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For Businesses - LinktoPro is a comprehensive, web-based workspace with all of the tools to connect businesses of any size to a global network of flexible, short-term, freelance professionals and experts in a secure and collaborative environment.

Tools to Facilitate Quality

At LinktoPro.com, in addition to the below tools and features, we have taken care to build in all of the functionality for requesting, obtaining, storing and displaying references and ratings for a Professional's prior work history, and for those projects completed within our community.

Additionally, the type and depth of information we ask our professionals to fill in when creating their professional profile is extensive. This system gives the service provider/professional and the hiring party the ability to converse and exchange information via their LinktoPro mailboxes. This enables - prior to the contract being signed - the better foundation for a trusted, successful relationship.

Take advantage of LinktoPro's highly effective recommendation engine to find a qualified freelance professional for your project. After you post a project, the ProFinder runs every 2 minutes to provide the best and most recent matches.

Full suite of live conferencing tools that allow you to collaborate with your freelance professional(s) in real time. Tools include whiteboard, screensharing, video, chat, messaging and much more.

Use LinktoPro's full functioning Project Management application to stay in touch with your freelance team and on top of your projects. The workspace, chat and web conferencing tools allow you to collaborate with your professional(s) in real time and keep all of your work in one place. Store and archive tasks, files and other project critical material.

LinktoPro.com offers the ability to assign milestone payments for your project. Use the escrow system to set up payments in advance or choose direct transfer to pay your freelance professional. LinktoPro.com is an eTrust certified site.

When a business pays a professional or releases escrow funds to a professional through the site, LinktoPro.com charges the business the following amounts: (1) the “Service Fee” 15% of amount paid to Professional(s) for creating, hosting, maintaining, and providing the site, and for all services delivered by LinktoPro.com that are accessible through the site, and

(2) the “Payment Processing Fee” to cover expenses and fees LinktoPro.com incurs to banks, credit card companies, PayPal and payment processors. LinktoPro.com transfers the full amount of the SOW contracted payment to the professional.

About our Secure Environment - Our relationship with Business Vitals Professional and Managed Security Services protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information. Read more here: http://businessvitals.com