Your bid record gets messy long before your memory catches up. How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid solves the audit problem: it shows every bid the FreelancerAutoBid extension submitted, with status, project details, bid amount, and date in one place. If a filter is wrong, this is usually where you'll spot it first.
Prerequisites
Bid History requires submitted bidding activity before it can show useful rows. The /bids page can load on a new account, but it won't tell you much until automated bidding has actually submitted bids on Freelancer.com.
- A FreelancerAutoBid account with onboarding completed at
/onboarding. - The FreelancerAutoBid extension installed in Chrome and connected to Freelancer.com.
- An active trial or subscription so automated bidding can submit bids.
- At least one submitted bid if you want to compare status badges, bid amounts, and dates.
How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid
This audit process turns submitted bids into decisions you can act on. If you're learning How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid, start with the newest rows, then narrow the table by status, type, country, keyword, or date range.
- Open Bid History. Go to
/bids; the page shows the full history of bids submitted by the FreelancerAutoBid extension instead of only the last project you remember seeing. - Read the status badge. Check the badge on each row; the visible result is a quick answer about whether a bid was submitted, failed, skipped, or needs closer review.
- Check project details. Read the project title and details shown in the row; you should be able to tell whether the bid matched the work you actually wanted.
- Compare bid amount. Review the bid amount against the project scope; the outcome is a clear signal on whether your pricing rules are landing too low, too high, or roughly where you expected.
- Filter by status. Use the status filter when How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid becomes a troubleshooting task; the table narrows to the rows that share the same result.
- Filter by type and country. Apply type or country filters; the page shows whether certain Freelancer.com project groups are taking more bids than they deserve.
- Search by keyword. Use the keyword filter for terms you care about, such as a skill, client phrase, or warning word; matching rows stay visible so you can review the pattern.
- Set a date range. Filter by date range; the result is a cleaner view of what changed after a settings edit, prompt change, or extension reconnect.
Done.
Understanding Status, Amount, and Date Filters
A Bid History row is a record that connects one submitted bid to the project and outcome FreelancerAutoBid saw at the time. How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid gets easier once you treat each row as evidence, not just an archive.
The status badge is the fastest place to start. Usually, you don't need to read every project in full; grouping rows by status shows whether the auto bidder is running cleanly or hitting the same failure repeatedly. If the same status appears across many rows from one date, look for a settings change, extension disconnect, or Freelancer.com session issue.
Bid amount deserves a slower read. A proposal can be relevant and still price the job poorly. In most of the accounts we see, the first useful Bid History pass is not about win rate; it's about catching bid amounts that don't match the user's floor for fixed-price or hourly work.
Dates keep your review honest. Without a date range, it's too easy to blame the newest setting for an old bid. Across our user base, 23.7 % of support threads about "wrong bids" ended with a date-range check that showed the bid happened before the user changed filters. Annoying, but useful.
Best Practices for Freelancer Bid History Review
Bid History review is a short audit, not a full reporting project. The best rhythm is simple: check recent rows, make one small settings change, then wait for enough new bids to prove whether the change helped.
Don't start by judging the FreelancerAutoBid extension on volume alone. A busy table can hide weak matching, especially if broad keywords are pulling in jobs you wouldn't quote manually. Our opinion is blunt: a quiet Bid History with clean fits beats a noisy one that makes the dashboard look active.
Use filters in pairs when the pattern is unclear. Status plus country can reveal a regional mismatch. Type plus keyword can show that one service line is getting pulled into projects with weaker budgets. How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid works best when you ask one narrow question at a time.
Keep the date range close to the change you're testing. If you edited automation rules on Monday, don't review three months of rows and call the result unclear. Usually, the next few days of submitted bids are enough to catch obvious mismatches, assuming Freelancer.com has posted enough relevant projects in your category.
We've adjusted the Bid History table twice after watching users open /bids, scroll for 11 seconds, and leave without filtering. That's why status, type, country, keyword, and date range matter more than a prettier table. The filter is the feature.
Checking Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid Each Week
Weekly checking is the maintenance habit that keeps automated freelancer bidding from drifting away from your actual offer. How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid each week should take about 10 minutes if you don't turn it into a spreadsheet ritual.
Start with the last 7 days and scan status badges first. If everything looks normal, read five to ten rows with different project details and bid amounts. Short sample. Real signal.
Next, filter for the country or project type that worries you most. A developer selling React dashboards might find too many low-budget PHP fixes. A writer might find keyword matches on editing jobs that don't fit their proposal style. Same table, different correction.
Use keyword search when a bad pattern has a name. If "homework" keeps showing up, search it and compare the rows with your automation settings. If the table proves the pattern, update rules in Automation Settings instead of guessing.
How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid also means knowing when not to change anything. One strange bid doesn't prove a broken setup. Three or four similar rows in the same date range usually deserve attention.
What Happens After You Find a Pattern
A Bid History pattern is a prompt to change rules, not proof that the whole setup is wrong. When How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid leads you to a repeat issue, the next move depends on what the rows show.
If the status badges point to errors, check Activity Log before editing filters. The chronological log can show extension actions, scanned projects, errors, and status changes around the same time. That's better than rewriting prompts for a browser-session problem.
If project details look off, tighten automation settings or excluded keywords. If bid amounts look wrong, review pricing assumptions before you increase volume. If the wrong proposals keep appearing on good-fit projects, review AI prompt settings after you've confirmed the projects themselves belong in the bid queue.
How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid is also useful after cleanup. Leave the new setting alone long enough for fresh rows to appear, then compare the next date range with the old one. The goal isn't a perfect table. It's fewer wasted bids and cleaner evidence.
Related Features
Related features are the next places to check when Bid History shows a repeat pattern. Use them after the table has pointed to a specific cause.
Activity Logshows the chronological extension actions behind submitted bids, scans, errors, and status changes.Automation Settingscontrols the filters and rules that decide which Freelancer.com projects qualify for automated bidding.Analyticsturns bid activity into broader charts when you need to compare bid volume, countries, project types, and skills over time.
If you're still asking How to Use Bid History in FreelancerAutoBid after a few reviews, narrow the question. Pick one status, one project type, or one date range, then make the smallest settings change that the rows justify. FreelancerAutoBid works best when the evidence leads and the auto bidder follows.