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Terms and Conditions
This agreement sets out the terms and conditions
('Terms and Conditions') applicable to members of
the service operated by VI freelance jobs.com.
Applicants (referred to as 'members') must agree to
the following Terms and Conditions. In the event a
member breaches or otherwise fails to comply with
any provision of these Terms and Conditions then in
addition to any other remedy available to VI
Freelance Jobs, VI Freelance Jobs may terminate the
participation of such member in the service and/or
may withhold any payments relating to participation
in the service due to such member from VI Freelance
Jobs.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
VI Freelance Jobs.com shall have absolute discretion
as to whether or not it accepts a particular
applicant or site for participation in the service.
REMOVAL FROM
NETWORK
VI Freelance Jobs.com reserves the right to
terminate the participation of any member or site
without reason but expressly including any member
site that VI Freelance Jobs judges to be in
violation of the Terms and Conditions.
Members in violation of VI Freelance Jobs' Terms and
Conditions will be immediately deactivated. VI
Freelance Jobs may deactivate members with no prior
notification. Members found in violation of the
Terms and Conditions will not receive any credit or
payment from VI Freelance Jobs. Members that are
terminated by VI Freelance Jobs on any basis other
than violation of these Terms and Conditions will be
entitled to receive any payment due from VI
Freelance Jobs.
REFERRAL
COMMISSIONS
The referral commission paid out will be the one
listed on the Referrals page (http://www.VIFreelanceJobs.com/referrals.html).
If the commission rate is changed, it will only
affect referrals made after the new commission was
announced. You may not refer yourself, nor sign up
for multiple accounts to collect referral fees. You
may also not partner with any other VI Freelance
Jobs.com user to share/transfer the commission made
from your own account, or else both parties will be
kicked from the service without payment. VI
Freelance Jobs reserves the right to delay or cancel
sending affiliate earnings if we believe the
referred user will not pay the fees they were
charged, since affiliate commissions are based on
those fees.
PAYMENTS
VI Freelance Jobs will typically print and mail
checks if the member requests it AND their account
balance is equal to or greater than $30. This also
applies to payments made through the
PayPal service. All amounts are stated in and
all payments will be made in US funds. We verify all
deposits and might ask you to verify yours; If you
refuse to send verification information via E-mail,
Fax or Phone, we reserve the right to refund the
deposit and terminate your account. VI Freelance
Jobs reserves the right to suspend a withdrawal if
the source of the funds is suspected to be
fraudulent. Any funds received from an account
having made a fraudulent deposit (e.g. stolen credit
card) will be reversed immediately. If in a
fraudulent payment situation a withdrawal has
already been processed, you will be expected to
return the funds to your VI Freelance Jobs account
or face account termination.
As previously stated, any member site that VI
Freelance Jobs removes from the service due to
violation of the Terms and Conditions will receive
no credit or payment.
COPYRIGHTS
No copyright material can be posted on VI Freelance
Jobs. This includes items which are sold by the
author. Only posting sections as
examples, will be permitted. A "section" being no
more than 10% of the contents. This is
meant to protect the author's rights.
MODIFICATIONS
VI Freelance Jobs reserves the right to change the
member Terms and Conditions at any time. It is the
member's responsibility to check these Terms and
Conditions from time to time for such changes. In
the event VI Freelance Jobs offers any additional or
replacement services then this agreement shall apply
to such services in the absence of any new agreement
specific to such services which is entered into
between the parties.
OWNERSHIP
Members agree that all information contained on a
website operated by VI Freelance Jobs, and all
information compiled by VI Freelance Jobs through
operation of the affiliate program, is the
proprietary information of VI Freelance Jobs.
Personal information provided by members to VI
Freelance Jobs will be kept confidential and will
not be distributed to any third party.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Members agree not to post their e-mail address on
the site, except in the "e-mail" field of the signup
form, or when asked by VI Freelance Jobs at any
other time. There should be no need to give anyone
your e-mail address. It is automatically provided if
you choose a programmer (or you are the programmer
chosen for) a project, and before that time you can
use the message board to communicate. This does not
only apply to e-mail addresses, but to all methods
of communication, including phone, ICQ, AIM, MSN
Messenger, etc... See "Avoiding Commissions" below
for the reason.
PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION
You are prohibited from making direct contact with
another member, unless it's for a project you (a
Freelancer) have been picked for, or you (a
Employer) have picked a Freelancer for. This
includes giving out your e-mail address, ICQ number,
phone number, or any other method of contact outside
of this site. VI Freelance Jobs provides you with
message boards, which should be sufficient for
pre-project planning. The only exception to this is
on "Featured" projects. If a project has the
"Featured" graphic on it, that means the webmaster
has paid a flat fee in advance, and you ARE allowed
to provide contact information in the message board.
Note that the VI Freelance Jobs system does not
distinguish between featured and non-featured
message board posts, so you will still get a warning
when submitting an e-mail address, even if the
project is featured.
AVOIDING COMMISSIONS
You are strictly prohibited from attempting to
negotiate the fee for a project with another member
directly (outside of VI Freelance Jobs) after that
project has been created/opened and before that
project has been closed (basically, during an
ongoing project). But this also applies to any
project that was closed without a programmer being
chosen, and then contacting them about the project
anyway. Both parties are responsible for notifying
VI Freelance Jobs if the payment amount increases
(above the bid amount) after the project is closed.
Receiving a larger amount than the original project
bid, without notifying us, will be considered an
attempt to avoid the commissions. When a Freelancer
requests a withdrawal, we always review all payments
received for each project to verify that they match
the bid. If at the time of a withdrawal request the
Freelancer has failed to notify VI Freelance Jobs
staff of a payment received above the amount of his
bid (a total payment above US$100), VI Freelance
Jobs reserves the right to deduct double the fee for
the amount that should have been reported. We
believe our commissions are very fair and justified
for the service we provide, therefore we will
absolutely not tolerate any of this activity on VI
Freelance Jobs.
BIDDING
Freelancers can only place bids that equal the total
amount of money they are requesting for the project.
You cannot post an hourly bid or any other abnormal
type of bid. This applies to Employers too.
Webmasters cannot create projects that directly or
indirectly require programmers to place hourly or
other abnormal bids. The only exception, for both
Employers and Freelancers, is when the project is
featured. See featured project information at
http://www.vifreelancejobs.com/featured.html.
POSTING PROJECTS
New users are limited to the posting of only 3
projects before being asked to make a deposit. This
is meant to protect other users and prevent
fraudulent activity. A user is required to deposit
any amount of funds before they gain the right to
post unlimited projects. A user may request higher
posting limits, under special circumstances, by
simply contacting VI Freelance Jobs support.
FEATURED PROJECTS
The following conditions are here to prevent abuse
of the "Featured project" feature on VI Freelance
Jobs. The maximum amount of money a Freelancer can
receive for a Featured project, through the VI
Freelance Jobs system, without being charged a fee,
is $2,000. Any amount received above $2,000 will be
subject to the regular fee of 5%. Note that this
condition only applies to money received with the VI
Freelance Jobs system; you can receive more than
$2,000 for a single Featured project, without being
charged a fee, if the payment is made outside of VI
Freelance Jobs. If this condition applies to a
payment you received on VI Freelance Jobs, you must
notify us of the amount so that we can apply a 5%
fee to the amount above $2,000. Failure to notify us
could result in temporary account suspension.
ADVERTISING
You are prohibited from advertising your website on
VI Freelance Jobs. Any URL posted in a bid, project
description, or the message board, must relate to a
project on VI Freelance Jobs. An example of a
permissible URL: your portfolio or resumé page.
If you would like to advertise your services or
business please got to
http://www.vifreelancejobs.com/advertise.html
THE ROLE OF VI FREELANCE JOBS
VI Freelance Jobs functions as a venue to connect
Employers and Freelancers in a virtual marketplace.
As a neutral facilitator, VI Freelance Jobs is not
directly involved in the actual transactions between
users of the Site. As a result, VI Freelance Jobs
has no control over the truth, accuracy, quality,
legality, or safety of postings made by users.
Because verifying the identity of a user on the
Internet is difficult, VI Freelance Jobs cannot and
does not confirm the identity of users. VI Freelance
Jobs also does not confirm nor verify the
qualifications, background, or abilities of users.
Therefore, We recommend that You be careful and
exercise common sense and good judgment when dealing
with any member on the Site. You are encouraged to
review our
Project Guidelines before taking part in a
project. If you are unsatisfied with another member,
the most VI Freelance Jobs can do is refund the
project commission you have been charged by us. We
cannot refund the money you have sent to someone, we
are not responsible for your transactions. VI
Freelance Jobs is not responsible for fraudulent
payments made by users and cannot be held liable for
financial loss incurred from fraudulent
transactions. It is the receiver's responsibility to
verify the identity and background of the sender.
AND FINALLY.. .
We thank you for choosing the VI Freelance Jobs.com
service and we look forward to a mutually successful
business relationship.
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