Delayed Withdrawals

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  • Neil

    It has been 7 days with me and I still didn't get my money and now when I contacted them they pick an issue with the client from the previous year. I mean really unprofessional reason. They pick something that has nothing do with the delay.

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  • Simon

    I had the same problem.

    Support said they would escalate the issue, but everything then went quiet. I sent them a reminder asking for an update but heard nothing. The payment arrived several days late, so I left a "poor" feedback rating for the support.

    Today I was greeted by a message from support saying that basically payment delays are not PPH's fault, but they have extra checks to do and they handle thousands of payments per day, blah, blah, blah... WTF??! We are all trying to run businesses here, and freelancers, in particular, rely on cash flow to survive.

    I have replied to them reminding them of the fact that when a payment is requested, a note pops up saying processing will take a maximum of 48 hours. If that is no longer feasible, then they should be transparent and change it to a timescale they can actually manage.

    They are quick enough to take money from you, with no checks necessary there...

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  • Melania

    Has your issue been fixed? I have the same problem and I wonder if I'm looking at an even longer wait or I should expect the money to come in soon.

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  • Simon

    Yes it was. Out of the blue with no apology.

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  • Lyndsey

    The withdrawal time is getting ridiculous now. The main reason I use PPH is that you get paid quickly and it tops me up throughout the month as all my clients pay monthly. The client has paid the money, so why on earth is it taking 10 + days just to process it! It's insane!!

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  • Anita

    It's very frustrating when we all got used to one way and without warning, they have changed the way they process withdrawals but, seem to be making excuses about it.

    They are using World Pay to process their payments now, the process to world pay is 48 hours if the payment is requested before 12pm and then 7 days after that for World Pay to process giving 9 days.  They haven't suggested this is what's happening but, from my conversations with customer support and the fact my withdrawals come in from World pay and World Pay deal in E-Wallets, I believe this is going to be the new norm and they are holding out for us to all get used to it.

    If you complete a project that takes 7 days and then the client doesn't release for another 7 days and then the wait time of 9 days to receive the money you're waiting over 3 weeks to receive payment is just not viable.  I have other clients off-site and I use to give both clients the same priority its now just not possible to do so anymore.  I am now turning clients away and only doing quick jobs now rather than more complex jobs and I have increased my prices to accommodate this wait time which is to PPH benefit.  I think we now have to find a way of working with this new norm that suits our businesses if we want to remain working on the site.

     

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  • Lyndsey

    I think considering they take a huge chunk of the invoice, the main benefit was that the payment was quick. It's the fact that they haven't even bothered to communicate to let us know what's going on, they've basically just changed the way they work. The thing that really gets to me is that the client has already paid, so what exactly do they need to process. It should be paid directly to our accounts when the client pays it.

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  • Anita

    They are saying there is a back log of withdrawals but, they only have a lot of withdrawals lately because people are getting nervous and with the new time delay people will keep requesting every 5 mins rather than let it build up.  I feel this will on encourage people to take clients off site rather than bring clients to the site.  PPH want you to bring your existing clients to work commission free via the site but, why would you want to do that when you have such a time delay on payments. 

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  • Lyndsey

    I don't believe that, you'd just hire more people or offer overtime to clear it up. I think they're just trying to keep money in their account longer. They're really affecting their brand and just encouraging freelancers to move clients away from the platform

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  • Anita

    I am not sure on them trying to keep the money in there account longer but, they have changed processing to World Pay which takes a lot longer but, didn't tell anyone and this is the fall out.  

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  • Zumri

    anyone up above got their payments? if so how long did it take? Its been 1 week since I requested my withdrawal and nothing yet so far

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  • suyanti

    @Zumari

    Mine processed after 9-12 days. I have 4 withdrawals actually.

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  • Anita

    9 days if requested before 12pm

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  • Zumri

    @suyanti ah thats good to know! hope mine gets processed too!

    Thanks for sharing

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  • Lyndsey

    This is what they said..

    Indeed. We have been experiencing this problem for at least 5-6 weeks now I would say. Our team expects this resolved soon
    If I am going to be honest, it is truly not a matter of "extra staff". We have suggested this to our team, they have explained this will not resolve the matter at hand . Of course I cannot explain more as it is an internal matter

    We will soon implement a solution to this. We just kindly ask for your patience for a bit longer. I can confirm our team is processing many withdrawals daily. We are slowly getting back to normal.

    So they're saying they still have technical issues? It all seems really dodgy to me. Even the way customer service are speaking is weird!

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  • Simon

    They have changed their payment schedule now and it sucks. They will be sitting on most payments for 14 days, but the more you earn with a client, the lower the waiting period will be. They say it is because of anti-fraud measures, but the fact there are different holding periods depending on amounts earned just proves that to be bull. They are just keeping hold of our money as long as possible in order to squeeze out as much interest as they can. It's disgraceful given they get paid immediately by clients. Once my pending payments have cleared (whenever that will be...) I'm outta here and PPH can go whistle in the wind...

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  • Lyndsey

    @Simon it's absolutely insane what they're doing. They're going to lose so many freelancers and clients. How much interest are they really making in 14 days. Crazy! I was using the platform all the time but now it's very rarely

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  • Irene

    How can PPH be having withdrawal system errors for years? They should have resolved them by now!

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