Verify your student status, build a verified portfolio, and get paid safely for every completed contract.
1. Client deposits job funds → 2. Student completes the work → 3. Funds released on approval.
Institutional domain detected — eligible for instant verification
[Illustrative — verification mechanic, stage 1 (§8)]
Applications in a skill category require at least one verified work sample. Submit real past work, repositories, or portfolio links for human review.
No evidence submitted yet. Applications for graphic design jobs are paused until a sample is added and verified.
[Illustrative — human review verification mechanic (§5/§13)]
Your short-form video proof is verified
Fix two bugs in an existing event-ticketing app: the QR scanner lags when checking people in, and a customer's wallet balance sometimes shows the wrong amount after a purchase.
You can't apply yet: your Mobile App Development proof is still pending human review
[Illustrative — marketplace model, hybrid (§7/§13)]
Protected transaction: on agreement, ₦45,000 is funded in advance by the client. Funds are held and released on approval of the deliverable.
[Illustrative — scope negotiation step (§4)]
Set clear deliverable requirements, choose the verified skill category, and specify protected contract terms.
Payment protection: the job publishes once funded. ₦45,000 is held in protected status and released only when you approve the final deliverables.
[Illustrative — client need definition step (§4)]
3 category-verified applicants • Required skill: Short-Form Video • Budget: ₦45,000
Human reviewer: excellent pacing, clean audio mixing, 4K render.
Human reviewer: good edit quality, strong call-to-action.
[Illustrative — job marketplace, applicants compared on existing proof only (§5/§7). No ranking, no score, no spec work: each card shows a portfolio sample built before this job existed, not a submission made to compete for it.]
On authorising, ₦45,000 is held in protected status. Funds release to the student only after you inspect and approve the final deliverables.
[Illustrative — scope agreement & funding step (§4/§8)]
₦45,000 is deposited and held. Payment releases automatically on client approval.
[Illustrative — protected-transaction state machine (§8)]
The student is paid as soon as you approve the master reels.
[Illustrative — delivery review & payment release (§8)]
Funds disbursed to Adebayo O. Both parties now add to their work record.
Neither party sees the other's feedback until both have submitted, so neither can retaliate against the other's rating.
[Illustrative — reputation signal & mutual review (§6)]
Flagged: mutual-reveal review is not in the vision doc — an invented mechanic pending your decision.