Stage 6 · Lesson 5 of 9
Submitting work and tracking time on Upwork
the right way decides whether you are protected. On fixed-price contracts, work only on milestones marked Funded. Deliver with .
The client then has 14 days to approve or ask for changes, and after that the money is released automatically. Delivering only through messages does not start that review. On hourly contracts, log time with the and add memos describing the work.
Stay within the , the most hours the client will pay for, and keep activity related to the contract. Manual time and idle stretches are excluded from . Keep files, messages and decisions on Upwork.
Common trapdoing a favour off the tracker or delivering by email, then having no protection when a client disputes it.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 2 cheat sheet entries come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
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- GuideFreeUpwork Help Center for freelancers
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Read the payment protection and milestones articles before your first delivery