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LimeExchange Vantage Plan is an exclusive membership plan that empowers providers to leverage their online reputation and credibility.

‘Vantage Tag’ against your profile adds weight to your profile and brings plethora of privileges with it. Some of the exclusive features enjoyed by the Vantage Members are:

•  Customized space on LimeExchange profile to showcase testimonials earnings, etc., from sources external to LimeExchange
•  Lower project fee
•  Improved Profile Rank
•  Enhanced listing on the search pages
•  Purchase Coupons
•  Dedicated Account Manager
•  Preferential listing on the Bid summary page

Plus a Vantage Service Provider on LimeExchange has some exclusive advantages like:

•  Unlimited Bids
•  Unlimited Featured Project Bids
•  Unlimited Friend Requests
•  180 Free Call Minutes
•  Free Payoneer Card
•  Unlimited Skill Tests

Since Vantage membership is one of our exclusive membership plans, we reserve the right of approval for a member to become a Vantage member. Apply for free 30-day vantage trial to become a vantage provider. Remember a vantage membership increases your chance of winning projects by 10s of folds.

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No Commission…No transaction fee… No hidden charges

Now enjoy 0% commission offer for 90 days – it’s our way of extending thanks to all our esteemed service providers.

Good News for all providers on our pro and vantage membership plans. We are waiving off all transaction and project commission fee for 90 days, effective from 10th of March, 2010.

For all service providers who are yet not on any membership plans, its a great time to upgrade to pro or apply for a vantage membership to enjoy our special 0% commission offer.

So get started and spread the word across…

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Profile rank is one of the most important aspects for acquiring more projects at LimeExchange. Profile Rank is given to all the service providers on the parameters of activity, commitment and quality of the work. The more actively a provider participates on LimeExchange, the higher will be the profile rank of that provider.

You need to develop some positive attributes such as having a complete Profile, higher Earnings on LimeExchange, ability to get continuous business from the Buyers, etc. as this ensures buyers that  you are a authenticity and confirms skills and expertise as a provider.

We provide two types of profile ranks:

• LimeExchange Rank, and
• Category Rank

You profile rank would be displayed:

In the Search Results pages

While searching for an efficient and genuine provider for a project a buyer always check provider’s profile rank.  When a Buyer searches for Service Providers in a multiple categories, we show LimeExchange Rank in the search results. If he is searching in a single category, we show Category Rank in the search results.

On the Profile Page

Ranking always attracts the buyer and help him in taking an intelligent hiring decision. Your LimeExchange Rank as well as the Category Rank would be displayed on your profile homepage. Category Rank can be viewed by selecting any category from the drop down.

On the Bid Summary Page

When providers bid on projects, their profile rank is shown to the buyers on the bid summary page. Better ranking increases the chances of winning a project. All bids by Vantage Providers are shown to the buyers in order of priority along with the profile rank and a Vantage icon.

Increase your profile rank by following these guidelines:

•  Complete your profile 100%
•  Execute more projects, earnings from projects will boost your profile rank
•  Get your education credentials verified by justifacts
•  Join Vantage Plan, higher the plan more the rank
•  Get Recommendations, increase connections to get more business
•  Actively participate on LimeExchange, take skill tests, and participate in Q&A.

Hope these features will help in making your project execution easier and maximize your profits on this platform. Please share with us your feedback and suggestions on the same.

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• Post a Featured Project and Hire a Premium Service Provider

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When a provider is working on hourly or a pay per task project he needs to submit his worksheet to the buyer. Worksheet is a summary report of the work completed by your provider who is working on your Hourly and Pay Per Task projects. As a buyer, you need to review it in order to make payments for the work done.

The provider needs to log the worksheet within the billing cycle and submit it to the Buyer within 48 hours from the end of each Billing Cycle.  Each Billing Cycle begins at 12:00 am GMT every Monday and ends at 11:59 pm GMT the following Sunday. It includes time, number of hours, tasks, date and work attachments.

How to review the worksheet?

•    Go to Projects –> Manage Projects tab.
•    Click the project name link to view the project details.
•    Review the worksheet, add your comments and accept/reject the worksheet.
•    To view the recent worksheets submitted by a provider on your project, please go to the ‘Work –> Overview’ tab of your project.
•    To view all the worksheets submitted by a provider on your project, please click the ‘View All Worksheets’ link.

Approval/Rejection of a worksheet

The timeframe given for the approval and rejection of the worksheet is before 11:59 pm GMT on every Friday following the end of a Billing Cycle.

•    If you are satisfied with providers work then you can approve the worksheet and make the payment to the Provider.
•    If you did not like the deliverables provided to you by the provider you can reject the worksheet, it will be sent back to the Service Provider for appropriate action and resubmission.
•    In case if you fail to take any action within the given period of time, the worksheet will be considered to have been approved and the payment will be released to the provider accordingly.
•    When the worksheet is automatically approved, the Service Provider will not be eligible to be paid for any Additional Work Log (as defined below).

Click the ‘Work’ tab and go to the week view of the worksheet submitted by the provider. You can accept/reject the worksheet from there.

Additional Work Log

If your provider has worked on some additional tasks for executing the project, he can log in as the Additional Work Log. You can approve or reject the additional work as claimed by the Service Provider. On approval you need to pay the provider for the work done or if you would reject the additional work then provider would not be able to claim for payments.

It is recommended to review worksheet of your provider as it a claim of work done and ensures successful completion of your project. Please feel free to ask queries and provide your sugestions on the same.

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Getting your credentials verified means authenticating your genuineness as a committed provider. It not only verifies your credentials but also works as a deciding factor for buyers before choosing the right provider for their project. Understanding this requirement of our users,  we have partnered with a credentials verification service called Crederity. This Verified Seal is a hallmark of trust and authenticity on your Profile & Bid. It helps in verifying your credentials, also called Trust Facts. These Trust Facts include the factual information that distinguishes you from others, such as:

•    Identity (Identity verification is a free basic service provided by Crederity)
•    Education
•    Work Experience
•    References
•    Certifications

Presently, Crederity services are available only to the members located in the U.S. and India.

Benefits of Crederity

•  Free! Basic Verification – Your Identity Verification is Free! -  This includes your name, address and date of birth. Identity verification – a basic service by Crederity is compulsory for all those who want to verify their credentials like Education, Work experience, References and Certifications.

•  Get a Digital Crederity Card- You get a Digital Crederity Card on successful verification by Crederity. You can display your Crederity card on your online profiles, resumes, emails, web pages or anywhere you want.

•  Potential to Earn More $$$s-  Getting verified improves your Profile Rank by up to 10% and increases your chances of winning a job on LimeExchange.

•  Verified Seal Establishes Trust- It’s a fact – verification by an independent agency like Crederity helps you win more jobs. The Crederity seal is prominently displayed on your bid, profile, search results and project details page.

How to verify?

•    Sign in to your LimeExchange account and go to your ‘My Account –> Profile’ page and fill in your education details.
•    Click ‘Verify’ button next to your education.
•    on submitting your details, you will receive an email from Crederity.
•    Check your email and visit the link provided there. Follow the instructions to complete your application.
•    You will be informed by an email from Crederity when your verification is completed.
•    On successful verification, you will get a Digital Crederity Card on your LimeExchange profile. A verified seal will be displayed on all your bids, search results and project details page.

So, wait no more verify your credentials now and increase your chances of winning a freelance project on LimeExchange.

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Getting your credentials verified means authenticating your genuineness as a committed service provider. Validation of  your credentials also work as a deciding factor for a buyer before choosing the right provider for his project. Understanding this requirement of our users,  we have partnered with a credentials verification service called Crederity. This Verified Seal is a hallmark of trust and authenticity on your Profile & Bid. It helps in verifying your credentials, also called Trust Facts. These Trust Facts include the factual information that distinguishes you from others, such as:

•    Identity (Identity verification is a free basic service provided by Crederity)
•    Education
•    Work Experience
•    References
•    Certifications

Presently, Crederity services are available only to the members located in the U.S. and India.

Benefits of Crederity

•  Free! Basic Verification – Your Identity Verification is Free! -  This includes your name, address and date of birth. Identity verification – a basic service by Crederity is compulsory for all those who want to verify their credentials like Education, Work experience, References and Certifications.

•  Get a Digital Crederity Card- You get a Digital Crederity Card on successful verification by Crederity. You can display your Crederity card on your online profiles, resumes, emails, web pages or anywhere you want.

•  Potential to Earn More $$$s-  Getting verified improves your Profile Rank by up to 10% and increases your chances of winning a job on LimeExchange.

•  Verified Seal Establishes Trust- It’s a fact – verification by an independent agency like Crederity helps you win more jobs. The Crederity seal is prominently displayed on your bid, profile, search results and project details page.

How to verify?

•    Sign in to your LimeExchange account and go to your ‘My Account –> Profile’ page and fill in your education details.
•    Click ‘Verify’ button next to your education.
•    on submitting your details, you will receive an email from Crederity.
•    Check your email and visit the link provided there. Follow the instructions to complete your application.
•    You will be informed by an email from Crederity when your verification is completed.
•    On successful verification, you will get a Digital Crederity Card on your LimeExchange profile. A verified seal will be displayed on all your bids, search results and project details page.

So, wait no more verify your credentials now and increase your chances of winning a freelance project on LimeExchange.

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