To create and post a project:

• Click on Projects tab on the homepage.
• Creating and posting a project is a two step process where you provide the project details in step one, and then confirm (or edit) those details in step two.
• You can either save the project as a draft or submit it for 8KMiles providers to bid.
• You will start receiving bids for submitted projects from providers with matching skills and expertise. You can view all your bids on the Bids page.

To find a project/work:

Search and Bid:

• Search and bid on projects matching the kind of services you intend to deliver.
• Communicate with buyers, negotiate terms, establish milestones and win the project contract.
• Start working on the project. The payment for the project would be released to you after successful completion of project based on established milestones.

Receive Bid Invitations:

• Buyers search for providers and send invitations to bid on projects posted by them. We recommend that you fully complete your profile describing yourself, your experience and your skills in as much detail as possible to increase the possibility of receiving bid invitations from buyers.

Notifications:

• You can also setup notifications via email and SMS messaging.
• When buyers post projects that match your interests, 8KMiles will send you email /SMS notification messages.

8KMiles provides several tools to enhance communication and facilitate smooth project execution at different stages of the project lifecycle.

After hiring a service provider, the project will appear under the Projects tab with the appropriate status:

• Open - Once a project is posted and is in the bidding stage, the status of the project is 'Open'.
• In Progress - Once you hire a service provider for a project, the project status becomes 'In Progress'.
• Closed - After the completion of the project, the project status becomes 'Closed'.

VCE: Buyers can subscribe to a Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) and assign it to a specific project. Project members can logon to the VCE and execute project activities. The VCE ensures project continuity and security of the buyer's intellectual property. For more information on VCE, please refer to VCE FAQ.

Project Space: Once a project starts, a dedicated Project Space can be assigned to the project. All project related messages between the buyer and provider will appear in this space. Buyers and providers can upload files and share project-related information here. Within the project space, buyers and providers have the option to rate one another.

After you log in to 8KMiles you would see all the updates and alerts on the "My 8KMiles" tab. Updates are informative notifications that generally do not require an action, whereas Alerts are notifications requiring an action. In addition there is link for the required action within each alert message.

8KMiles also notifies you via email for alerts.

Milestones are an effective way to set project expectations and these are set while awarding a project contract. Milestones can be used to break the project into small and meaningful pieces (e.g. the First milestone can be "Requirements Analysis", the second can be "Design" and the third can be "Development"). Milestones help track project progress and also help make payments in accordance with deliverables.

Projects are dynamic in nature and requirements often change over time.

• If you are a service buyer, you can modify / add / remove milestones.
• If you are a service provider, you can request for a change in any milestone to the service buyer through the Message Center. The service buyer can then evaluate your request and make changes as needed.

Yes. Once bidding ends on a project, the buyer gets a 10-day grace period for awarding the project. If the buyer does not want to award the project for whatever reason, the project can be cancelled within the 10-day period.

Yes. A buyer can repost any project that has been cancelled within the 10-day grace period available after the completion of bidding.