Hiring on Upwork

[ProblemSolver]

I just hired someone on Upwork to create a website for me. We came up with 4 milestones for payment. He is requesting that I pay the milestone before it is completed as a down payment. Is this typical? I have never used it before but my understanding was the work would be accomplished for each milestone, then the freelancer would get paid.

 

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[The-J]

I prefer to pay hourly because of things like this. But yes, this is common.

 

[healthstatus]

Look at their ratings (hopefully you did before you hired them). Do they have repeat business? Do they have 5x to 10x earnings on upwork more than the job you just gave them? Do they have mainly 5 star ratings? If yes to each of these, then yes, pay them some upfront. If no, then why the hell did you hire them? Reject the offer and find a worker that meets all those.

 

[ProblemSolver]

Look at their ratings (hopefully you did before you hired them). Do they have repeat business? Do they have 5x to 10x earnings on upwork more than the job you just gave them? Do they have mainly 5 star ratings? If yes to each of these, then yes, pay them some upfront. If no, then why the hell did you hire them? Reject the offer and find a worker that meets all those.

They have very good ratings and a lot of previous history on Upwork. They have the "Top Rated" tag as well.

 

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[Sanj Modha]

I found my VA on Upwork. I use it all the time too but go for fixed contracts with clear objectives for one off projects.

Make them work, work, work, work, work for that money.