I vividly remember the day I wrote my first paid article for an international client. He was from Spain and wanted me to get a trial article done at the cost of $25 (About #8,000) for a thousand words.

I spent my whole day writing the article and felt proud after going through it. The client loved the work, commended me and wanted me to write more for him later.

But now, he had to pay me. He requested a PayPal invoice. I told him PayPal was banned in Nigeria so I had to get an alternative.

I searched and searched and searched.....No positive results. The only way was to purchase courses from people who receive money regularly from clients, and I had no money then for that.

I continued to search until I stumbled on Upwork Direct Contract. This feature recently developed by the popular freelancing platform (Upwork) was created to help freelancers and clients outside Upwork ease the flow of payments.

It works this way: You create a contract which the client then accepts. After that, the clients deposit the money in escrow, after which the payment is approved after your work is done. In simple terms, Upwork direct contract is more of a middleman that helps in holding the money till the work is done.

What about payment charges? Upwork direct contract charges 3.4% of the payment made by the client so if you finish a $25 work, Upwork takes just $0.85 as their charge....this is cool in my opinion.

Besides that, you can withdraw the account straight to your account balance. You just need to pay *$0.99 for every transfer* so it doesn't matter whether you are transferring $5 or $10,000....the charge for withdrawing straight to your account balance is the same.

When I found out about this method, I was extremely glad. So I quickly informed my client about this, he was okay with it...so I sent a contract similar to our previously agreed one, then he accepted, deposited the funds and I was able to get my money across to me that day.

Note that the client does not have to be on Upwork to deposit money and pay you, in fact, the email you are sending the contract to must not be registered on Upwork. It's only the freelancers that need to be on the platform to be eligible to create such a contract.

So how do you get started?

- Open an Upwork account (It's important to appear as a professional to get accepted)
- Once you get accepted, then go to settings and input your account details there. It will probably take a day or two for it to get verified.
- Meanwhile, you are free to create a direct contract if you already have a client that's supposed to send you payment.
- Receive your payment, and then withdraw it to your local receiving account.
- Enjoy your cash


Note that I am not against other platforms like Paypal, Payoneer and the rest. If it works for you, great! I even want to start using these platforms, but till then, I am satisfied with the direct contract feature. So far, I have received about $198 using the feature. I attached a screenshot of this.

Let me know what you think. I am open to better suggestions too.

Itzprince:
But how do you withdraw to your Bank.

I explained it all. Your bank details should already be inputted there in your Upwork account, so when the money enters your Upwork account, you can then withdraw to your local receiving account.

Thank you OP

OP, Please which of the freelancing site you use to get a client?

iamluceo:
OP, Please which of the freelancing site you use to get a client?

Just Upwork. There are others that you can use though.

Johnne32:
I vividly remember the day I wrote my first paid article for an international client. He was from Spain and wanted me to get a trial article done at the cost of $25 (About #8,000) for a thousand words.

I spent my whole day writing the article and felt proud after going through it. The client loved the work, commended me and wanted me to write more for him later.

But now, he had to pay me. He requested a PayPal invoice. I told him PayPal was banned in Nigeria so I had to get an alternative.

I searched and searched and searched.....No positive results. The only way was to purchase courses from people who receive money regularly from clients, and I had no money then for that.

I continued to search until I stumbled on Upwork Direct Contract. This feature recently developed by the popular freelancing platform (Upwork) was created to help freelancers and clients outside Upwork ease the flow of payments.

It works this way: You create a contract which the client then accepts. After that, the clients deposit the money in escrow, after which the payment is approved after your work is done. In simple terms, Upwork direct contract is more of a middleman that helps in holding the money till the work is done.

What about payment charges? Upwork direct contract charges 3.4% of the payment made by the client so if you finish a $25 work, Upwork takes just $0.85 as their charge....this is cool in my opinion.

Besides that, you can withdraw the account straight to your account balance. You just need to pay *$0.99 for every transfer* so it doesn't matter whether you are transferring $5 or $10,000....the charge for withdrawing straight to your account balance is the same.

When I found out about this method, I was extremely glad. So I quickly informed my client about this, he was okay with it...so I sent a contract similar to our previously agreed one, then he accepted, deposited the funds and I was able to get my money across to me that day.

Note that the client does not have to be on Upwork to deposit money and pay you, in fact, the email you are sending the contract to must not be registered on Upwork. It's only the freelancers that need to be on the platform to be eligible to create such a contract.

So how do you get started?

- Open an Upwork account (It's important to appear as a professional to get accepted)
- Once you get accepted, then go to settings and input your account details there. It will probably take a day or two for it to get verified.
- Meanwhile, you are free to create a direct contract if you already have a client that's supposed to send you payment.
- Receive your payment, and then withdraw it to your local receiving account.
- Enjoy your cash


Note that I am not against other platforms like Paypal, Payoneer and the rest. If it works for you, great! I even want to start using these platforms, but till then, I am satisfied with the direct contract feature. So far, I have received about $198 using the feature. I attached a screenshot of this.

Let me know what you think. I am open to better suggestions too.

Nice one @OP though some of us are aware.

In another news I'm in need of an extra hand that is knowledgeable on how to get upwork accounts appropriately approved for my LTE students on upwork.

@Seniorwriter

Reg

Very informative

Johnne32:


Just Upwork. There are others that you can use though.

Can you put me through please?

Amadi84:


Can you put me through please?

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