Need help client disappeared

[devcre]

Hello,

I'm having a little problem with my client and I'm not sure what to do, any advice will be apprecicated. 

I started a contract with a client for web design on June 9. I usually create two milestones. Initial Payment and Final Payment. Client paid me the inital payment and I started his work. The client was very unresponsive from the start he would disappear for weeks sometimes or once even for a month but I tried to gather as much requirement and started his work. Eventually he did send a more detailed requirement and then asked for revision which I completed. Now the website is completed. I made a very big mistake on not starting the last milestone and now the client is not responding to my message or email. I even emailed him last month and it did work and he did reply to my email but now he is not replying at all.

Is there anything I can do about it or ask Upwork to do about it?

Kind Regards
Abubakr J

[petra_r · Accepted solution]

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Abubakr J wrote:

Is there anything I can do about it or ask Upwork to do about it?

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No, there isn't.

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Abubakr J wrote:

 I usually create two milestones. Initial Payment and Final Payment. Client paid me the inital payment and I started his work.

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That is not a wise way to set up milestones.

Milestones should have clearly defined deliverables. You shouldn't work on milestones that aren't funded (Presumably the second milestone wasn't funded? Or was it?)

[devcre]

No the second milestone was not funded yet and yes I agree I shouldn't have started the work. 

[petra_r]

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Abubakr J wrote:

No the second milestone was not funded yet and yes I agree I shouldn't have started the work. 

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Well, that's the end of the line then...