TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This agreement sets out the terms and conditions ('Terms and Conditions') applicable to members of the service operated by goforfreelance.com. Applicants (referred to as 'members') must agree to the following Terms and Conditions. In the event a member breaches or otherwise fails to comply with any provision of these Terms and Conditions then in addition to any other remedy available to goforfreelance, goforfreelance may terminate the participation of such member in the service and/or may withhold any payments relating to participation in the service due to such member from goforfreelance.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

goforfreelance.com shall have absolute discretion as to whether or not it accepts a particular applicant or site for participation in the service.

REMOVAL FROM NETWORK

goforfreelance.com reserves the right to terminate the participation of any member or site without reason but expressly including any member site that goforfreelance judges to be in violation of the Terms and Conditions.

Members in violation of goforfreelance's Terms and Conditions will be immediately deactivated. goforfreelance may deactivate members with no prior notification. Members found in violation of the Terms and Conditions will not receive any credit or payment from goforfreelance. Members that are terminated by goforfreelance on any basis other than violation of these Terms and Conditions will be entitled to receive any payment due from goforfreelance.

PAYMENTS

All amounts are stated in and all payments will be made in US dollars. We verify all deposits and might ask you to verify yours; If you refuse to send verification information via E-mail, Fax or Phone, we reserve the right to refund the deposit and terminate your account. goforfreelance reserves the right to suspend a withdrawal if the source of the funds is suspected to be fraudulent. Any funds received from an account having made a fraudulent deposit (e.g. stolen credit card) will be reversed immediately. If in a fraudulent payment situation a withdrawal has already been processed, you will be expected to return the funds to your goforfreelance account or face account termination.

As previously stated, any member site that goforfreelance removes from the service due to violation of the Terms and Conditions will receive no credit or payment.

COPYRIGHTS

No copyright material can be posted on goforfreelance. This includes scripts which are sold by the author. Only posting sections of these scripts, as examples, will be permitted. A "section" being no more than 10% of the script's contents. This is meant to protect the author's rights.

MODIFICATIONS

goforfreelance reserves the right to change the member Terms and Conditions at any time. It is the member's responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions from time to time for such changes. In the event goforfreelance offers any additional or replacement services then this agreement shall apply to such services in the absence of any new agreement specific to such services which is entered into between the parties.

OWNERSHIP

Members agree that all information contained on a website operated by goforfreelance, and all information compiled by goforfreelance through operation of the affiliate program, is the proprietary information of goforfreelance. Personal information provided by members to goforfreelance will be kept confidential and will not be distributed to any third party.

E-MAIL ADDRESSES

Members agree not to post their e-mail address on the site, except in the "e-mail" field of the signup form, or when asked by goforfreelance at any other time. There should be no need to give anyone your e-mail address. It is automatically provided if you choose a freelancer (or you are the freelancer chosen for) a project, and before that time you can use the message board to communicate. This does not only apply to e-mail addresses, but to all methods of communication, including phone, ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger, etc... See "Avoiding Commissions" below for the reason.

PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION

You are prohibited from making direct contact with another member, unless it's for a project you (a freelancer) have been picked for, or you (a employer) have picked a freelancer for. This includes giving out your e-mail address, ICQ number, phone number, or any other method of contact outside of this site. goforfreelance provides you with message boards, which should be sufficient for pre-project planning. The only exception to this is on "Featured" projects. If a project has the "Featured" graphic on it, that means the employer has paid a flat fee in advance, and you ARE allowed to provide contact information in the message board. Note that the goforfreelance system does not distinguish between featured and non-featured message board posts, so you will still get a warning when submitting an e-mail address, even if the project is featured.

AVOIDING COMMISSIONS

You are strictly prohibited from attempting to negotiate the fee for a project with another member directly (outside of goforfreelance) after that project has been created/opened and before that project has been closed (basically, during an ongoing project). But this also applies to any project that was closed without a freelancer being chosen, and then contacting them about the project anyway. Both parties are responsible for notifying goforfreelance if the payment amount increases (above the bid amount) after the project is closed. Receiving a larger amount than the original project bid, without notifying us, will be considered an attempt to avoid the commissions. When a freelancer requests a withdrawal, we always review all payments received for each project to verify that they match the bid. If at the time of a withdrawal request the freelancer has failed to notify goforfreelance staff of a payment received above the amount of his bid (a total payment above US$100), goforfreelance reserves the right to deduct double the fee for the amount that should have been reported. We believe our commissions are very fair and justified for the service we provide, therefore we will absolutely not tolerate any of this activity on goforfreelance.

BIDDING

Freelancers can only place bids that equal the total amount of money they are requesting for the project. You cannot post an hourly bid or any other abnormal type of bid. This applies to employers too. Employers cannot create projects that directly or indirectly require freelancers to place hourly or other abnormal bids.

POSTING PROJECTS

At the discretion of goforfreelancer, new users may be restricted to posting a limited number of projects before being asked to make a deposit. This is meant to protect other users and prevent fraudulent activity.

FEATURED PROJECTS

The following conditions are here to prevent abuse of the "Featured project" feature on goforfreelance. The maximum amount of money a freelancer can receive for a Featured project, through the goforfreelance system, without being charged a fee, is.$1,500. Any amount received above $1,500 will be subject to the regular fee. Note that this condition only applies to money received with the goforfreelance system; you can receive more than $1,500 for a single Featured project, without being charged a fee, if the payment is made outside of goforfreelance.

ADVERTISING

You are prohibited from advertising your website on goforfreelance. Any URL posted in a bid, project description, or the message board, must relate to a project on goforfreelance. An example of a permissible URL: your portfolio or resumé page.

THE ROLE OF goforfreelance

goforfreelance functions as a venue to connect employers and freelancers in a virtual marketplace. As a neutral facilitator, goforfreelance is not directly involved in the actual transactions between users of the Site. As a result, goforfreelance has no control over the truth, accuracy, quality, legality, or safety of postings made by users. Because verifying the identity of a user on the Internet is difficult, goforfreelance cannot and does not confirm the identity of users. goforfreelance also does not confirm nor verify the qualifications, background, or abilities of users. Therefore, goforfreelance recommends that you exercise care, common sense and good judgement when dealing with any member on the site. If you are unsatisifed with another member, the most goforfreelance can do is refund the project commission you have been charged. goforfreelance is not responsible for your transactions or fraudulent payments made by users and cannot be held liable for financial loss incurred from fraudulent transactions.

AND FINALLY...

We thank you for choosing the goforfreelance.com service and we look forward to a mutually successful business relationship