Direct Pay or Protected Milestones: Choose the Right Payment Path

Remot supports two payment paths. The right choice depends on the relationship and the amount of protection both sides need.

Direct Pay

The employer and talent settle outside Remot. Remot charges no platform fee on that payment. Both parties are responsible for choosing the payment provider, recording invoices, handling transfer fees, and resolving payment issues.

Direct Pay may fit an established relationship with its own contract and payment process.

Remot Pay

The employer funds a milestone by card before work begins. Funds are held until the milestone is approved or reaches the applicable release condition. The employer pays a 5% Remot Pay fee; talent keeps 100% of the funded milestone amount.

Remot Pay may fit a new relationship, fixed deliverable, paid trial, or milestone where both parties want an evidence trail.

Write a usable milestone

Include the deliverable, due date, dependencies, acceptance criteria, included revisions, amount, and what evidence demonstrates completion. "Finish the website" is weak. "Implement the approved five-page design, pass the agreed browser checklist, and hand over deployment notes" is reviewable.

If there is a dispute

Keep scope, messages, files, approvals, and requested revisions inside the contract record. Evidence is more useful than a general statement that the result was disappointing.

Payment protection does not determine whether a worker is an employee or contractor and does not replace legal, tax, or payroll advice. Review the current details in the [Trust Center](/trust-center).