May 24, 2019 06:24:59 AM by Heather C
I'm new to upwork and just completed my first job. I have sent the design files and communicated with the client who seems happy. do I now 'end contract' or do I wait for payment? thanks!
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May 24, 2019 06:30:20 AM Edited May 24, 2019 06:32:27 AM by Petra R
Heather C wrote:I'm new to upwork and just completed my first job. I have sent the design files and communicated with the client who seems happy. do I now 'end contract' or do I wait for payment? thanks!
Fixed rate or hourly contract?
If hourly, did you track your hours with the Upwork app?
If fixed rate, was it fully funded and did you use the "Submit for payment" on the contract to submit the work?
It seems it was an hourly job, so the client will get charged automatically, but it is still better to let / encourage the client to end the contract because that is how you are guaranteed feedback.
Arturo C wrote:what I do .
1- tell you client that he can close the project and pay you
2-close it yourself, you have a option called "submit work for payment"
1 - It is an hourly contract, no need to "tell the client to pay her"
2 - BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD advice on a fixed contract. Closing a contract before funds have been released sends the money back to the client.
May 24, 2019 06:29:47 AM by Arturo C
what I do .
1- tell you client that he can close the project and pay you
2-close it yourself, you have a option called "submit work for payment"
May 24, 2019 06:30:20 AM Edited May 24, 2019 06:32:27 AM by Petra R
Heather C wrote:I'm new to upwork and just completed my first job. I have sent the design files and communicated with the client who seems happy. do I now 'end contract' or do I wait for payment? thanks!
Fixed rate or hourly contract?
If hourly, did you track your hours with the Upwork app?
If fixed rate, was it fully funded and did you use the "Submit for payment" on the contract to submit the work?
It seems it was an hourly job, so the client will get charged automatically, but it is still better to let / encourage the client to end the contract because that is how you are guaranteed feedback.
Arturo C wrote:what I do .
1- tell you client that he can close the project and pay you
2-close it yourself, you have a option called "submit work for payment"
1 - It is an hourly contract, no need to "tell the client to pay her"
2 - BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD advice on a fixed contract. Closing a contract before funds have been released sends the money back to the client.
May 24, 2019 06:36:36 AM by Arturo C
there is no real feedback guarantee
half of my clients never leave feedback
half of them come back with more projects and still not leave feedback
Honestly I think feedback is necessary but doesnt really define how much work you get, at least in my speciality where the most important is your portfolio and reel
May 24, 2019 06:46:20 AM by Petra R
Arturo C wrote:there is no real feedback guarantee
If the client closes the contract, he or she will leave feedback. No way of avoiding it.
Arturo C wrote:
Honestly I think feedback is necessary but doesnt really define how much work you get, at least in my speciality where the most important is your portfolio and reel
It is her first contract. At that stage, in her very competitive category, feedback is vitally important to get going.
Arturo C wrote:I use upwork since 3 years and NEVER EVER
a client had the silly idea of closing a delivered contract without paying before
You advised her to "close it yourself, you have a option called "submit work for payment"
If she clicked on Supmit for payment and then closed the contract, the money would go back to the client.
Quite apart from the fact that it is an hourly contract anyway.
May 24, 2019 06:38:21 AM by Arturo C
I use upwork since 3 years and NEVER EVER
a client had the silly idea of closing a delivered contract without paying before
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