How To Successfully Get A Project Completed
If you followed our advice from the start about how to set up a project and choose the right vWorker, then your project should be well on its way to becoming finished. The work in of itself might have been trying, but the end result should be exactly what you envisioned.
Now, that’s not to say the vWorker will return something you believe needs a slight alteration. Simply tell them it does and the vWorker should make that change. Although, if this is something new that you just came up with – don’t be surprised if the vWorker tells you it is out of specification of the project and that there will be an extra charge.
The trick of this is that the vWorker is not allowed to ask for an advance for work. You would need to sign up a private project for this small alteration in the project – or better yet. Find all the things you want changed and create a new project to do this.
TIP: It is simpler to show good faith and simply send the coder a small bonus to make the change. In my humble opinion, the vWorker will then make the change to get the project completed so they can get paid the full amount. This is entirely up to you – but you cannot promise a bonus and not deliver. This would show bad faith as well the vWorker can leave negative feedback alerting other workers that you have reneged on your deal.
Whatever you offer, whether its a bonus or an additional project, keep in mind that this new idea can be thought of as additional work. Often its best to offer a new project, this way the coder gets paid, he’ll have a reduced rate taken off the top and you’ll be able to give him an additional feedback point. So, in the interest of the vWorker, its usually better to have a new project privately assigned to them.
If you believe the vWorker should have done this new portion for free, ask yourself if you would do work for your employer for free – most would say no – that if it was not asked for in the beginning, it is new work. So, just make sure you read our article on how to post an outsource project.
Keep in mind that vWorkers get paid on the fifteenth (15) and the thirtieth (30-31) of the month. So they are really itching to have you agree the job is completed. If it is, then accept the work and get the vWorker paid. You’re sure to have a vWorker willing to work just as hard on the next project than if you were to hold up payment. Just make sure everything is completed – if it is – accept the project and leave feedback.
If you see that the work they have presented to you is complete, and is testing perfectly and works as you had asked it did in your project objectives, then you can accept the project as complete and release the escrow funds to the vWorker. As well, if would be good to leave feedback about the coder so that others will know to use them.
I will typically rate a coder on how well they worked with me. Not so much that they didn’t give me the work in time or it was incomplete. Work is often incomplete if there are a number of changes. If a vWorker went above and beyond to really give me a great final product then I give them good feedback plus a small bonus. Really, they have saved you a lot of money – a small bonus will bring them back to do more work for you.
As a vWorker myself, I will always strive to give my clients the best product I can create in a timely manner. Its not so much for a bonus, but rather to let prospective buyers know that I will do a great job.
