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# Hiring freelancers

### Submitting a proposal

Customers can hire Freelancers by clicking on the 'Hire me' button on the 'service' page. It is expected that the Customer and Freelancer will agree on terms via the in-app messaging prior to this.

The Customer will be able to submit a proposal via a popup, where they submit the relevant details:

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If the pre-built payment workflows are enabled, the Customer will then be brought to a Stripe Checkout page where they can pay for the service. Please note that at this point the payment will be auhtorized but NOT captured. This means that the payment will not actually be processed yet.

When the Freelancer accepts the job (see next section), the payment will be captured and the payment will be processed.

### Accepting a job

Once a proposal has been submitted, the Freelancer can accept the job by clicking on the 'Accept Job' button

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If you've enabled the pre-built payment workflows, the payment will be captured when the Freelancer accepts the job.

The payment will be split between your platform and the Freelancer (the default is 80% to the Freelancer and 20% to the platform), but importantly the funds will not yet be released to the Freelancer's bank account. This will occur when the Customer marks the job as complete.


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