Post Project
Posting a project is a simple process where you describe your needs and invite skillful service providers to do the job for you.
Provide a title to your project
Provide an accurate title so that service providers can quickly see that your project matches their skill set and interest.
Provide project details
Description: Giving a detailed description of your project helps
service providers better understand your specific requirements. We
strongly recommend that buyers provide a detailed and elaborate project
description. Once the project is opened for bidding, you will not be
able to change this field.
Attachments: To better explain your project requirements, you can also
attach separate file(s). You can use LimeExchange project Message Board
and IM features to communicate additional project details, but it is
important to make this as accurate as possible in your listing.
Select project Category and sub-category
Choosing the relevant category and sub-category is important, as
service providers often search for projects posted under specific
categories. The category should match the skill set requirements and
not the industry or business type. For example, if you are a multimedia
professional and you need a multimedia website, you should post the
project in "Web Development" category and not in "Audio Video &
Multimedia".
When you select the project Category, the "Skills/Technology
Preference" box gets automatically filled with the skills relevant to
your project category.
Select preferred skill/technology
Select the skills that you are looking for in a service provider for
your project. You can select a maximum of 5 skills. If any of your
preferred skills are not available in the list, you can click the "Add
Custom Skills" link and specify your preferred skills.
Select the type of project you want to post
Depending upon the nature of work and your payment preferences, you can
choose from Hourly paid project, Fixed Price project and Pay Per Task
project.
Specify your budget, project schedule and bid duration
Please note: the fields in this section will change depending upon whether you are posting a Fixed Price project, Hourly paid project or Pay Per Task project.
For 'Hourly' paid projects, the fields in this section will be as follows:
For 'Fixed Price' projects, the fields in this section will be as follows:
You can specify the approximate budget range and the tentative completion date for your project. Budget range is not binding, and service providers and buyers can place and accept bids outside the specified budget range, but indicating a range helps communicate the scale of your project and requirements.
The bidding duration for a project can run up to 60 days. If you select less than 60 days when you post a project, you can later on extend the bidding duration as needed. However, the total bidding duration including any extensions cannot exceed 60 days.
Featured Project: You have an option to post your project as a Featured Project for $5.00 only.
Benefits of posting a Featured Project:
• Minimum of 5 quality bids guaranteed or you get a $5.00 Coupon to
post another Featured Project absolutely Free!
• Your project would be listed as a top Featured Project on search
pages.
• An eye catching graphic makes every Featured Project more prominent,
attracting more high quality bids from providers.
• Every time you award a Featured Project, you get a $5.00 Coupon to
post another Featured Project absolutely Free!
The fee for posting a featured project can be paid via Credit Card, PayPal, Moneybookers or using the balance available in your LimeExchange Wallet. If you pay fee via an unverified Credit Card or PayPal account, please ensure that you get the same Credit Card/PayPal account verified from LimeExchange. It will help us maintain high security standards on LimeExchange.
Advanced Options
Only Invited Service Providers: If you restrict bidding on your project to 'Only invited Service Providers', your project becomes a private project. In such a case, only those service providers to whom you send a 'Request to Bid' will be able to bid on your project.
Only Logged-in users: You have the option to have your project viewed by logged-in users only, so it will not be visible to Search Engines, RSS Feeds and non logged-in users.
Preference to providers who have a verified identity: If a provider has a verified identity, you can be rest assured that you are dealing with the same person who the person claims to be. When you select this option, the bids that you receive from providers having a verified identity will be marked by a distinctive Seal of Trust. Please note that providers who do not have a verified identity will also be able to bid on your project; you are free to award your project to any provider.
1099 Tax Form Service: You can also opt for LimeExchange 1099 Tax Form service if you are a U.S. based buyer and you want us to comply with 1099 tax requirements on your behalf. This is a free service from LimeExchange. For detailed information on 1099, please see the Help section for '1099 Service'.
Post your Project
Once you have provided the complete project details, accept the
LimeExchange Terms of Service agreement and click the Post Project
button. If you have chosen to post a Featured Project, please click the
Payment & Verification button and make payment of $5 for posting a
featured project. Your project will be verified by LimeExchange and you
will start receiving bids from service providers. Project verification
takes approximately 4 hours, but may take up to 24 hours.
You can also click the button 'Save and Post Later' to save your project as a Draft. Such a project is not posted immediately, but you can edit the draft and post it as a project at a later date of your convenience.
