One collaboration, step by step.
Both sides of one collaboration, the business and then the creator. Every step says what happens and whose move comes next.
7 steps from a project to approved work
Describe the project
Say what you need made: the formats, the languages, how many deliverables, the deadline, the budget and how many revision rounds are included.
Publish it, or invite creators
Publish the project for creators to apply to, or find creators in the marketplace by what they make and invite them to it.
Compare the applications
Each application carries a price, a delivery time and a note. Shortlist the ones you like, then choose one: choosing opens the checkout.
Pay, and the money is held
You pay the agreed price in full, and UGIII holds it until you approve. Paying opens the collaboration, and closes the project to everyone else who applied.
Talk in the collaboration
Each collaboration has its own chat, with files and links to versions. Answer from your desk or your phone; the thread is the same on both.
Review each version
Versions arrive in the collaboration and every one is kept. Approve it, or ask for changes against the version you are looking at, within the rounds the project set.
Approve, and the money is released
Approving the last deliverable completes the work and releases the money. The creator's payout starts on its own, and your payments page shows what is held and what was released.
What happens if…
Three rules the product enforces, so neither side is left waiting on the other.
If the creator misses the deadline
Once the deadline has passed by 3 days with no version waiting on you, you can cancel and get the full amount back. The collaboration shows the date this opens.
If a version is not right
Ask for changes and the creator sends a new version. Each request uses one of the project's rounds. Once they are used you can still approve, or either side can open a dispute and the money stays held until UGIII settles it.
If you do not answer a version
It is approved for you 5 days after it arrives, exactly as if you had approved it. Each new version gets the full window.
6 steps from a profile to a payout
Build your profile
Upload your best videos and photos, and list what you make, the niches you work in and the languages you speak. There is no follower count to fill in.
Set your rates
Choose your starting price and, if you like, your usual turnaround. Change them whenever you want: a collaboration that is already paid keeps its price.
Find projects that fit
Filter open projects by what you make, the niche, the market and the language. A business can also invite you to a project from your profile.
Apply with your price
Send your price, the days you need and a note, with samples from your portfolio if you like. You see the deliverables and the revision rounds before you commit.
Deliver in versions
When the business chooses you, it pays first, and that opens the collaboration and its chat. Upload each version there; every one is kept.
Get paid
The approval that completes the work starts your payout, without anyone asking for it.
What happens if…
Three rules the product enforces, so neither side is left waiting on the other.
If you miss the deadline
Once the deadline has passed by 3 days, the business can cancel for a full refund, as long as no version of yours is waiting for its answer.
If the business asks for changes
Each request uses one of the rounds the project set, and your next version answers it. Once the rounds are used the business cannot ask again: it approves, or either side opens a dispute and the money stays held until UGIII settles it.
If the business goes quiet
A version left unanswered for 5 days approves itself, exactly as if the business had approved it. When that completes the work, your payout starts.