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hobbyDB
hobbydb.com · Superior, United States
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Upwork lists hobbyDB at $137k in client spend.

$136,897 in published client spend across 49 contracts. The full read below — free.

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Total Upwork spend
$137k
$136,897
Top category
Operations Admin Va
33 of 57 contracts
Hiring status
Actively hiring
13 of 49 contracts in progress
Contracts on record
49
$3–95/hr listed
The company

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hobbyDB
Resolved to hobbydb.com · High confidence
Rate X-Ray

What the blended average hides

Don’t trust any single 'average' rate — most of the spend is commodity data work at roughly $3–5/hr while development/design peaks at $10–38/hr and rare expert consults hit $95/hr; price data-entry scopes assuming low hourly benchmarks and bid premium rates only for clearly scoped dev or consultancy work.

Every listed hourly rate · 45 of 49 contracts
median $4/hr · avg ~$10/hr
39
5
1
$0$40$80$120$160$200
median $4/hr avg ~$10/hr — dragged up by two $190–200 contracts
Budget · 44 contracts $3–38
Premium · 1 contract $95–95
What they hire for

Where the work actually is

All 49 contracts by category. Operations Admin Va leads with 33 of 57 contracts.

Operations Admin Va 33
Web development 6
Design, visual & branding 4
QA & testing 4
Mobile development 3
Other / uncategorized 3
Video, animation & audio 2
Marketing, digital & SEO 1
Devops Infra Security 1
Hiring activity

Hiring right now, not last year.

When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 13 of 49 are still in progress.

Contracts started, by month
1
Mar 2024
1
Jul 2024
1
Sep 2024
1
Dec 2024
1
Jul 2025
1
May 2026
Status
13in progress · 36completed
Contract type
45hourly · 4fixed-price
Open roles

Jobs they've posted publicly

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AI Agent that invites website emails and contact forms to a mailing list Aug 24, 2026·1 to 3 months Email Assistant to Source Contact Information & Send Marketing Emails Apr 20, 2026·1 to 3 months Find & Post Diecast Vehicle-Related News & Product Announcements on Our Blog Oct 9, 2025·1 to 3 months Design Work like Badges, Presentations etc Dec 9, 2024·Less than 1 month
Postings Upwork has shown for this client. Some may have since closed.

Every contract on record — all 49

Freelancer names removed · roles only
RoleRateBilled
Database entry for website$3.8/hr$20,309
Quality control on database frontend$4/hr$17,597
Entertainment Earth Data Entry$4/hr$16,936
Adding Model Cars and actual Cars to our database$3.8/hr$12,729
Data entry and QM on collector's database$3.4/hr$9,259
Database entry for website$3/hr$7,814
Adding Model Cars and actual Cars to our database$3.6/hr$7,342
Adding items to hobbyDB according to UPC/EAN code$4.8/hr$7,046
Help maintain our Wordpress Sites$10/hr$6,137
Data entry on collector's database$3.6/hr$5,881
Design Work like Badges, Presentations etc$13/hr$5,788
Looking for Rails and Shopify Experience$12/hr$2,296
Small Shopify App that creates Feeds$10/hr$2,212
Adding Model Cars and actual Cars to our database$3.2/hr$1,958
Basic data entry on collector's database$4/hr$1,831
Adding Sports Memorabilia to hobbyDB$4/hr$1,659
Limited Web Research / Content Creation$5/hr$1,437
Image editing and creating collages of collectible items$3.4/hr$1,422
Shopify App to provide feed of items for sale and more$12/hr$1,239
Adjusting back button functionality and adding one signal support$25/hr$862
Flutter/Android Developer Barcode Scanner$30/hr$633
Customization of our Freshdesk Help Page$38/hr$608
Create Color effect for 36 images$12/hr$306
Android Developer$30/hr$255
Create listings for our Local Store, Museum and Event Directory$3/hr$244
Help with finetuning PostgreSQL / Postgres Settings on AWS$95/hr$158
Flutter/Android Developer Barcode Scanner$25/hr$146
Data entry on collector's database$5/hr$104
Email Assistant to Source Contact Information & Send Marketing Emails$3/hr$104
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$42
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$27
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$14
Data entry on collector's database$4/hr$11
Quality control on database frontend$3/hr$9
Quality control on database frontend$3/hr$9
Data entry on collector's database$4/hr$8
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$7
Quality control on database frontend$3/hr$7
Data entry on collector's database$4/hr$6
Creating short descriptions of Roman Emperors and other historical figures$8/hr$5
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$4
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$4
Data entry on collector's database$4/hr$3
Data entry on collector's database$3/hr$2
DMARC Records et al need settingfixed
Finish the Freshdesk Jobfixed
Create Short Videos using 10 photos eachfixed
Create Short Videos using 10 photos eachfixed
Data Team Member$3/hr
"—" = no rate or billed amount listed (fixed-price or open). Billed is what Upwork shows to date.
Treatment verdict

How they hire, and how they treat people

A single buyer who runs many long hourly data-entry/DB contracts and occasional web/mobile/design hires, using paid tests and ongoing retainers.

Reputation
Uniformly high — freelancers overwhelmingly leave 5★ feedback with a handful of older 3★s on a small writing task.. Clear instructions, patient communication and structured paid work tests that make onboarding straightforward for freelancers.
How they engage
A mix of long-running hourly retainers for repetitive data work and short one-off or fixed-price creative jobs; the buyer repeatedly rehired several contractors onto new or continuing contracts.
Working style
Uses short paid work tests to screen candidates, then moves successful hires into long-running hourly contracts; provides clear task outlines and is largely hands-off once routines are established.
Who wins the work
Best for freelancers who can do high-volume, detail-oriented data work at low hourly rates and who tolerate repetitive tasks; higher-skilled dev/design specialists can win paid short projects but should price at the mid-to-high band.
Repeat hires
Rehires the same freelancers — 3 on 2+ repeat contracts. Deliver once and there's recurring work.
Worth knowing
Several completed contracts appear with the freelancer field blank, indicating work entries or historical hires that are not tied to visible freelancer profiles.

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