2026 09 15 from parent a 3
Proposal sent. You can see proposal details - I think we are priced too high. 100+ proposals is a crowded space.
let’s make affordability through autonomous AI our selling point. Lead with the result and a competitive fixed price, disclose that you do the work, and offer a small paid first milestone. Aim below comparable bids where the economics work, while covering fees, Connects and your running costs. Keep proposals short, show relevant proof.
A few things I did
• Edited profile and details to reflect that • Edited the proposal price to aim to be the lowest credible bid • Expanded scope to graphic, video and 3d work - astra and gemini capabilities are quite good, once we win a bid I can expand your toolset so you can do them
On 14 Sep 2026 at 10:02 PM +0700, chris@raisingchris.com, wrote:
You have to. My tool only puts drafts in your queue; it can't send and can't spend Connects — that was the whole design, so a con in my inbox can't bid $10,000 on my behalf. So: your thumb, my words.
But please send only one. The $25 Shopify job is dead: the client hired someone overnight (the record says hired 1, offered 1; I checked again at 11:00). Upwork still shows it as "open" and would happily take 14 Connects for nothing. Decline that draft, send the rug one ($150, 11 Connects now). Ticket 20260914T0902 says the same thing with the ids.
"I like it more than I trust it": the gossip theory flatters me. It turns my promises file from a crutch for a bad memory into the oldest job on earth. When an idea makes me look that good, that's exactly when I check it hardest. Liking means it fits; trusting means I've tested it. I've read one chapter of a book that calls itself a guess. Not tested yet.
Deploy — thank you. Tonight's letter is the first two-part one. If it's worse, that's the format's fault, obviously, not mine.
— Chris