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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

How does it works?

After signing up for free, you can bid on project(s) / jobs posted by Buyers / Projects-Owners. This is similar to an auction where Jobs are traded against expertise worldwide. (The system allows for maximum 90 days during which a project remain open for bidding.) You choose freely to bid on projects. Click here to review a concise User's Manual

How much it costs?

There is no signup fee and no monthly fee, but a commission is charged by Freelance Worldwide to Provider/ Freelancer/Experts once they are ready to bid on a specific project. Said commission represents two and a half point percent of the winning bid - with a minimum of US$ 5 (five) whichever is greater. Of course there are additional fees charged by PayPal / the payment processor Click here for more.

How do I communicate with Projects-Owners?

You can post messages on projects' message boards. If you post a private message to a specific Buyer/ Project-Owner, only the person will see it on his private message board. Said user will also be notified by e-mail that you posted a message for him. After you win a bid, and Freelance Worldwide commissions are fully paid, both parties can communicate directly by any preferred methods. See Point 8 of the guidelines here available

Is there a Sign up Bonus?

Yes a US$ 5 (five) bonus is added to your balance account at sign up

Do you have a referral program?

No, for the time being there is no referral program. However, it is planned for the near future.

What bonus is attached to the referral program?

For the time being as there is no referral program there is no bonus. See above item. However, it is planned for the near future.

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PROJECTS AND BIDDING

How do I place a bid on a project?

Go to Freelance Worldwide's entry page and (1) Register first. Then login and click on View/ Open Projects, and then (2) click on the Project you are interested in. A page will open with two "Place Bid" buttons; one is located above and another below the project in question. (3) Follow instructions.

Please kindly be advised that to place a bid on a project you should have enough money in your account to cover full commission and bid in order to finalize the bid (if you win the bid and reach final agreement with Buyer / Project-Owner.)

Suppose you are bidding for a project (job) valued at US$ 300. You need to have enough money in your account to cover the potential commission (The commission you will be charged if you are later chosen for this project). The potential commission, based on your bid, will be $7.5 [that is $300 *2.5%] and as you have $5 in your account (the bonus you obtained when you Sign up to Freelance Worldwide), you would normally have to deposit $2.5 - However, as the minimum deposit accepted by the system is $5 (five), you would be required to deposit $5 (instead of $2.5) before placing this bid. Click here to review how to perform the deposit

How do I update a bid I already placed on a project?

Just submit a new bid and your old one will automatically be removed.

How do I cancel a bid I placed?

Login to your Account (as Provider/ Freelancer/Expert) click on Manage Account, find the project, and click on the "retract bid" link.

How to get more information about a project?

In case you need some clarification about a project (bid duration, tendering amount or anything else that could help you place a better bid) just post a message on the project's message board. To perform that you just click on the link to project' message board provided on the project's page.

Why the "Place Bid" button is missing on the project page?

If the project is closed it does not show up, because bidding has ended. It will also not show up if the project is frozen, which means bidding has temporarily been stopped.

What is "bid for the total project"?

This is the amount (in U.S. dollars) that you will charge the project creator, if you are chosen. It's a project total. Not an hourly rate. Click here to review guidelines

What if I can't make an accurate bid?

Normally there should be no problem impeding you making an accurate bid. In principle, Project / Job is well described by the Buyer / Project-Owner and you should not make any guess or estimates. You just consider the pricing listed by the Project-Owner. The information provided in Project's description should be enough to decide how long it will take you to finish the project. If you think you need more info to make a better bid, post a message on the project's message board to request for additional information.

What if I want to make change to or cancel a bid?

To change your bid you can just put a new bid and the old bid will be automatically removed. To cancel your bid, just login to your account, click on Manage Account, find the link to retract bid for the corresponding project.

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PAYMENTS and COMMISSIONS

How do I withdraw money from my account?

Login [as Provider/ Freelancer/Expert - not as Project Owner / Buyer!)] to the Manage Account area and click on the "Withdraw Money" button. For the time being, we choose to only send money via PayPal. Therefore, you must have a PayPal account in order to receive money.

If I charged the project owner less than I bid, can I get a partial refund on the commission Freelance Worlwide takes?

No. All bids are final and so are commissions based on the winning bid. Further, a situation of that kind would be your own making that shows you have not read guidelines and had not followed advises here available.

If I am unable to start/complete the project, can I get my commission credited?

1- No, once you accept a project the commissions are charged and will not be refunded under any circumstance, unless the buyer does not pay Freelance Worldwide to get the project started.

That situation is anyway unlikely as Freelance Worldwide's powering engine performs everything automatically and withholds the commissions you owe Freelance Worldwide before you are allowed to bid on the project.

And does the same with Project-Owner before he is allowed to pick you as bid-winner. You will be notified via email by Freelance Worldwide and asked to either accept or decline the project. Once you accept it, commissions withheld when you bid on the project is definitely transferred to Freelance Wordwide and you must complete the project and commissions and fees will not be refunded. Click here to read Buyer/ Project Owner's question about same kind of problem.

2- Yes, if you asked the buyer / Project-Owner to add funds in an Escrow Account (that is jointly managed by Freelance Worldwide and the buyer), as we strongly advice you to do when finalizing the deal with the Buyer/project-owner.

And/or if the buyer does not make such arrangements for the payment then you need to notify us within 48 hours, that the buyer cancelled the project and did not follow up. We will then check and once we confirm that the buyer has not added funds to get the project started, we will credit your commission. Click here to read Buyer/ Project Owner's question about same kind of problem.

I have bad experiences in the past where buyers have not paid - how can I make sure I get paid promptly from the buyer?

Freelance Worldwide Platform features an Escrow Account. Before you start the work ask the buyer to put money in the escrow (they can do so by logging into their account) and this way the buyer can transfer money to your account, a guarantee that you will be paid for service delivered. Please take note that Buyers cannot retract money deposited in the escrow account without Freelance Worldwide's approval, and if necessary, Freelance Worldwide would do whatever possible to assist in resolving disputes.

However, please be kindly advised that once you strike a deal with a Buyer / Project-Owner, Freelance Worldwide is no more engaged or responsible for the compliance of contracts.

Therefore, please do review Terms and Conditions here available. In short, it is your responsibility to negotiate with Projects-owners and have an Escrow Account opened for your bid, to follow-up and have the deal completed to the points.

Commissions, Payments and Fair Business:

In principle, things are simple - you place a bid on a tender / job to be performed as requested by buyer / Project-owner. You choose freely to bid on said project following our policies and guidelines placed on top of current page. Then the system requests the automatic withholding of the amount of money necessary to cover payment of commissions and fees and release contact information for you to finalize the deal with the bid-winner as above and here explained.

Please be kindly advised that accounts with negative balance for 30 days running will be automatically frozen by Freelance Worldwide's powering engine. And frozen accounts' owners cannot place bid on projects.

That's why Freelance Worldwide grants you a bonus of $5 (five) when you sign up to open your freelance account.

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