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Professional Zooplancers are seasoned freelancers with field expertise. Whether you have newly started out as a freelance consultant or been in the game for a long time, on this platform only your field experience counts.Client is the individual or company seeking the service of a Zooplancer. They post projects on ZoopUp and recruit Zooplancers by –- Matching skill profile and handing the project to the Zooplancer they choose.
- Posting projects for bid on the website.
- Buying readymade projects put up for sale by a Zooplancer.
- Announcing competition for which everyone can submit their entries.
Zooplancers can get work on ZoopUp in three ways –- a. By bidding on projects uploaded by client
- b. By displaying readymade projects for sale
- c. By participating in competitions posted by client
Fill in your profile with skills, highlighting the key skills with detailed biography of work experience. No personal or contact information should be shared.A complete profile is a must to participate in any activity on ZoopUp. It lets clients know why you're best suited for the job and gives them assurance of legitimacy of your expertise.The best way to succeed in the ZoopUp plaza is to align your skills with the skill requirement posted by the recruiting client for the project and remain actively engaged with clients and other freelancers. You can create unique projects and sell them on ZoopUp or study and place bids in tandem, creating a service bouquet for the client which will help you leverage a cost advantage.Professional ZoopLancers have advantage in terms of experience when competing or bidding for projects. A ZoopLancer winning a project is entirely up to the client’s discretion.Refer to the training content development for understanding the format for developing training modules. Any ZoopLancer who has a skill they feel will add value to their colleagues can create a training module and share it on ZoopSkill share. If your training material meets the ZoopUp professional standards, we will upload it.Anyone can be a professional ZoopLancer. If the client wants you to work exclusively for their project or your company does not allow you to have any other professional engagement, then your liability lies with them, and you will have to come up with some arrangement with them.The duration of any project will depend on the deadlines set by the client, it can be a short term or long-term project.ZoopUp is only a job posting board and our responsibility is to display posts made by clients and ZoopLancer. Whether you post a finished project up for sale or bid for a project that has been posted by the client, you quote the rates for your services and be your own boss in the marketplace.Rising Zooplancer is a freelancer who is foraying into the professional world and exploring the market to find their niche. Students looking for part-time jobs, internship opportunities or projects to gain experience will be the rising Zooplancers, who are much in demand among clients – both SMBs and large corporates. Rising Zooplancers are also professionals venturing into new careers in a different field and come with another set of professional skills.The rising ZoopLancer is someone with little to no experience in the field. Their rates are generally lower than that of professional ZoopLancers, and their portfolio may not have any work experience to show.ZoopUp is an open market where anybody can bid for project, compete for projects, or post their readymade projects for sale. So, even if you are a rising ZoopLancer you can compete in the market and if the client likes you, they will select your work.A rising ZoopLancer can get noticed by continuously participating in competitions and bidding for projects, posting some of their independent work for sale and winning new projects. The key is to stay visible and do different work at great prices to establish a client base.Rising ZoopLancers can set their own rates and charge the clients for their services as per their discretion or as per the rates offered by the client for the project. It is conducive to charge as per one’s experience because at this stage it is as much about gaining meaningful experience as it is about earning. For this reason, their rates may be negotiable.If a rising ZoopLancer can create engaging training video and material that add value to a person’s portfolio then you can submit your training material and qualify to become a Zoop Trainer. ZoopUp presents extensive base for newcomers to ease into the professional world with verified job opportunities that will add value to their budding portfolio.Whether you are a student or changing your career, ZoopUp offers a professional platform where one will not only learn through meaningful practical exposure, but also earn for their efforts. As you take your first steps into the professional world and explore what the market has to offer, start with the best companies to build a formidable portfolio.Among those who apply for the project, Rising ZoopLancers can be identified as those individuals who have less experience and charge less. They will apply in the Rising ZoopLancer category.ZoopSkill trainer is anyone who offers professional training programmes. They may offer training programmes on any topic and share skill training based upon their experience and understanding of the subject. The ZoopSkill trainer is someone with strong skills and ready to wear the mantle of a teacher to share their skills with other professionals aspiring to learn about the field. They offer practical courses, and the course objectives are for the knowledge to be translated into applicable skills. There is a broad range of subjects in which skill training programmes are being uploaded by Zooplancers.Training will be audio-visual as the skill trainer will record their training videos and upload study material with it.The ZoopSkill trainer may set the rates for their programmes as per their discretion.Yes. You can contact the ZoopSkill trainer via their profile and negotiate with them for a bespoke training programme for your company.Upon successfully completing the requisite hours of skill training you will be awarded a certificate of completion by ZoopUp that will eb automatically added to your ZoopUp profile.ZoopSkill Training Programmes are meant to provide practical understanding and actionable knowledge of a subject which the person who has attended the training programme can apply in their professional or personal life. If a project demands a particular skill which you have no knowledge or experience in, you can attend the skill programme and showcase it for meeting the project qualification requirement.ZoopUp the way you earn?
Projects are posted by clients, that is any individual or company looking for the services of a freelancer for their project.Any registered ZoopLancer can bid for a project.Go to the Main Menu and select Projects to view available projects that match your skills. Read the Project details by clicking on the Project description. If you are interested, fill out the bidding form provided below the project description. Enter your bid amount, delivery time and detailed proposal which should include your experience, credentials, and link to your portfolio. you can even add Project subject time frame with payment schedule. Click Place Bid to submit your bid.To see the projects, you have placed bids on, got to My Projects and select Active Bids.The client will award the bid to whoever they feel is the best fit for the project they have posted after reviewing the bidder’s proposal and viewing their profile.If you are awarded the project by the client, you will be notified via your news feed and email.You have 36 hours to accept or reject the project and finalise the terms with the client.You can submit your proposal for the project via –- Chatbox
- Project page
If you do not respond to the award within 36-hours, it will be automatically revoked. *We recommend that you only bid on projects that you can commit to complete as outlined in the code of conduct.The bid proposal is the proposal the ZoopLancer writes when placing a bid. It will start with a brief profile of the ZoopLancer explaining why they would be suitable for the project. It will include details pertaining to the ZoopLancer’s qualification, budget estimates, and link to their portfolio and ZoopUp profile.To avoid penalties and for your bid proposal to be taken seriously, avoid –- Using generic proposals on multiple projects
- Bid and accept project you have no expertise in
- Bid at a low price and then significantly raise the prices once your proposal has been awarded
- Give out or ask contact information in your bid
Some reasons why you cannot bid on a project –- Incomplete profile. Be sure to add
- Profile picture
- Rates (hourly, project wise, days)
- Language
- location
- Key skills do not match. At least one key skill must match.
- You have used up all your bids for the month
- Project restrictions placed by the client
There are three types of bids you can choose from to attract client’s attention and have a higher chance of winning –- Sponsored – pin your bid to the top of the bid list. Only one Sponsored bid is allowed for each project so the access to “Sponsored project” is on first come, first served basis.
- Sealed – Hide your bid details from other ZoopLancers bidding for the project, ensuring only the client can see your bid proposal.
- Highlight – Your bid will be highlighted in Yellow to make it standout. Each project can have up to five highlighted bids so access to Highlight is on first come, first served basis.
Click Retract on your bid card to retract your bid. You can also do it on My Projects page. If you want to bid on the project again, you can do it if the bid is still open, and you still have the available bids on your account.*Note –
- Bid upgrade will not be refunded when you retract the bid.
- Retracted bid does not add back to your bid account.
- You cannot retract a bid once the project is awarded to you.
Go to the Project Page, locate your bid, and click Edit Bid on your bid card. You can only edit your bid while the project is open for bidding. Once awarded, editing a bid requires client’s confirmation. Under Edit Bid, you will be able to update the following –- Your Bid amount
- The Deadline or number of days you are committing to complete the project
- Your proposal
- Your Bid Upgrade
- Your project timeline
Editing the Bid Amount for a project in progress requires the client’s confirmation. Freelancers can edit their bid amount at any time while bidding is still open. To change the bid amount –- Go to the Proposal tab of the Project page
- Locate your Bid and click edit and make the requisite changes
- You will be relocated to the Place a Bid page on the Project section of the project’s Details tab. Here, you can edit the bid amount, estimated deadline, proposal, and proposed timeline
- Click Update Bid to finish.
Your bidding will be restricted if it does not meet the pre-requisites. Some reasons why your bids are getting restricted include –- Using generic bid template that can be applied for any project.
- Using duplicate bids for multiple projects even where the projects require different skills.
- Proposals that do not highlight your treatment of the project.
- Proposals that are incomplete and do not meet the basic project profile requirement.
Go to the Contest page, and clink Upload Entry. You can either submit your entry right away or choose to mark you are participating in the contest and submit your entry later by the last day for entry submission for the contest.Sell Price is the price you can add to your entry which gives the option contest holder and option to purchase the entry at the price you have stated even if you don’t win the contest. The minimum sell price you can state is US$10.There are two kinds of upgrades available in contests in the Promote my entry section –- Seal your entry – so that only the contest holder can see its content.
- Highlight your entry – so that your entry gets greater visibility. * For every contest limited number of entries can be highlighted, hence it is available on first come, first served basis.
The default contest format will be defined by the skills required and the types of projects on which the contest is based.- Design contests - Contests with the following required skills are considered Design contests:
- Advertisement Design
- Creative Design
- Game Design
- Graphic Design
- Icon Design
- Illustrator
- Logo Design
- Photoshop
- Website Design
- User Interface Design
- Video Contests - Contest in following skills determine Video contests:
- Video Editing
- Video Production
- Video Services
- Videography
- Text-based Contests - Text-based contests are those with these required skills:
- Articles
- Content Writing
- Copywriting
- Editing
- Ghost writing
- Report Writing
- Research
- Research Writing
- Technical Writing
- Guaranteed contests – the contest holder guarantees that a winner will be picked
- Featured contests – They are displayed more prominently on the Browse Contest page to attract more entries.
- Urgent Contests – they are time sensitive projects where winner will be awarded the project.
- Sealed contests - only the contest holder can see all the entries in Sealed contests while participating freelancers can only view their own.
- Top contests - the best freelancers are automatically sent an invite to join the contest
- NDA Contests - you will be required to sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement which will bind you to the contests' confidentiality.
- Private contests – they are unsearchable on search engines; you must be logged in to your ZoopUp account to view them.
- Highlight contests - contests are highlighted in yellow to make them more noticeable to freelancers.
• Open - The contest is open for entries. The duration could be from 3 to 30 days, depending on how long the contest holder has set it for. Selecting a winner is possible even if the contest duration is not yet over. • Pending. Submitting entries is no longer possible, and no winner has yet been chosen. The contest holder can pick a winner anytime within 30 days after the contest has ended. • Awarded - A winner has been selected, but the Handover (the transfer of ownership of the winning entry) is not yet completed. • Closed - The Handover has been completed. The contest holder may still buy entries. • Deleted - The contest has been deleted.A contest holder may ask for a file of the contest entry, ZoopLancers are advised not to share it. the Contest Holder is only allowed to view the entry from the contest page. If you win the contest, then there will be a formal Contest Handover where the contest holder will accept the file you have submitted, and you will receive the prize. Only in this final stage the contest holder will be provided the file of their chosen entry.When you are selected as the winner of a contest, you will enter the Contest Handover where you will hand the ownership of your work over to the contest holder. You might receive messages from the contest holder through the messaging or chat option. The messaging feature allows both of you to communicate regarding any file changes the contest holder may request and the final submissions. To complete the handover, you should work on the revisions requested by the contest holder. Once everything is finalized, you can then upload the revised files on the Contest Handover page. When you upload and submit the files, the contest holder must review them before accepting. Once the contest holder accepts and downloads the files you submitted, the Handover process will be complete, and the contest prize will be released to you automatically.Contest requirements are posted by the contest holder, and they may have strict conditions for entries that they expect participants to adhere to. Based on the quality of your entry, impressions you made on the contest holder and how well you have adhered to their directions, contests holders may award you ratings. If your entry does not match the contest holders’ requirements or violates any of their rules, then they can give you a poor rating. To ensure that you get positive ratings, read, understand, and implement details or requirements mentioned in the contest description. If you do not understand the reason for the poor rating, then we advise you to communicate with the contest holder and get their feedback. You can use chat, private message board or public clarification Board to communicate with them.When you join a contest, you can view the submitted entries on the contest page. Some entries cannot be viewed if they are sealed, rejected, or withdrawn.If you wish to withdraw your entry from the contest, then follow these steps – • Go to the contest page • Select My Entries from the View dropdown list • Hover over your entry and click Withdraw To resubmit an entry that has been withdrawn, go to your My Entries page, hover over your entry and click Resubmit.The option to give feedback becomes available to the contest holder, the winning freelancer/s, and the runner- up/s once the Contest Handover is completed. You can submit feedback on the following pages when the option is available:- On the Contest Handover page
- On your Dashboard
- On the Feedback page Via email:
ZoopLancers have the option to put their product for sale on the ZoopUp website. Clients can browse through the available products under various categories and buy readymade projects.Projects for Browse & buy can be uploaded by any ZoopLancer who has a readymade project to sell. It may be designs, logos, articles or blogs, photographs, websites, to name a few.You can place a value on your product as per your discretion. In this case your experience does not matter. However, if you are new and unaware of the trending market rates then browse through the catalogue in which your product fits to get an idea as to how much others are charging for similar work.Once the client has seen your product, they can contact you to enquire about its details via chat, enquiry, or email. As part of the product description, you can mention if additional changes to the product are inclusive of the cost mentioned or will be charged extra. You can also include details such as how much time will be required to make the requisite changes. If you are unsure about adding these details, you can say that the editing costs are extra and can be discussed and negotiated after purchase of the product.It is better that you do not share a copy of the product with the client till they purchase it. for support from ZoopUp ensure that you sell the product to the client first and only then handover its rights and copies to the client.Your product will be marketed on ZoopUp by –- Highlighting the product.
- By putting it on a banner in the web page.
- Sending notification to clients searching for similar products.
We can guide you with marketing your product on ZoopUp by suggesting relevant keywords for your product in your category. We can even share analytics that will help you boos the visibility of your profile and your products in the relevant categories.- Can I collaborate with another ZoopLancer so that we both can publish our joint project on ZoopUp for sale?
To qualify for selling skill courses on ZoopUp, you must first share the sample of your course video. If it passes the quality test, then you will be allowed to share skill courses on ZoopUp.Work experience is not mandatory for creating skill training course. they will help in building your reputation as someone who has practical experience in using the skills and better help you in marketing your product.You can market your skill courses on ZoopUp by signing up for our promotion offer such as Highlighting content and promotion on ZoopUp’s banners.ZoopUp will help you by providing guidance on how to create effective videos, identifying topics on trending skills and marketing your content on the portal. We will boost your profile and display customer review for your projects.Clients will approach your directly for corporate training programmes via chat or viewing your contact details. You can negotiate with them directly and the training can be given physically or virtually depending on the outcome of your discussions and the nature of skill training programme being offered.You can set the rates for the skill training programmes at your discretion. An effective guide to the going rate for any skill training programme would be to view what other trainers are charging, the demand for the training material and your proficiency at the subject.Your contact details such as email address and ZoopUp link will be published. Also, there will be a message board where the students can raise their queries and you can address them so that other attendees of the programme can also see the response.The ratings are given by students based on parameters of –- Engaging content
- Efficacy of instruction method
- Content value
- Originality in teaching
- Practical application through knowledge transfer
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Depending on your interests and the level of understanding you have of the field you can choose to attend any skill course in any field. Whether you need a crash course to bring you up to date with a subject or want to gain a deep understanding of a topic, you can choose the skill course and attend it.Yes. You can attend Basic or advanced skill courses depending on how well you know the subject of the skill training programme.The skill courses will give you knowledge of a field that can be transferred to practical application. If you can market yourself and build your work experience in the field, then you can get work with it. After completing the training programme, you can certainly add attending the programme to your CV.On completion of the skill course, you will learn the latest development in your field and how you can apply it in your career. You will be awarded a badge certifying that you completed the course which you can display on your profile. If you are applying for a project which has a requirement for a specific skill, you can state you are attending the skill course or show the skill badge.The skill trainer will be someone with a flair for teaching who has an impactful syllabus which they have recorded and will translate into actionable objectives. It should help you learn something and even benefit you.Yes, you can communicate with the skill trainer on their message board, send them personal chat or email them.Unless specified by the trainer, there are no prerequisites for attending a skill training programme. For instance, if you are attending a course in pottery then the skill trainer may expect you to have a pottery wheel and related paraphernalia so that you can practice while the lessons are going.The skill training badge will certify that you have knowledge and understanding of the subject having attend a training programme with an expert. SO, yes it will certainly add value to your profile and if a project needs that particular skill, based on your work experience and abilities you may get a job.What are your goals behind learning a skill course –- Is it to learn a new skill you have always been interested in learning?
- Are there new technologies or developments in your field you want to be abreast with?
- Do you want to develop your soft skills?
- Do you want to brush up a skill that you had learnt years ago?
- Is it the requirement for a project or a new job you are applying for?
Anyone interested in learning the skill from a ZoopSkill trainer is welcome to attend the course eve if they are not a ZoopLancer or have a ZoopUp account.ZoopSkill training courses are targeted skill training courses for learning skills that an individual can apply in their profession. These are short duration programmes that are tightly packed with requisite courses for mastering a skill.Based on what are your business is in and the type of organisational needs you have, you can attend a host of training skills that are niche and general in their scope.There is an entire segment that covers computer and enterprise software training programmes. Whether it is to train your employees on using a new software or to learn about relevant software that would eb suitable for your business, you can find training programmes with different objectives.You can browse the trainers listed in the category in the area you want skill training in. Communicate directly with the trainer and see if they can create a training programme specially to meet your business requirements. You can also ask them to design the course and sell it to you so that you can use it for your company training programmes.Yes, you may. In the ZoopUp Plaza any ZoopLancer can offer any type of service, and this includes training programmes for single clients. You can ask them to design an entire training programme and handover the video to you or you can ask them to come and give live training programmes. The details must be negotiated between you and the ZoopTrainer.The price of ZoopSkill training courses is set by the trainer. So, you will have to discuss the charges for the same with the ZoopSkill trainer.You can directly message the ZoopTrainer for group training sessions. ZoopUp can also set up meetings between ZoopLancer and the company if you require and intermediary.ZoopUp offers skill training programmes through ZoopSkill trainers who are independent trainers who upload individual training programmes in skills that they have a certain level of expertise in. the ZoopSkill trainer can offer skill training programme on any of the categories listed on the website.There are a host of training programmes available in the ZoopUp Plaza and you can browse the subject you require training programmes for. There are technical and non-technical short-term skill training programmes. These can be for learning new technologies, soft skills, techniques, language, about international markets and much more.A ZoopSkill trainer can be approached to offer corporate training session. We can organise training camps for corporates if approached by approaching different ZoopSkill trainers who have advanced ratings. We can plan and organise the entire event on behalf of the client.You can hire a ZoopSkill trainer by contacting them via the contact details provided on their profile for enquiries for corporate training programmes.If you have specific training programme requirements, then contact us and we will contact the top-rated skill trainers to design bespoke training programme for your company.It is up to the ZoopSkill trainers’ discretion to offer physical training sessions, and this can be discussed with them directly. You can contact them via the contact details provided in their profile.We can organise group skill training sessions in conjunction with the ZoopSkill trainer for which they can create presentations, activities, and exercises.The ZoopSkill trainer can be approached to create a skill training programme specifically for the requirements of the company. We can arrange for a skill ZoopSkill trainer or a group of ZoopSkill trainers to work in conjunction and design a programme specifically for the requirements of the company. - EARN