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Refer a freelancer to this platform
If you want to refer freelancers to the platform, introduce independent professionals who may benefit from creating a VirtualMasst profile and exploring B2B job opportunities.
Freelancers and consultants can present their expertise, set their professional rate and connect directly with employers across Europe and beyond where Stripe operates.
Who you can refer to VirtualMasst
VirtualMasst is for independent professionals. If you want to refer independent consultants in Europe or introduce a freelancer, these are the two professional types used on the platform.
Freelancer
A freelancer is hired to produce a deliverable, such as design, code, copy, photography or another defined output.
Consultant
A consultant advises on strategy or decisions by analysing a situation, recommending actions and helping guide direction.
What helps a referred professional build a strong profile
Once someone decides to join, their profile should make their expertise and professional experience easy for employers to understand.
Show professional impact
Describe a concrete situation that was improved or solved. Include the challenge, approach and result.
Be specific about expertise
Explain the level at which the professional works and support it with relevant examples.
Define the core specialism
Make the main skill or discipline clear so employers can understand where the professional fits.
Keep availability current
Up-to-date availability helps employers understand whether the timing of a job may fit.
Where referred professionals can find opportunities
Public jobs
Published jobs in the public category are visible to registered talents.
- Read the full job before applying
- Apply when the job fits your expertise and availability
Private invitations
Published jobs in the private category are visible only to invited talents.
- Review whether the job fits your expertise
- Check the timing and commercial terms
- Accept or decline the invitation
Found through profiles
Employers browse by job category and talent titles.
- A clear profile helps employers find relevant expertise
- Name the professional category plainly
- Include working languages and relevant experience
What happens after someone discovers the platform
Explore the opportunities
The professional can review the types of jobs available and decide whether the platform fits their expertise and professional direction.
Create a profile
They create their own professional profile and provide the information needed for profile review and approval.
Choose relevant jobs
Once registered, they can consider opportunities that match their expertise, availability and commercial requirements.
What talents agree directly with employers
A referral introduces someone to the platform. If they later accept a job, they agree the work directly with the employer before it begins.
- The deliverable and expected outcome
- The professional rate and time commitment
- Acceptance criteria
- Several projects for a larger job, if the employer chooses to split the work
- How changes affect the scope, timing and rate
- Ownership and permitted use of the completed work
Profile checks, charges and payment
Current charges are listed on Pricing.
- Each talent sets their own professional rate and agrees it directly with the employer
- The VirtualMasst team reviews and approves talent profiles
- Stripe carries out identity, banking and compliance checks, including Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Employers pay upfront through Stripe, using a valid payment method. Funds are held within the Stripe payment flow until release
- Where applicable, invoices can be created and sent through VirtualMasst’s PEPPOL network
A profile introduces the professional to employers
A strong profile helps employers understand what the talent does, the level at which they work and the experience they bring.
Profiles that demonstrate capability
- A clear specialist discipline
- Relevant completed work
- The context behind previous experience
- The professional's role and contribution
- Outcomes that show how their expertise was applied
Keep the expertise clear
A referred professional should build the profile around the services, experience and outcomes that best represent their independent work.
The professional chooses which offers to accept
Accepting an offer
When an employer invites a talent to a job, the talent reviews the scope, project structure, timing and commercial agreement.
If the terms fit, the talent can accept and prepare to begin once the employer has paid upfront through Stripe.
Share the useful starting points
- Explain that VirtualMasst is for independent freelancers and consultants
- Share the project opportunities that match their expertise
- Encourage them to keep their professional experience current
- Remind them that they set their own professional rate
- Point them towards the profile-creation pathway
- Let them decide which jobs they want to pursue
The referred professional stays independent
Joining VirtualMasst gives a professional another way to present their expertise and find relevant work.
Choose relevant opportunities
Talents decide which jobs fit their expertise, availability and professional direction.
Set a professional rate
Each talent sets their own rate and agrees it directly with the employer.
Build professional experience
Completed jobs can strengthen a talent's expertise, profile and CV.
Invoice the employer
The talent invoices the employer in their own name. Where applicable, invoices can be created and sent through VirtualMasst’s PEPPOL network.
Introduce an independent professional to VirtualMasst
Share VirtualMasst with a freelancer or consultant whose expertise could fit B2B jobs on the platform. They can explore the opportunities and decide whether to create their own professional profile.