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Sportek International Inc.
sportek.com · Commerce, United States
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Upwork lists Sportek International at $46k in client spend.

$45,834 in published client spend across 8 contracts. The full read below — free.

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Total Upwork spend
$46k
$45,834
Top category
Design, visual & branding
2 of 8 contracts
Hiring status
Actively hiring
2 of 8 contracts in progress
Contracts on record
8
$10–15/hr listed
The company

Who's actually behind the account.

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Sportek International Inc.
Resolved to sportek.com · High confidence
Rate X-Ray

What the blended average hides

Money is concentrated in long-term design retainers at about $15/hr while other work is low-paid or fixed-price (≈$10/hr Shopify and $20–$320 one-offs); don’t rely on a high blended hourly average — negotiate specialty work or larger fixed scopes if you need higher effective pay.

Every listed hourly rate · 4 of 8 contracts
median $15/hr · avg ~$14/hr
4
$0$40$80$120$160$200
median $15/hr avg ~$14/hr — dragged up by two $190–200 contracts
Budget · 4 contracts $10–15
What they hire for

Where the work actually is

All 8 contracts by category. Design, visual & branding leads with 2 of 8 contracts.

Design, visual & branding 2
Web development 1
Operations Admin Va 1
Research & consulting 1
Marketing Lead Gen Sales 1
Devops Infra Security 1
Customer support 1
Hiring activity

Hiring right now, not last year.

When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 2 of 8 are still in progress.

Contracts started, by month
2
Jul 2018
1
Jan 2022
1
Feb 2022
2
Aug 2025
1
Jun 2026
1
Jul 2026
Status
2in progress · 6completed
Contract type
4hourly · 4fixed-price
Open roles

Jobs they've posted publicly

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Shopify store manager Jul 23, 2026·1 to 3 months Seo and AI Jul 21, 2026·More than 6 months Graphic Designer – Dye Sublimation Prepress Specialist Jul 15, 2026·More than 6 months Textile Compliance & Sustainability Coordinator (Part-Time / Remote) May 29, 2026·More than 6 months
Postings Upwork has shown for this client. Some may have since closed.

Every contract on record — all 8

Freelancer names removed · roles only
RoleRateBilled
Looking for Graphic designer with experience in email marketing and banners$15/hr$29,329
Looking for Graphic designer with experience in email marketing and banners$15/hr$14,644
Textile Compliance & Sustainability Coordinator (Part-Time / Remote)$15/hr$1,018
Shopify Manager for two sites$10/hr
Lead Generation for Dye-Sub Printers in US and Canadafixed
30 minute consultationfixed
Database issuefixed
Ebay Restricted Issuefixed
"—" = 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 mixes long-running hourly design retainers (mid-low hourly rates) with occasional small fixed-price tasks and lead-gen projects.

Reputation
Uniformly high — freelancers overwhelmingly left 5★ ratings for this buyer.. Clear, cooperative interactions and long-running engagements that allowed freelancers to work continuously on the same deliverables.
The catch — ratings are uninformative
The buyer commonly gives 5★ ratings with short, generic praise or no text, producing boilerplate endorsements rather than detailed, specific reviews.
How they engage
Mix of multi-month to multi-year hourly retainers for design work and intermittent short fixed-price jobs; the buyer rehired for the same roles over time rather than only hiring ad hoc.
Working style
Operates both long-running hourly engagements (hands-off day-to-day once set up) and discrete fixed-price tasks, with communicative but task-focused interactions and an expectation that freelancers deliver to spec.
Who wins the work
Freelancers offering steady hourly support for email/marketing design or ongoing Shopify maintenance — priced in the mid-low bands — are the best fit; for one-off lead-gen or technical fixes, expect to price tightly and clarify success criteria up front.
Worth knowing
One graphic designer relationship billed tens of thousands over multiple years (the largest single spend on the record).

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