Employers
1. Post A Project
Quickly and easily create your project here in a few steps.
- Project Title
Choose a title that best describes your project. - Project Categories
Make sure to select only the appropriate categories that best suit your project. - Project Description
Provide a detailed description of the project and exactly how you want it. Try as much as possible to provide all information that you think will be relevant to freelancers in order to understand your needs. Also avoid the posting of contact information as it is a violation of our terms of service. - File Attachment
Attach one (1) file of up to 500KB that is relevant to the project, if necessary. Since only one file upload is allowed, you can create and upload a zip, rar or tar archive if you have more than one files. Such file must aim at providing freelancers with further understanding of the nature of the project. The file could be a sample, plan or sketch of the main project. - Project Budget
Provide project's minimum and maximum budgets. This is the amount range that you are willing to pay for the completed job. - Bidding Duration
This is the number of days that you want the project to be available for bidding. Maximum is 30 days but this can be extended later on. - Optional Features
You may also select optional project features. The optional features are:Featured Projects
- Featured projects are displayed before other projects on the homepage.
- Featured projects come first before other projects in search results.
This gives the project a high chance of being seen and responded to by freelancers.
Urgent Projects
- Urgent projects are tagged urgent which allows them to receive urgent responses.
Hidden Bids Projects
- Bids placed on these projects are hidden from other members and the public.
- It prevents bidding wars as a bidder does not see how much their competitors are bidding.
- This allows employers to select the right candidates instead of selection based on low bid amounts.
Non-public Projects
- Details of such projects are hidden from non-members and the public. Login is required to view such projects.
- This will prevent search engines and intruders from accessing your project.
Private Projects
- Viewing and bidding on private projects are limited to only selected members.
- The employer decides who should be able to bid on or even view the project by way of inviting specific freelancers to bid.
2. Award Project
Award the project to the bidder of your choice. The bidder you choose is required to accept the offer before they are actually awarded the project. Prior to the acceptance of the project by the selected bidder, you can select a different bidder at any time. This allows only one bidder to be selected at a time.
3. Create An Escrow Payment
We strongly advise that users always insist on our escrow payment system when making payments or receiving funds resulting from projects, since it is the safest way of making payment and receiving funds.
Here is how our escrow payment system works:
- When an escrow payment is initiated by a user, the receiving party is required to accept, reject or simply ignore.
- If it is accepted we make sure the sender has enough funds to cover the escrow amount.
- The amount is then deducted from the sender's account and held until the project is completed.
- If the project owner (sender) is satisfied with the completed project he authorizes payment and the amount is transferred to the recipient.
4. Make Payment
Authorize the escrow payment for freelancer to receive payment
Freelancers
1. Browse Projects
Easily browse projects within your area of expertise. Projects are carefully categorized to help you find projects easily and quickly.
2. Place Bid
Place bid on projects of your choice. You are advised to place bids only on projects that you can really deliver. Avoid bidding on projects in categories that you do not have expertise.
- Bid Amount
This is the total amount that you would accepted for the completed project. We advise that you keep this amount within the project's budget. - Initial Escrow Percentage
This is the advance payment as a percentage of the bid amount, that you require before commencement of work on project. - Bid Details
Provide details of your bid. This must aim at convincing the project owner that you are the best person for the project.
3. Accept Project
If you are selected by the project owner, you will be required to accept the offer before you are actually awarded the project. You are advised to accept the offer as soon as possible since the project owner can select another bidder prior to your acceptance.
4. Deliver Completed Project
Deliver the project as per the agreement made between you and the project owner. If you are required to deliver the project in a specific format, make sure you do so to avoid any disputes.