How you do this depends on the project payment type you chose when you posted the project:
Pay for deliverables
Now sit back while the buyer approves your work.
If your deliverables are at all time sensitive, don't forget to email a copy to the buyer yourself.
99% of the time, buyers either sign off or communicate back any issues very quickly. However, if you run into a non-responsive buyer, just alert the Facilitator and he/she will get the process rolling again. If you have completed the
work 100% and the buyer does not wish to pay you, you can use the same link to have an arbitrator test the work and award the funds to you from escrow.
Pay for time
Once the timecard ends, the buyer has up to 3 days to approve or contest the timecard. If they do not, then the timecard is auto-approved. Once it is approved (or auto-approved), the funds are awarded to your account.
99% of the time, the buyer approves the timecard. However if the buyer alleges fraud, then they can place the timecard images into arbitration. If the arbitrator cannot confirm fraud then you are paid. However, if they do, then you are not paid for the timecard (and can receive a poor rating and/or have your account permanently closed).
For this reason it's important to always accurately record your time. See the rules of arbitration on 'pay for time' projects for more details.
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