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Rules and Policies
Freelancersforhire.com is a
marketplace to connect buyers and service providers and does not
directly participates in the actual transactions between the site
users. We have no control over the accuracy or legality of postings
made by users and recommend that site users exercise precaution and
common sense when dealing with another user. Site users agree not to
hold Freelancersforhire.com liable for any loss or damage of any sort
incurred by them as a consequence of the use of our services.
Because we assist buyers and service providers to find each other,
we are considered as the official facilitator for every project
accepted through our site and charge a transaction fee.
Freelancersforhire.com
charges transactions fee for the use of the site's services and
reserves the right to change it anytime it deems necessary.
Currently the only fee charged is 10% - minimum $5.00 per project - of the value of projects
accepted through our site payable by service providers. Buyers pay
no fee at present and there is no subscription charge of any kind.
Payment processing fee is charged at 2.90% plus $0.30 per
transaction for payment received through PayPal.com. A charge may be
made applicable for processing credit card transactions or other
form of payments.
All users are
restricted from releasing their telephone numbers, e-mail addresses,
URL and other such contact information to other users of the site
until such time as one agrees to make a transaction with another
user. At this time, the users who are a party to the transaction may
release contact information only to the other user who is a
party to that transaction.
Freelancersforhire.com
enables buyers to pay electronically to the applicable service
provider and service providers to pay their transaction fees through
their Freelancersforhire.com account.
Freelancersforhire.com
will provide you a referral ID upon registration enabling you to
earn the specified referral commission. The eligible transactions
for this referral is a successful registration of a person as a buyer or service provider on the site. Each
successful registration presently makes you eligible to receive a commission of
$10.00 and $5.00 respectively. Such commission is
credited to the users' Freelancersforhire.com account.
Service providers
are required to send invoices through Freelancersforhire.com only for any
project initiated through our site. Invoices may be sent for part
amounts or for the full amount on completion of the project.
Re-imbursement of out-of-pocket expenses such as travel, meals etc
need not be invoiced through Freelancersforhire.com since these are not
considered as service payment. Failure to invoice through
Freelancersforhire.com will result in suspension of user's
account. Buyers are only obligated to pay invoices which are sent
through Freelancersforhire.com.
While requirement
to invoice through Freelancersforhire.com is a condition for the use of
this site, payments for services rendered may be made and received
as agreed to between buyers and service providers; it need not
necessarily be made through Freelancersforhire.com.
All users agree not
to engage in any action or activity meant to circumvent our site or
fees. Any user found to be engaging in such activity will have
his/her account suspended.
Buyers and service
providers should ascertain as to the applicability of any sales tax,
value added tax or any other kind of tax on their transactions and
to collect and report it as required by law.
PayPal.com and
2CheckOut.com credit card transaction are conducted in a safe and
secure environment. You may enter your credit card number or other
sensitive information using the encrypted server connection that
employs SSL technology.
Any dispute between
buyers and service providers will remain between them only and
Freelancersforhire.com shall not be a party to such disputes and will not
be obligated to take any action towards resolving them.
Freelancersforhire.com
may, at its sole discretion, refuse to service or terminate anyone's
registration privileges at the site without assigning any reason for
doing so.
While registering
for the use of the site's services, users are required to provide
their name, address and e-mail address. This information is used
solely for the purposes of administering the site and to provide
services to the users. At no time shall we pass or sell this
information to any third party other than as may be required of us
by law. We may send e-mail communication to users including
information that we think may be of interest to our users.
Freelancersforhire.com
reserves the right to amend, modify or change these rules and
policies anytime at its sole discretion and all users will be bound
to adhere to such amendments, modification or changes.
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