Projects

The project is managed by the client who created it, and while it is still a draft you can change anything freely, since nobody else can see it. Once published, remember that freelancers price their proposals from what they read: if the scope changes meaningfully, describe the change in the text so new proposals reflect reality. After a proposal is accepted and the project moves to in progress, what was agreed should be handled directly with the freelancer in chat.

Yes, but only while it is still pending. Once a proposal has been accepted, rejected or withdrawn, its status can no longer be changed. If your availability changes, withdraw the proposal before the client makes a decision.

Every other pending proposal on that project is rejected automatically. The client does not need to reject them one by one, and the chosen proposal becomes accepted. At the same moment, the project moves to in progress.

With a fixed budget, client and freelancer agree one total amount for a defined deliverable, which works well when the scope is clear. With an hourly budget, they agree a rate per hour worked, which suits ongoing or open-ended work. Choosing fixed for loosely defined work usually produces more expensive proposals, because the freelancer has to price in the uncertainty.

The contract is created by the client, after a proposal has been accepted and the project has moved to in progress. It records what the two sides agreed and acts as the reference for the work. A contract can be in one of five statuses: draft, active, completed, cancelled or disputed.

It means the client or the freelancer on that contract has opened a dispute, and opening one changes the contract status automatically. Each contract can have only one active dispute at a time, and administrators review it, while support staff have read-only visibility. Both parties can also close the dispute amicably, which cancels the contract and the project.