@Andrea A wrote:Hi everyone,
1) How do I sign a contract with a potential client?
2) Also, I did an editing job for a client in Australia in December, and he hasn't paid me yet.What do I do if a client hasn't paid me, and doesn't respond to my messages?
1) You don't sign a contract as such. The client sends you an offer via Upwork and you accept it on the actual interface. At that point you "have a contract" and find it on your My Jobs page
2) Were you actually hired? What does it say on the contract on your "My Jobs page?"
@Phyllis G wrote:In lieu of "Did you track your time?" I'd subsitute "Did you log your time?" and follow with...
- Yes, via the UWTime Tracker --> You will be paid automatically 10 days after the work week closes.
- Yes, manuallly --> You will be paid automatically 10 days after the work week closes if client approves the logged hours.
- No --> Bad luck
I hear you, but clients don't "approve" hours, manual or fixed, they are charged automatically for either and can only dispute them.
This flowchart is the more simple one, I have a more comprehensive one as well.
I did think about using "log" - I may change that aspect but on this simple one but I don't want to add too much detail. I use it mainly when it appears likely that there never was a contract.
This is the more comprehensive one:
