vWorker.com
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Below are step by step instructions on how the site works. If you'd rather see a quick overview, then click here to view "How it works (for employers)".

 
Outsourcing
1. Post your project
2. Receive bids from workers
(and communicate further)
3. Choose your worker and put payment in escrow
4. Work is done by your worker
5. Receive and approve work/timecard
6. Rate your worker

Crowdsourcing
Trialsourcing

  
Receive and Approve Work / Timecard


How you do this depends on the project payment type you chose when you posted the project:

Pay-for-deliverables

     When the work is done, you'll receive an email like this:
 

Work complete email

     A link on the email will point you to where you can download the deliverables from the site. If your work is time sensitive, your worker has been advised to also send you a 2nd copy via their own private email.

     When you've received the deliverables and are satisfied, indicate your approval (so the worker can be paid from the escrow account), by clicking on 'ok' in the Accept Work section of your project.  (You can also get there via a link from the email). Note that you can accept all or just a portion of the work. You can choose to specify a percentage, or a dollar amount.
Accept work as complete


If you have any problems, 85-90% of the time you can just communicate your concerns to the worker and have them addressed. However, if you need an outside party to arbitrate, (or exercise any of your money-back guarantees), your vWorker.com arbitrator is always available. Simply click on the 'contact arbitrator' link from your employer control panel.

Pay-for-time

Once the timecard ends, you have up to 3 days to approve or contest the timecard. It's important to do this, because if you forget, the card is auto-approved after this time (per your contract). If you may not have the time to do this, you should choose a different project payment type.

From the timecard weekly view (shown under "Work is done by worker") you can review all the worker's screenshots and approve (or contest) the timecard:
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99% of the time, the timecard will meet your approval. However, if you discover fraud, you can contest the timecard by going to the daily view and then clicking on the "contest" checkbox next to the item(s) you wish to contest:
 
Absent worker

This will place the timecard into arbitration and when the arbitrator confirms your allegation of fraud, you will be refunded the fraudulent time. Examples of refunds include:
  1. unauthorized breaks
  2. Playing games (on a non-game related project)
  3. Unauthorized talking on the phone
  4. Sleeping on the job
Please note that your proof for fraud must be based exclusively on what is seen in the images and must be 100% conclusive to be accepted. See the rules of arbitration on 'pay for time' projects for more details.