After signing up for a free account, you can post your first job. You set the requirements and the budget. Once you post the job, it will be live immediately for freelancers to find!
Qualified freelancers will be notified that your job is available. Freelancers will review your requirements and submit a bid. After a freelancer bids, you can contact them to discuss your needs. Once you find the freelancer that is the best fit for your job, you will accept their bids, put the agreed amount into escrow, and the work will begin!
You can collaborate with a freelancer using what we call the “Workplace”. There you will be able to communicate with your hired freelancers and share files required for the project. You will also receive an email when you are not online at churchfreelance.com so that you never miss an important message.
When the freelancer completes the job, they will submit it for final approval. You can either request modifications or approve the project. Once you approve the project, the funds will be released for final payment.
Posting jobs on Church Freelance is free. Clients pay absolutely nothing until they accept a bid. When you accept a bid from a freelancer you can expect to pay no more than the bid amount. That’s right, you determine how much you are willing to spend for freelance services. There are no hidden fees on Church Freelance.
On signing up for a Church Freelance account, you can enter up to 10 bids for free. You use 1 bid to apply to one job on Church Freelance. There are also several choices of monthly subscriptions which determine how many bids you are allowed to make per month. Once a client accepts your bid, and when the client approves the completion of the project, you will be paid. Church Freelance charges a 12.5% service fee for each completed job.
Mostly anything can be done through Church Freelance! We encourage anything from graphic design to consulting to finding local musicians that could fill in for your worship team. We encourage anything that will further your ministry or organization!
Clients– Posting jobs on Church Freelance is absolutely free. Clients pay absolutely nothing until they accept a bid. That’s right, you determine exactly what you spend! If you accept a bid from a freelancer of $75 that is exactly what you pay. There are no hidden fees on Church Freelance.
Freelancers– Upon signing up for Church Freelance you will receive 10 free bids. You use 1 bid to apply to one job on Church Freelance. There are a couple of monthly subscriptions for bidding. Once a client accepts your bid, and the client approves the completion of the project you will be paid. Church Freelance charges a 12.5% service fee for each completed job.
When a client accepts a bid that a freelancer submits, the client will then purchase the amount of credits that the client accepted on the bid. Keep in mind 1 credit = $1. It will be held in escrow until the project is completed by the freelancer. Once the client approves of the work the credits will be released to the freelancer. At this point the Freelancer can withdraw the credits which will convert to money to your bank account. You must have a balance of at least 5 credits ($5) in order to withdraw. Using our Escrow system protects both the client and the freelancer. This is why we require transactions to not be received outside of Church Freelance.
Before you accept a bid you pay for credits equal to the bid amount. Keep in mind 1 credit = $1. The money will not be paid out to the freelancer until the freelancer submits the work for completion, and you approve the work. We do this to ensure the freelancer that the money is there and as long as they complete the job successfully the funds will be released to the freelancer.
Clients and freelancers can open a dispute and the project will then go through the dispute process.
Yes! Once you receive bids on your project you can chat with prospect freelancers to further talk through the project specifications.
Once a client accepts a freelancer’s bid, both the freelancer and client will have access to a dedicated “Workspace” in the system to discuss the project and share pertinent files.
