You pay for deliverables rather than time. Don't do fixed-fee bids. You need to describe exactly what you want and how much it's worth to you, in terms you can

You pay for deliverables rather than time. Don't do fixed-fee bids. You need to describe exactly what you want and how much it's worth to you, in terms you can measure. Doing that over Upwork is hard because they only have the fixed fee and hourly models, but it's possible even on that platform. I wrote a long-ish article about this a few years ago: https://typicalprogrammer.com/how-to-work-with-freelance-developers https://typicalprogrammer.com/how-to-work-with-freelance-dev... If you don't feel comfortable describing your requirements and breaking those out into discrete measurable deliverables you can put a price tag on, then you need to solve that problem. The best way is to get someone you trust who can do that with you.