Payment protection also applicable for payments without milestones?

[61b44475]

Is payment protection also applicable to payments to be received only at the end of the project instead of milestones? 

[sofia2008]

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Aseem J wrote:

Is payment protection also applicable to payments to be received only at the end of the project instead of milestones? 

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If you mean as a "bonus" (amount not in escrow to be paid at the end), you should not accept bonus as a main payment. A bonus should be a bonus, for exemple, for a job well done, minor adjustment, etc...

Here is a help article on payment protection.

Upwork Payment Protection – Upwork Customer Service & Support | Upwork Help

[61b44475]

Hello Sophie 

Thanks for your response

Padron me, I didn't use the right Upwork terminology as I am new to Upwork.

I meant to ask, is Payment Protection also applicable if we take payment by project and not by milestone?"

[sofia2008]

Payment by project or payment by milestone are both fixed-price contract, so you can refer to Fixed-Price Protection in the help article I sent you.

[61b44475]

Yes Sophie I have referred to that article even earlier. Actually I wanted clarification because of 3rd point mentioned there as below:-

• "You can file a dispute if your client refuses to release the payment for a completed milestone.

The use of the word "milestone" has caused confusion. It doesn't talk about "payment by project"

[sofia2008 · Accepted solution]

Essentially, "payment by project" is a project with a single milestone. The key term is "fixed-price".

[61b44475]

Thanks a lot for solving my query.