill-specific phrases
Search the way a serious client would describe the work: AI image edit, strategy consultant, product manager, web scraping, Zapier automation, or Shopify migration.
Run one page at a time
Goldmine reviews the visible results page. If you want more coverage, move to the next Upwork results page and run Goldmine again.
Where Goldmine works
Start from search results
Run Goldmine after you search for a skill, keyword, or category on Upwork's job search results page.
Scan one page at a time
Goldmine reviews the visible results page. To inspect more jobs, move to the next Upwork results page and run Goldmine again.
The bar may appear elsewhere
You may see the Goldmine bar on other Upwork pages so you can open settings, account, guide, or Pursuit Board. Filtering itself is designed for job search results.
Stay on the tab
Goldmine opens job details, checks visible client and job signals, and returns to the results list. It may pause if the browser needs attention, a job is unavailable, or the page does not load cleanly.
The Goldmine bar
The floating bar is your compact control strip inside Upwork. It gives quick access to filtering, settings, account, progress, history, and the board without taking over the page.
Goldmine logo
Starts filtering on a supported Upwork search results page. After a run, click it again for a fresh search.
Settings gear
Adjust your personal floor values such as client spend, budget, hourly rate, hire rate, and excluded countries.
Profile menu
Shows sign-in, access, subscription, and logout. Sign in once so your access and board follow your account.
Pursuit Board shortcut
Opens the board where your Goldmine picks, notes, priorities, jobs you marked submitted, and dropped jobs live in one place.
Weekly proposals
Set a small weekly proposal target and count only the jobs you mark after submitting on Upwork.
History
Review recent runs and repeated job titles. Use it for patterns, not for current-run counts.
Collapsible bar
The Goldmine bar can collapse to save space on Upwork. Expand it when you need settings, board, history, or account controls.
While Goldmine is filtering
The progress panel shows what Goldmine is checking and how many jobs have been analyzed. It respects your browser theme, so light-theme users see the light progress panel and dark-theme users see the dark progress panel.
Stay on the tab
Goldmine works through visible job cards. Switching away can let the browser throttle the tab, so stay with the run until it finishes or pauses.
Watch the reviewed titles
The progress panel shows the job title being checked. If a title looks important but does not become a Goldmine pick, you can search that title later and review it manually.
Use pause safely
If Goldmine pauses, read the message, clear whatever is blocking the page, then click Resume. Hide progress only when you want to inspect the page first.
Troubleshooting
If a run pauses or the page needs attention
Goldmine works on a live search results page. Search results, job details, network delays, browser throttling, and verification prompts can occasionally need a manual step. These are the usual recovery paths.
Search results are still loading
Click Hide, wait until the visible job cards finish loading, then click the Goldmine filter icon again.
A job details view is open or stuck
Close the current job details view first. Goldmine runs from the visible search results list, not from an unfinished details panel.
A verification prompt appears
Complete the prompt manually, then return to the search results and run or resume Goldmine. Goldmine does not bypass human checks or platform protections.
Goldmine pauses
Use Resume after the page is ready. If Resume does not move forward, hide progress, close any open details view, wait for the results list, and run Goldmine again.
The progress panel disappears
Return to the search results page and run Goldmine again. Rarely, a dynamic page state or stale job card can interrupt the visible progress panel.
The issue repeats
Send screenshots and the search keyword to upwork-goldmine@muyal.online. Include what you clicked just before the issue appeared so support can reproduce it.
Post-filter panel
This panel is run-specific. It shows how many jobs Goldmine reviewed, how many it kept for that search, and how many were Gold Star picks. Open Pursuit Board when you want to continue in a cleaner workspace.
Current-run picks stay visible unless you have already cleared them. If all matching jobs were previously dropped, Goldmine keeps them hidden and tells you there are no active picks to review. Other board states, such as Shortlisted or Submitted, stay attached to the job when it appears again.
Useful and Needs tuning are quick feedback buttons for that run. Use them when the picks feel sharp or when the filter needs adjustment.
History and repeated jobs
History is aggregate context, not the current run. It can show repeated titles and lifetime filtering counts. Use it to notice patterns, but use the post-filter panel and Pursuit Board for immediate work.
Goldmine pick cards
After filtering, Goldmine keeps the strongest client-signal matches visible and hides the rest so your first pass is focused. Each kept card gives just enough context to decide what to do next.
The visible list is grouped for triage: Gold Star picks first, then strong green picks, then blue manual-look picks. That order helps you spend attention where the client signal is strongest.
Why Goldmine kept this
Each pick includes a short reason line so you can see the main client-quality signal without treating it as a black-box score.
Gold Star
A Gold Star means the job also crossed your average-pay floor. It is a priority signal, not a guarantee.
Green pick
A green pick clears your core client and job floors, such as spend, hire rate, budget or hourly rate, and recent-enough activity.
Blue manual look
A blue pick is intentionally stricter than a maybe-list. Goldmine keeps it only when the client has enough visible trust signals for a quick human review.
Fresh active client
Some blue picks are newer clients with little history. Goldmine keeps them only when the job clears your rate or budget floor, the client viewed the job today, payment and phone are verified, and the client appears recently onboarded.
Shortlist
Use this after a quick fit check when the job deserves serious proposal effort. Shortlisting means 'I may write for this', not 'I already submitted'.
Drop
Use this to remove weak fits from your focus. Dropped jobs stay recoverable in the board so mistakes do not punish you.
Mark submitted
Use this after you submit on Upwork. It keeps your board and weekly target honest.
Notes
Add small working notes like proposal angle, proof point, invite count, client last seen, or a deadline reminder. Notes autosave when you leave the field.
Card colors at a glance
The colors are meant to help you triage, not to replace judgment. Start with Gold Star and green, then scan blue picks when you still have proposal capacity.
Strongest visual priority. The job clears Goldmine's main checks and the client's average pay is above your Gold Star floor.
Regular Goldmine pick. The client and job clear your saved floors and deserve first-pass review.
Worth a manual look. The job misses one or more strict floors, but verified client basics plus client history or fresh activity make it worth a quick decision.
Pursuit Board
The board keeps your promising Upwork opportunities in one calm workspace: decide quickly, save your proposal angle or follow-up check, mark submitted after you propose, and stop weak jobs from stealing attention. Picks stay on the board even if you navigate away from the search page.
This is where Goldmine becomes more than a filter. When a job looks promising but you are not ready to submit yet, save the reason: the angle you thought of, the requirement you must answer, the proof point to include, or the client activity you want to check tomorrow. That keeps good judgment from getting buried under the next page of search results.
Jobs needing your decision
New or reviewing Goldmine picks. Open each one, do a quick fit check, then Shortlist or Drop.
Shortlisted: write proposal
Jobs you decided are worth proposal effort. Save your angle or follow-up check, write carefully on Upwork, then mark submitted in Goldmine.
Submitted: wait for signal
Jobs you marked after submitting on Upwork. Keep them visible without repeatedly re-reading or over-checking.
Cleared from focus
Dropped jobs. They no longer steal attention, but you can restore them if your judgment changes.
Today's focus
Highlights one useful next action so the board is not just a database. It nudges you toward deciding, proposing, or waiting cleanly.
Filter tabs
Use Open pursuits, Needs decision, Shortlisted, Submitted, and Cleared to view exactly the type of work you want to handle now.
Priority
For shortlisted jobs, mark High, Normal, or Low priority so you write the best proposals first while the client context is fresh.
Find on Upwork
Searches the exact job title when an old job link no longer opens cleanly.
Daily revisit loop
Keep unusually strong older jobs on your board, then open them later to check whether the client has come back before you spend connects.
Proposal memory
Use notes for the angle that came to mind, the specific requirement to answer, proof points to include, or the client signal you want to recheck.
Work trail
The board gives a simple record of what you reviewed, shortlisted, submitted, and cleared. Useful for your own discipline, a supervisor, or the big boss at home.
Feedback strip
Use Useful, Needs tuning, or Suggest feature to tell us how the run felt without writing a long review.
Coach tips
Dismissible tips teach the workflow in small doses. They are meant to keep the fundamentals visible without becoming a manual you must read every time.
Why Goldmine starts with client signals
Many freelancers search by skill alone. That is natural, but it can create a noisy list of jobs from clients who may not be ready, responsive, funded, or serious. Goldmine starts from a simple business principle: better clients reduce the cost of acquiring work.
If a client has promising visible fundamentals, the same proposal effort can have a better chance of turning into a useful conversation. That saved effort can go into proposal quality, relationship building, and doing more with good clients instead of spraying connects across every possible job.
Refresh and recovery
If a job is hard to reopen later, open Pursuit Board and use Find on Upwork. It searches the exact job title and helps you recover the opportunity. When the job appears again, Goldmine restores its context where possible.
Account and access
Sign-in, access, subscription, and complimentary access are handled on the Goldmine website. The extension checks your access before filtering and keeps the Upwork workflow focused on search, review, and proposal decisions.
Email OTP sign-in
Sign in with your email and one-time code. There is no password to remember.
Subscription
Choose monthly billing in USD or INR, then continue to Razorpay. Your bank or card network may apply its own currency conversion or foreign transaction fee.
Complimentary month
If you are a student, between jobs, or facing financial hardship, you can request a one-time complimentary month when eligible. Keep the note honest and practical.
Responsible filtering
Goldmine starts after your search results appear. You choose the search terms, handle any verification prompts, and decide which jobs deserve proposals.
Feedback and support
Use Useful, Needs tuning, or Suggest feature inside the Goldmine extension when you want to tell us how the filter felt or what would make the workflow better. Please do not enter passwords, payment details, private client messages, or sensitive information in feedback, notes, or feature requests.
For billing, refund, cancellation, access, privacy, or payment-dispute questions, write from your Goldmine account email to upwork-goldmine@muyal.online and include the invoice, payment, or subscription reference if available.
Important boundary
Goldmine highlights jobs from clients who look more serious based on visible Upwork signals. It does not guarantee interviews, hires, payments, or outcomes. Your judgment, timing, positioning, and proposal quality still decide what is worth pursuing. Once your Goldmine picks are handled, review the remaining Upwork results too if time permits.