Offer an Instant Messaging or Chat feature between Buyers and Sellers

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Jessica

Sort of like the "facebook" style, allowing people to contact those online, and leave messages for those who aren't! 

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  • Glenn

    You best book a ticket to Greece then. Because that's where the company has been move to. While the owner lives it up in new York creating more useless start ups!

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  • Pradeep

    It should be their. Because after submitting a proposal, many buyers had cancelled a job, but didn't informed to PPH. So, their is a lots of loss of proposals. PPH have to take some serious actions on these. 

    Mentioned below are the details for the same. 

     

    WorkStream with Diego

    Take a short tour!

    #601603 I need a hvac design for a commercial property

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    WED 10:52AM

    New Proposal

     

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    ITEM
    | AMOUNT
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    HVAC Designing work
    | $250.00
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    Deposit 
    $125

    Proposal ID 
    4361542

    $250
    fixed price
    Cancel

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    WED 3:46PM
    Diego O.

    I will send you further details today, regards

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    THU 6:16AM

    Hi Diego,

    Awaiting for your further details at the earliest.

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    THU 10:57PM

    Hi Diego,

    Did you get my message?

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    FRI 11:11AM

    Hi Diego,

    When should I expect for your further details for the job?

    Kindly reply it at the earliest.

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    FRI 3:31PM
    Diego O.

    I tried to reply yesterday but was unable, I found another solution, I will not need the job anymore, regards

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    FRI 3:50PM

    Hi Deigo,

    What happened, why if something wrong, then tell me?

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    FRI 3:56PM
    Diego O.

    No problem from your end we found a local supplier who will also design the hvac, thank you for your time

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    FRI 3:58PM

    Ok thanks a lot.

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  • Pradeep

    In 15 propsals, 5 buyers do like this, then imagine how much we can loss for the proposals credit. 

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  • Paul

    Well, they can ignore you on instant messenger just as easily as via a workstream or email.

    It won't solve your problem.

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  • Paul

    imagine how much we can loss for the proposals credit.

    5 credits? So what?

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  • Pradeep

    So, buyers have full right to not give any reply to the seller, whether the Project was allotted to somebody else or not? 

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  • Pradeep

    I had not expected this kind of reply from PPH. 

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  • Rich

    Pradeep - I will see that you get this month's subscription to PPH refunded. Also the cost of the 30 credits refunded too.

    We will also speak to Paul's supervisor.

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  • Paul

    I had not expected this kind of reply from PPH.

    I am not from PPH.

    So, buyers have full right to not give any reply to the seller, whether the Project was allotted to somebody else or not?

    Buyers can reply or not. It's human nature. Nothing to do with rights.

     

     

     

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  • Paul

    We will also speak to Paul's supervisor.

    Oh no!

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  • Meftahul

    Good Idea. Appreciate it.

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  • Teresa

    I hate this site! Please unsubscribe! I is there not a feature to do that!

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  • Kyle

    Great Idea Jessica! I can't wait to see it available!

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  • REJAUL

    I badly need your support for this issue "

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    An error has occurred while trying to contact the server. If the problem continues, please contact our awesome support team... "

    I am looking forward to your kind support please. 

    Thanks -  R Abedin ,  Skype# biz_hr_management_consultant 

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  • Paul

    Why do you think this is the best place to ask for help, Rejaul?

    support@peopleperhour.com

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  • Mynul

    Good Idea. Go Ahead

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  • ♛ Ankit

    Bad Idea....no need of this!

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  • Tom

    It's ridiculous that you can't send a further message/example of your work until the proposal has been accepted. So maybe this will help with that? Say a buyer changes the job listing by adding examples. At the moment you cannot do anything without having to cancel the proposal and do it all over again. This may be a way around that at least?

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  • Amelia

    As a buyer I think this sounds like a good idea as long as the sellers could chose when to show themselves as online for the purpose of instant messaging.  The job posting/workstream system is clunky and too slow.  If I have a very straightforward project that someone could get started on right away and a seller is looking for their next job, an IM system would allows us to connect right away.  The buyer gets the project finished sooner - without the workstream delays and flood of responses that a job generates - and the seller gets paid that much sooner.  That's a system i would definitely use!

     

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  • Md

    very good idea.. coz we dont want to share skype id to our client if PPH implement this

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  • Zobayeda Gulshan

    That will be definitely great

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  • Sara

    Great idea. implement asap.

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  • Paul

    Groan. So many people wanting something that would make their lives difficult.

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  • Maryam

    how can I approve my seller application ??

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  • Rich

    Certainly not in a Feature Request topic about Instant Messaging. Try support@peopleperhour.com instead.

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  • Muhammad

    Q: Why it is a bad idea??

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  • Gr8inter.net ™

    Hi Muhammad!

    Do you mean apart from it becoming another "freelancer.com" and all of the hundreds of other reasons why it's a bad idea? Or were you just being "ironic"?

    There is literally nothing good about this idea, for any legitimate, successful freelancer. Those supporting it, tend to be the "let's do business outside of this site" types of people.

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  • Paul

    Q: Why it is a bad idea??

    If this becomes part of PPH there would be an expectation from buyers that sellers are always available. They get an idea - they must talk about it straight away. Then they realise it's not right. A few amendments - lets chat with the seller.

    Interruptions all day long and buyer frustration if you aren't available. Where have you been?

    Life would be a real pain and sellers would be like puppets on the end of the buyers string.

    At least now we have a choice. To skype or not to skype. To read that email or not. There is a healthy separation between buyer and seller. Buyers and sellers haveroom to breathe and think right now. That would be gone with instant messaging.

    How many times I've composed an email, only to bin it by the time I've thought it through. That's good.

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  • Muhammad

    freelancer.com is doing good i guess.

    I recently completed a job on PPH successfully. The only thing both of us faced was the "waiting".

    We had a little misunderstanding and it got annoying when i had to wait for the reply for up to 5-10 mins. I don't think its reliable to call the client on Skype for chat and PPH for business. Why not both in 1 place. Mostly client don't use skype. I've faced such clients.

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  • Muhammad

    @Paul 

    These things could happen even without the chat service.

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