We recommend pausing your job contracts if your expert is unresponsive for an extended time. You can also ask our support team to message the expert in certain situations.
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Unresponsive experts for hourly contracts
If you hired the expert with an hourly job contract, the unpaid timesheets are paid at the end of your standard billing period. When you pause an hourly job, your expert will not be able to invoice additional hours. If you continue working with the expert, both parties must agree to resume the hourly contract.
Unresponsive experts for fixed-rate contracts
When you hire an expert with a fixed-rate contract, the expert can send a milestone payment request with the work submission. After the expert sends the payment request, you have a 14-day deadline to request revisions or approve the work submission. The escrow account balance is automatically paid to the expert if you don’t reply to a payment request. You have the option to decline an escrow payment request as well. If the expert doesn’t submit a payment request, the escrow funds will stay in escrow until you release funds or the contract is closed.
Questions and answers
⚡ Can I dispute a payment to an expert for an hourly job contract?
You can dispute invoiced hours for hourly job contacts for five days following your weekly billing period.
⚡ Can I dispute a milestone escrow payment to an expert for a fixed-rate job contract?
You could ask your expert for a refund if a milestone payment was released and paid within the past 180 days. The Cad Crowd mediation team can also help if your escrow payment was paid over the previous 30 days.
⚡ Can I get a refund on a milestone payment that is held in my job’s escrow account balance?
You can opt to close a fixed-rate job contract and ask for a refund of the escrow balance. Alternatively, you can approve a partial milestone payment for unfinished work. If you reject a milestone submission, the expert must update and resubmit the work before sending a new payment request.
