The platform now offers an Automatic Milestone Creation Feature that streamlines the contract process by generating a milestone automatically when a contract is first created. This enhancement is designed to speed up the process for clients and freelancers by eliminating the need to manually create milestones after the contract is accepted.
In practice, when a job is posted at a fixed price (for example, a $1,000 project to build a website), and a freelancer applies expressing their willingness to complete the project at that rate, the acceptance of the application and creation of the contract traditionally required a manual step to add a milestone with the project details and value. With this new functionality, as soon as the contract is established, the platform automatically creates a milestone within that contract using the job title as the milestone name.
The value of the milestone is determined by a custom data item that was originally filled in on the post-the-job page. This means that if the client indicated the project budget during the job posting (such as $1,000 for the website project), the same value is used to automatically set the milestone amount when the contract is created. This automation accelerates the initiation of the project and the payment process, ensuring that the necessary milestones are in place without requiring additional manual input.
If there are any questions regarding this new feature, users are encouraged to reach out for support.