Hourly vs Fixed Cost Contracts
goLance offers two options when creating contracts: Hourly and Fixed-Price Hourly contracts: Hourly contracts are an arrangement in which a freelancer and a client agree on an hourly rate during the proposal process. To keep track of the hours worked, freelancers are required to log their working hours using the goLance goMeter desktop application. All the hours worked by the freelancer are recorded in the Work Diary, which can be reviewed by both the freelancer and the client. HourlySome readersCompanies, Teams, and Members
Companies, Teams and Members Companies Clients and freelancers can create a company page on the goLance platform. Companies at goLance serve as an agency, or as a client companies Working as an agency, the company will find work for freelancers (subcontractors) who are part of the company. Working as a client, a company will publish jobs/projects to be completed and will hire freelancers to work on that job. When a company works as both an agency and a client company, it has tFew readersHow to Pay with Multiple Payment Methods?
If you have multiple freelancers and wish to keep track of their payments for accounting purposes, it may be helpful to use different payment methods for different freelancers or groups of freelancers. The way you can do this is to create multiple companies on your goLance account and assign a specific payment method for each company. By doing so, you can hire freelancers and pay them under the corresponding company's payment method. It's important to note that your primary payment method, whiFew readersHow to pay on a Fixed Weekly or Monthly Basis?
Clients can set up a contract that automatically pays freelancers a fixed amount on a weekly or monthly basis. In order to do this, you can follow these steps: Create a fixed-price contract with your freelancer. Once the contract is created, head to the contract settings and click "Enable Scheduled Payments". You can then select the time interval for payments and the amount for each scheduled payment. That's it! (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/9000e1d4695ee800/imaFew readersPaying a Manual Invoice Sent by your Freelancer?
As a client, you can allow your freelancer to issue manual invoices. By default, manual invoicing is enabled for new contracts. Enable/Disable Manual Invoicing To enable/disable manual invoicing for specific contracts, hover over "My goLance" and click "contracts". Select the contract you would like to apply the change to. Click the settings icon on the right. Scroll to "Hours" and then you set manual invoicing to "Allowed" or "Not Allowed" for this specific contract: (https://storage.Few readersMonitoring Screenshots
As a client, you can monitor the behavior and activity of your hired talent in several ways. Here are 4 steps to help you identify any activity that you think may be suspicious: Screenshots: With the goMeter active, a screenshot will be taken every 10 minutes of the freelancer’s monitor. You can view the entire day’s screenshots by going into your freelancer’s work diary on your goLance. A. For Windows users, if there is more than one monitor, the screenshot will be caFew readersPost a Job
Learn how to hire remote freelancers by posting a job online with goLance!Few readersSetting Weekly Hour Limits
Hourly contracts on goLance offer a flexible option for clients and freelancers to manage projects and payments. One tool available to clients when hiring freelancers is the option to set a weekly limit on working hours. Here is what you need to know about weekly limits for hourly contracts: What is a Weekly Limit? A weekly limit is the maximum number of hours a freelancer can invoice to an hourly contract in one week. It is set by the client during the hiring process and serves as a tooFew readersWriting A Job Description
Writing a great job description is crucial to finding the ideal candidate. Learn the basics here!Few readersSkip Posting a Job & Hire Immediately
Skip Posting a Job and Hire a Freelancer Immediately Log into your account and in the top right hand corner of the screen you will see, "Hire"/ "Post a Job" Hire: Allows you to create a job and send an offer immediatelFew readers