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How to Get Paid with GAF
Von admin | 20.November 2009
GAF, or Get a Freelancer, is a popular method of both looking for freelance work as well as finding talented employees for your business. GAF hosts jobs for websites, software, and IT services. If you are a freelance writer, there is plenty of work available on GAF. Data entry and virtual assistants can look for work on Get a Freelancer, as can media and design experts. Anyone with a marketable skill who wants to work from home, either part or full time, should be able to find their niche on Get a Freelancer.
One of the reasons for GAF’s popularity is because of their ability to guarantee secure payment transactions. They protect both the employer and the employee. This way no one pays for work that he doesn’t receive and no one works without pay either. If you are new to Get a Freelancer’s payment system, it can be a little confusing, however after spending some time looking at all your payment options, you will see that their innovative payment methods are a good way to transfer payments over the internet.
When you first set up your Get a Freelance account, either as a freelance or an employer, you automatically create a GAF bank account for yourself. This account is linked to your profile and your password, but not to any external banking system. You begin to place bids on GAF and eventually one of your bids is accepted. When this happens you will find your GAF account goes into the negative. Because there are no membership fees at Get a Freelancer when you join it, the site makes their money by taking a commission from you for every job you get. However, if you upgrade your account to ‘Gold Status’, you have to pay $20 monthly. Therefore, if you bid of $90 is accepted for a project, GAF will take a commission of $9, or ten percent. Keeping a negative balance on your GAF account is fine; once you complete the project money will be sent to your GAF account.
You and your employer need to work out a payment system. Many employers will pay on a weekly basis. Others pay upon completion or the completion of increments. You are able to look at feedback from other employees to see how well they rate your potential employer. Because of this self-policing system the people who use GAF are generally honest. However, if you are working on a large project or working with a person with whom you have no prior relationship, you might want to ask them to use GAF’s Milestone payment system. With a Milestone payment, the employer puts money into a milestone account. This money can be viewed by the employer, employee, and GAF support staff. When the project is completed the money is easily transferred to the employee’s account. However, if there is a dispute about the work, the money will be held in Milestone form until the GAF team settles the issue.
Whether or not you choose to use Milestone payments, when you have completed your project and submitted it to your employer, he or she will transfer money into your GAF account. At that time you will also receive an email that announces the transfer of money. The balance of your account will be the payment minus the initial GAF commission. For instance, a $90 bid on a project takes out a $9 commission, leaving you with a GAF bank balance of $81. This money will stay securely in your GAF account as long as you want it to. You can use this money to pay further commission fees or to pay others who are doing work contracted out by you.
When you are ready to withdraw money from GAF, there are many different options from which to choose. You may want to sign up for a GAF debit card, sponsored by Master Card, which lets you spend from your GAF account like a checking account. You can also choose to directly transfer money to your bank account, however that requires that you input your bank account and routing number into the GAF system. While Get a Freelancer is safe and secure, many people feel uncomfortable sharing their bank account information online. That is why GAF also offers transfers to PayPal and Moneybookers accounts, two ways for people to use their money online or transfer it to their bank accounts.
Get a Freelancer is set up in the most user friendly manner possible. From bidding to withdrawals, GAF payments are quick and easy.
Click on the banner in the header graphic or follow this link to visit GAF Get A Freelancer
Topics: Job Portals | 6 Comments »
23.Dezember 2009 at 4:06 pm
Hello,nice article.
Freelance / Outsourcing work is a great think to get more time for other things.
As example you can work on the main project,and a freelancer does the job like promoting or something like that.
=)
22.Mai 2010 at 12:52 pm
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30.Mai 2010 at 7:52 pm
Can someone please give me a link to signup with GAF?
30.Mai 2010 at 9:44 pm
@Freelancer
Hi, you can use the link at the end of the article or click on the banner in the header.
2.Juni 2010 at 4:01 pm
Hi,
I HAVE AN ACCOUNT IN http://WWW.FREELANCER.COM AND OF-COURSE I AM A NEW MEMBER.
PLEASE HELP ME TO GIVE ANSWER BELOW,
1. IS FREELANCER.COM OR GET A FREELANCER.COM SAME COMPANY.
2. RECENTLY I WAS BID FOR DATA ENTRY WORK VIA FREELANCER.COM, AND EMPLOYER GIVE ME REPLY BY MASSAGE FOR WORK. WOULD FREELANCER.COM ID BE USED FOR GAF ACCOUNT(MY EMPLOYER SUPPORT GAF A/C).
3.Juni 2010 at 7:29 pm
Hi Sharif,
GetaFreelancer changed there name some time ago to Freelancer when they purchased the domain freelancer.com.
So, it is the same company.