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Aileen T Community Member

Delayed Payments for Top-Rated - Faster Payouts

Hello!

Is there a delay now on the Top-Rated salary availability?

Please advise. Thanks

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Avery's avatar
Avery O Community Manager

Hi everyone, 


I understand why this can cause concern for some of you. Please know that cleared payments are released on Fridays by 5 a.m. UTC. If you live in another timezone, please calculate the time difference to determine when your payment will be available. We will also email you after your payment is applied and ready to be withdrawn.

If your client disputes your hours or their billing method cannot be successfully charged, your payment will be processed according to the Weekly Billing Cycle. You may visit this article for more information about Faster Payouts. 

If there are any specific issues related to this, we will update this thread. I can confirm that there are no reported issues that are affecting how these payments are processed. 


~ Avery

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Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Naresh,

 

If your client disputes your hours or their billing method cannot be successfully charged, your payment will be processed according to the Weekly Billing Cycle. You may visit this article for more information about Faster Payouts. 

 

~Andrea
Walter's avatar
Walter Y Community Member

I qualify for early payment. Several of my clients payments have already come through, but one hasn't. Is this normal? If that is common, when today should I expect the payment?
Coralie's avatar
Coralie E Community Member

Same here! Is there anyone from Support monitoring these threads this morning?

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Walter and Coralie,

 

If your client disputes your hours or their billing method cannot be successfully charged, your payment will be processed according to the Weekly Billing Cycle. You may visit this article for more information about Faster Payouts. 

 

~Andrea
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Coralie E Community Member

Hi Andrea, and thank you for your reply. In my case, this payment is from a large, established client that I have been working with (40 hours/week) for more than two years. There is no dispute, as I work with their management each day, and I am certain there was no issue with their payment. (I read the article, thank you for posting the link).

So, eliminating those two issues, how can I get my payment unstuck?

Thank you!

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Coralie,

 

Clients have from Monday to Friday to review and make the payment corresponding to hours invoiced. Because of this, if the client's payment method failed at the beginning of the week and we were unable to charge them until later in the week it would be too late to release your payment early and the Weekly Billing Cycle would need to be followed. That said, please keep in mind we're unable to share any specifics of your client's account because of privacy reasons.

 

~Andrea
Walter's avatar
Walter Y Community Member

Hello Andrea,

 

This doesn't make sense, the client showed me images of everything being processed. Shouldn't there be a way to manually push them through if the funds were approved of?

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Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Walter,

 

Arjay here stepping in for Andrea. I certainly understand that you want the funds to be processed in your account. I can see that you've been communicating with one of the support team members regarding your concern via a support ticket. We highly suggest you continue doing that if you need further assistance so that the team can look into your concern more efficiently.

 

~ Arjay
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Jeffry John J Community Member

Hi,

 

I am a Top Rated freelancer. I have worked with 3 clients last week for an hourly project. My earnings from my 2 clients are now Available but the other 1 is not at this point in time. Can you pls check?

Jeffry John's avatar
Jeffry John J Community Member

already contacted suppport for this

 

Anjana's avatar
Anjana S Community Member

Hello, my profile visibility has been set to locked private. I have requested to change the same to public. Though the request status has been changed to solved, it has not been solved yet. I cannot follow up on the same but keep requesting the same multiple times. 

Regards. 

Anjana S

Shan's avatar
Shan C Community Member

I'm having the same issue.  I also tried to contact support, and opened a ticket, but no response yet.  Additionally, I can't seem to delete old skills on my profile.  I try to delete them, but they show up again as soon as I refresh the page, or return back to my profile on the mobile app.  I'm wondering if upwork is just experiencing some temporary technical issues. 

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Avery O Community Manager

Hi Shan, 

I have done the same for you - I set your profile visibility to public. 

As for your other concern, please know that this is a known issue and the team is working to resolve this issue. You may monitor this thread for updates.


~ Avery
Shan's avatar
Shan C Community Member

Thanks so much :)))

Avery's avatar
Avery O Community Manager

Hi Anjana, 

I have reset your profile visibility to public as requested. 


~ Avery
Rosemarie's avatar
Rosemarie A Community Member

Hello.

 

Is there a delayed pay outs for top rated today? I withdrawn my funds today but still not receiving in my local bank. We need the funds badly.

 

Thanks,

Rose

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Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Rosemarie,

 

Thank you for your message and I'm to hear that you still haven't received your funds. However, I checked and can confirm the transaction you're referring to was successful on our end. Can you please confirm if you received an email after your payment is applied indicating that the funds are ready to be withdrawn?

 

~ Arjay
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Marjorie Anne S Community Member

Hi,

 

This is the 2nd time it happened to me. Usually if I withdraw my payments on a Friday, I am receiving it same day but up until now it I have not receive it yet. 

Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Marjorie Anne,

 

I'm sorry to hear that you still haven't received the funds. However, It looks like your payments have already been processed and you were able to withdraw to your payment method. 

Take note that for Faster Payouts, cleared payments are released on Fridays by 5 a.m. UTC. Please allow one to two hours for your earnings to be processed from that time. If your client disputes your hours or their billing method cannot be successfully charged (there's an issue with their billing method), your payment will be processed according to the Weekly Billing Cycle. This means your earnings are not eligible for Faster Payouts, and you'll receive your earnings after the security period (Wednesday). 

 

You may want to visit this article for more information about Faster Payouts. 

 

~ Arjay
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Farina's avatar
Farina K Community Member

Hello

I wanted help regarding payments not being available early - on Friday. Has the rule changed?

I am unable to contact Upwork support as when I click on the get support button nothing appears. Could anyone from Upwork help?

 

Thank you

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Farina,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here.

 

~Andrea
Farina's avatar
Farina K Community Member

Thank you so much for your kind assistance.

Ifedi's avatar
Ifedi E Community Member

I was supposed to get two different hourly payments into my Upwork account today, one has gone through but the second is still at the review stage, why?

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Ifedi,

 

If your client disputes your hours or their billing method cannot be successfully charged, your payment will be processed according to the Weekly Billing Cycle. You may visit this article for more information about Faster Payouts. 

 

~Andrea
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Ifedi E Community Member

The payment has reflected on the client's profile. Also, the client ended the contract and asked me if I received the payment, but I could not confirm if I did since the payment was supposed to reflect today Friday. He never disputed the job done.