Lodestar by Oasis
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Fewer, better applications.

You did not start freelancing to refresh a feed at midnight. Tell Lodestar what a good job looks like once, then wake up to three worth your Connects, each with a draft that sounds like you on your best day. You read, you approve, you send.

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The leak

It is not you. It is the funnel.

P1 · Blank page

That blank composer stare

You wrote twelve drafts this month and deleted nine, because everything fast sounds like everyone else. Lodestar drafts from your past wins, so you start from proof instead of a blinking cursor.

P2 · Bad bets

Connects that vanish

Sixteen Connects on a post with 200 proposals, from a client who has never hired. It stings because you knew. Lodestar scores every post before you spend, so your budget goes to rooms you can win.

P3 · Missed windows

The one that got away

The perfect post, answered in the golden first hour, while you were asleep or in a meeting. A daily scan never sleeps, so your mornings start with the shortlist instead of the scroll.

30 proposals, 0 interviews. Check which step leaks.

How it works

Three steps. One quiet morning email.

Scan, score, draft. Then you decide what gets sent, because the call was always yours.

Daily scan digest

One email. Only jobs worth your Connects.

You have better things to do at 7am than read eighty job posts. Lodestar reads them with your eyes and your rules, then hands you the three worth your morning. The skipped ones still get a reason, because guessing hurts worse than a no.

Fit score, explained

Your weights. Your math. Info only, you decide.

You would never hand Connects to a black box, and we will not ask you to. Every kept job shows all ten factors, each weight, each point, adding up in the open. Change any weight and the total follows your judgment, not ours.

Skipped: Logo in 24 hours, $15 fixed

Why: 12 / 100

Under your $100 floor and unverified spend. Two bars failed, so it stays out of the email.

Skipped: Hiring 12 writers this week

Why: 31 / 100

214 proposals in 2 hours. Proposal odds scored 1 of 10 and pulled the total under your bar.

Static sample math. Your live scores compute the same way, on your weights.

Studio draft and critique

First 80 characters decide the open. Test them here.

Clients see about eighty characters of your hook on their phone. Eighty characters deciding twenty dollars of Connects deserves a rehearsal. Each kept job arrives with a draft in your voice, checked four ways, then critiqued with a concrete fix. You approve it, you open it on Upwork, you send it yourself.

Draft · grounded in your wins

Your checkout drops on mobile at the shipping step. I fixed the same leak for a store last month.

You mentioned a 61% drop on phones. My last checkout rebuild cut mobile abandonment from 58% to 34% in three weeks, with the same shipping plugin you run.

Happy to start with a 20 minute audit of your funnel before you commit. What does a good week of mobile conversion look like for you?

  • Hook is 74 characters. Opens clean on a phone.
  • You beats I, 3 to 1. Client first, proof second.
  • Zero banned phrases. No filler the client has read 40 times.
  • CTA asks one question. Invites a reply, not a verdict.

Phone preview · what the client sees

Critique loop · specific problem, concrete fix

Before · weakHi, I am a hardworking and dedicated freelancer with many years of experience. I am very interested in your project and I would love to help you.

After · fixedYour checkout drops on mobile at the shipping step. I fixed the same leak for a store last month. Names the pain, cites one proof, earns the click.

You send, never us. Money steps finish on Upwork.

Around the send

Sharp tools around a careful send.

Sending is the scary part, so everything around it makes you braver. Your voice on sliders, one sharp question before you spend, and a profile that converts the views you already get.

Your voice, on sliders

Sound like you on your best day. Drag a slider and watch one draft bend toward you. Export the rules and they work in any AI tool, because your voice was never ours to keep.

Take it anywhere. as a portable doc for any AI tool.

Ask before you spend

A vague post eats Connects for breakfast. Lodestar reads the gaps and drafts two questions that close them. You ask on Upwork yourself, or fold the likely answer straight into the draft.

Your post skips the shipping plugin name. Is checkout on Shopify Plus or standard?
Is the 61% drop measured on mobile only, or all devices?

Either way, you walk in knowing something the other 200 applicants do not.

Profile audit, lite

Your profile works while you sleep, so it should earn its keep. Title, overview, skills, each with one line to change this week.

Title: name the outcome, not the tool. Overview: proof in line two. Skills: match the jobs you want.

When you outgrow a checklist, we point you to a partner who does this full time. We will not pretend a checklist is the whole job.

Walkthrough · scripted, not recorded

Watch one morning, in twelve seconds.

A scripted walkthrough of the real flow, played with pure interface. Nothing here pretends to be a customer video. Press play.

One morning with Lodestar Scripted demo

Twelve seconds, four beats. Sound off, text on.

Connect

One button. Plain words. Disconnect anytime.

If connecting felt clunky, nothing after it would matter. So this is the smoothest ninety seconds in the product.

1

Connect

One button, about ten seconds. You sign in with Upwork itself. No passwords typed here, nothing stored that should not be.

We can see: your saved searches and public job posts. We cannot see: messages, money, or anything you do not share.

2

Set filters

Tell it your rules once. Budget floor, niche, which of the ten factors matters most to you. Plain sliders, saved as your template.

Change any bar later. Old digests keep the rules they ran under.

3

Get the first digest

Then sleep in. Tomorrow at 7:00 AM your time, the first email lands. Three jobs or fewer, each scored, each with a draft already waiting.

Reconnect is routine: access renews about every two weeks, data intact.

Try the handshake

This is the real handshake in miniature. Open it, read exactly what we ask for, and watch it connect. Disconnect stays one click away.

Not connected. Nothing has been shared.

The rules, said plainly

Designed to respect Upwork rules. You send, never us.

Nobody should take rules on faith from a landing page. Here they are, plain and checkable.

Daily scans, because feed watching is restricted

One calm pass over your saved searches each morning. No constant polling, no background scraping.

Cache deleted within 24 hours

Job content is held only to build your digest, then wiped. Scan output is gone within 30 days.

Every send approved by you, on Upwork

Drafts open on Upwork for your review. Money steps finish there, by your hand, every time.

Independent tool, plain relationship

Not affiliated with Upwork Inc. No training on your data, no cross user learning, no surprises.

The short version our lawyer made us keep short: Lodestar helps you read and write. It never pretends to be you, and it never promises safety. You own the account, the clicks, and the final call.

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What it costs

See what each application really cost.

Connects are an investment budget, not ammunition. This is the receipt drawer: what you spent, what it won, and which niche quietly ate your budget. Your numbers replace these samples the week you connect.

Your numbers replace these the week you connect. Until then, every figure here is a labeled sample.

Free while in early access

Free. No card. Disconnect anytime. Leave with your voice file.

Numbered answers to fair questions.

Six questions we hear before anyone connects an account. Read them over coffee. Still unsure after these? Write to us. A human replies, not a bot.

01Allowed?

Fair question, and the short answer is yes, by design. Here is the longer one. Lodestar runs one daily scan of your saved searches, deletes cached job content within 24 hours, and never auto applies. Every proposal is confirmed by you, on Upwork. You stay responsible for Upwork ToS compliance, and the honesty panel above states each rule in plain words.

02Do you send proposals for me?

Never, not once. Lodestar drafts, checks, and critiques. You press Approve, the draft opens on Upwork, and you send it yourself. Money steps always finish by your hand. You send, never us.

03What can Lodestar see?

Only what it needs to do the job: your saved searches and the public job posts they return, plus the profile details you share for drafts. Not your messages, not your money, not other freelancers. Cached job content is deleted within 24 hours, and scan output is gone within 30 days.

04What does free include?

Everything in v1, genuinely: the daily scan digest, ten factor scorecards with skip explainers, Studio drafts with pre checks and critique, voice sliders with export, Connects tracking, and profile audit lite. Free while in early access. If paid tiers ever arrive, they will need Upwork consent first, and you will hear it from us before anything changes.

05Will it work for my niche?

Probably, if your niche posts on Upwork with clear budgets and steady volume. The scorecard ships with Oasis defaults, then learns your weights: raise the budget floor, punish crowded posts, favor your timezone. Thin or brand new niches still get honest skip lines instead of false confidence.

06How do I leave?

The way it should be: one click disconnects Upwork, and your data goes with your decision. Export your voice file first and paste it into any AI tool. It is yours. No lock in, no exit survey, no hard feelings.

Start tomorrow

Fewer, better applications.

Tonight, set your filters in two minutes. Tomorrow at 7:00 AM, coffee and three good jobs. Free while we are in early access. Leave anytime with your voice file.

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