How TopperWork Works

A Better Way to Work Together

TopperWork is designed to bring clients and skilled professionals together through a clear, transparent and professional marketplace experience.

TopperWork freelance marketplace workflow connecting clients and skilled professionals

One marketplace, two sides of meaningful work

TopperWork is being built to make it easier for clients to discover professional talent and for freelancers to discover meaningful opportunities.

Clients

Clients can discover professionals, review their capabilities, choose the right fit and move toward creating a working relationship.

Freelancers

Freelancers can build their professional presence, discover opportunities and present their skills to clients looking for the right expertise.

Work

Once both sides agree to work together, the project can move through its defined work, completion and payment stages.

Find the right professional and build with confidence

The client journey is designed around discovering suitable talent, establishing clear expectations, supporting the work and reviewing the completed result.

  1. Find Talent Discover professionals whose skills match your project needs.
  2. Choose & Hire Review proposals or professional profiles and establish the working relationship.
  3. Fund the Work Follow the applicable funding process before protected work begins.
  4. Review the Work Review submitted work according to the applicable project or contract workflow.
  5. Complete Payment Payment proceeds according to the applicable completion and release process.

Turn your skills into meaningful opportunities

Freelancers can build their professional presence, discover suitable opportunities and work with clients through a structured marketplace workflow.

  1. Build Your Profile Present your skills, experience and professional strengths.
  2. Discover Opportunities Explore projects and opportunities that match your expertise.
  3. Submit Proposals Present your approach and proposal to clients for relevant opportunities.
  4. Get Hired Establish the working relationship when a client selects your proposal or profile.
  5. Complete the Work Perform the agreed work according to the applicable project or contract terms.

Funding is designed to support protected work

TopperWork's marketplace model is designed around advance-funded work arrangements. Where the applicable contract requires funding, the required amount is intended to be secured before protected work begins.

Important

This page explains the planned marketplace concept. Actual funding, escrow and financial processing functionality will be implemented in the relevant future phases.

Work moves toward a clear completion point

The marketplace is designed so that work can move from an agreed scope through completion and review, followed by the applicable payment release process.

Agreed Work

The client and professional establish what needs to be delivered.

Work Completed

The professional performs the agreed work and submits the applicable result.

Review & Completion

The work moves through the applicable review and completion process.

A clear path from funding to payment

01 Funding

Applicable work is funded according to the contract or project arrangement.

02 Work

The professional completes the agreed work.

03 Review

The client reviews the work according to the applicable workflow.

04 Release

Payment follows the applicable completion and release rules.

Planned Marketplace Workflow

Payment, escrow, balance and withdrawal functionality are not implemented by this informational page. Actual financial processing will be handled by the future server-side financial system.

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