Chapter
15
Managing Your Account—and Your Money
In This Chapter
• Your account setting options
• Making yourself available for job invitations
• Understanding the escrow system
• Elance’s Hourly Work Guarantee
• Managing your financial accounts
As your business grows on Elance, you’ll be spending a lot of time on the website. Whether as a contractor or client, you’ll be opening and closing projects, transferring money, and dealing with the quirks and nuances of any business system or platform. It’s best to understand how it works and what your options are for changes.
Just as with your own home or office, take some time to make yourself comfortable in this virtual work world. The escrow system and payment options are designed to create and maintain a stable and secure work environment, as is your ability to easily access your money.
To a certain degree, you can also tailor communication options and make sure you’re available for job invitations by the type of clients of your choosing. If you dig, the opportunities expand. I’ll show you how.