How it works
Three gates from handshake to payment
Lock the freelance contract, open Review Workspace for structured feedback, approve deliverables online, then release milestone payment or escrow when gates open.
- 01
Lock the agreement
Upload terms, negotiate addenda, and collect bilateral signatures. Agreement Lock™ seals the scope, revision limits, and payment pattern.
- 02
Review on the asset
Open Review from chat for video, PDF, audio, images, and website staging. Comments pin to timestamps, pages, or regions — then drift warnings and revision usage stay in Accountability Chat.
- 03
Approve, invoice, pay
Approval Lock™ opens the Payment Release Gate™. Creatives draft and send invoices; clients pay via Stripe, PayPal, Wise, or integrated escrow partners when gates are met.
Platform primitives
Every pain point, answered
Revision chaos, scope creep, feedback buried in chat, fuzzy client sign-off, and slow payment each map to a built-in rule. Read top to bottom in the order your projects actually hurt.
Pin feedback on the asset
Review Workspace
Open from chat or the agreement header. Pin comments on video, PDF, audio, images, website staging, and Figma embeds. Feedback stays on the deliverable, not buried in chat.
Stop revision chaos
Revision Boundary™
Track revision usage in chat (e.g. 2/3 used). Crossing the boundary requires a Change Order, not a quiet favor.
Catch scope creep early
Scope Drift™
When chat signals fall outside agreed deliverables, an inline warning offers Ignore or Create Change Order. Scope never expands silently.
Bill extra work properly
Change Order™
Extra revisions, new deliverables, or drift route through a documented Change Order before billing or scope moves forward.
See risk before you lock
Agreement Health™
Score and risk level from contract analysis so both sides see exposure before the agreement is sealed.
Lock the terms upfront
Agreement Lock™
Both parties sign once. Zlaip stores an immutable, hash-sealed snapshot in the Vault. Locked terms change only via Change Order.
Lock approvals
Approval Lock™
After Definition-of-Done is complete, the designated approver locks approval. A thumbs-up in chat is not an approval.
Get paid faster
Payment Release Gate™
Invoice readiness opens only after a valid Approval Lock. Pay via Stripe, PayPal, Wise, or milestone escrow through integrated partners when gates open.
Agreement Health™
See risk before you lock
While you review terms, Zlaip scores agreement health from 0 to 100, flags risky clauses, and estimates revenue at risk before anyone signs.
- Medium risk
- Payment terms need clarity before lock
- Revision boundary defined per milestone
Revision Boundary™
02 / 03 rounds
Next cycle may require a Change Order™
Vault
Agreement Lock™
Hash-sealed records for signatures, approvals, and audit events. Useful when you need a clear paper trail for disputes or payment proof.