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Explore the CAD Crowd Global Trade Center

(Additional Information in FAQ, CAD Crowd Blog and CAD Crowd Forum)CAD Crowd is an online marketplace that connects small and medium sized businesses with qualified and cost-effective service providers for outsourcing work such as CAD drafting, CAM, CAE, 3D conversions and simple engineering projects. Service buyers are primarily located in Canada and the United States. Service providers have been vetted to include only the best engineering firms from India who hold international accreditation such as ISO 9000 and NASSCOM Certification.User Tools

    
• Single Account Simplicity- Users can buy and provide work with one user account, streamlining the buying and bidding process.
    
• Trust Account (Escrow)- Our Trust Account ensures work meets quality expectations.
    
• Project Management- The project management software makes sure work gets done on time.

How CAD Crowd Can Build your Team

Service Buyers post project requirements (RFP), which includes project details, deadlines and the maximum allotted budget for the service requirement. Buyers gain through cost and space as the platform provides unlimited job postings without spending money on advertisements for service providers. Projects can be long term or short term or one time project based on buyer requirements. Service providers view all the projects available to bid and earn money. Service providers browse projects on CAD Crowd and bid for single project, commission, part-time and full-time project listings. CAD Crowd provides a cost effective solution for Service Providers interested in showcasing skills to utilize time productively and grow company revenue.

How to Sign-up
Posting projects and bidding can be done by registered members only. Projects can be viewed by any visitor of CAD Crowd unless it is specified as Non-Public project. Non-public projects are members only projects. Following are the steps to register and activate CAD Crowd membership.A) The registration form has to be a unique username which will be used for all official purposes. A valid email address must be provided for communication and confirmation and the Terms of Service (TOS) box checked. CAD Crowd does not gather personal details.B)  A confirmation mail with instructions and a link will be sent to the email address provided. The email address must be confirmed. As per the instructions in the mail the confirmation code has to be provided and your account will be activated.**IMPORTANT: Add the domain @cadcrowd to your e-mail provider safe senders list and check the bulk/junk mail folder of your e-mail.C) The Company or Consultant Profile is built with information relevant to the consultant or company (whichever applicable). Other members can view your profile to assess the skill and needs. No display of company contact details are permitted in the CAD Crowd User Profile Page (see TOS).

Standard and Premier Memberships
Anyone can join CAD Crowd for free and there are two User Account options available Standard Membership and Premier Membership.

Standard Membership
A Standard Membership is is free and no monthly charges are collected. Service Buyers receive free basic project listings and CAD Crowd charges a 3% service charge for workers.

Premier Membership
Monthly charges of $100 are applicable for Premier Members on the CAD Crowd network. Premier Members can add extra areas of expertise to company profiles and are allotted a higher number of bids (automatically renewed monthly on a rolling basis). Finally Premier Service Providers are allotted a greater number of Service Package listings, which can result in a higher net margin.Service Buyers have the option to post projects that can be bid by Premier Members only. A special icon appears next to the username of all Premier Members. A User can freely discontinue the Premier Membership at any time. If a member does not have funds deposited for a Premier Membership at the renewal date, the account automatically defaults to a Standard Membership. A User can reactivate a Premier account again by depositing $100 for the monthly fee and clicking the \\\"Launch Premier Membership\\\" on the User Control Panel.

CAD Work Provided
Service Providers post projects with description of project, skills required and the budget. Service Providers search the projects that are suitable for their skills and interests, from the list of open projects. Service Providers can easily browse Project Categories based on Company experience, staff and expertise. Service Buyers can analyze the bids and choose the best Service Provider to accommodate corporate requirements.

User Deposit & Withdrawal
CAD Crowd provides a free account for each all users to transfer funds, make payments and request withdrawals. Payments from Service Buyers are to be deposited to the CAD Crowd Trust Account (Escrow) and are released upon completion of projects. Deposits can be made through Paypal and MoneyBookers. Optional debit card is available for accessing the funds in the account (in the near future).Withdrawals can be wired from accounts; transfers are done once a week. A small processing cost is charged and deducted at the time of transfer (see FAQ for details). CAD Crowd charges and commissions payable are deducted from members accounts prior to withdrawals.

Trust Account (Escrow)
The CAD Crowd Trust Account (Escrow) Payment system allows the deposited funds to be held in the CAD Crowd account and released  upon project completion or at a pre-discussed timeline. For example an employer pays an initial part payment in the beginning of the project, subsequently when specified milestones are achieved, a series of payments are released. At the completion of the project, the final settlement amount is released.For short term projects, the funds are deposited by the Service Buyer and held by CAD Crowd for the Service Provider with the comfortable working environment of assured payment. The amount deposited can be released only by the Service Buyer to ensure proper and approved completion of project requirements. The Service Provider will not have access to funds, which is a safeguard for successful completion of requirements. The funds are released only on mutual agreement by the provider and the buyer on the services rendered.

Feedback and Rating
CAD Crowd rating and feedback system is available for all projects listed.After project completion and successful payment, the feedback system becomes activated. The Service Provider and the Service Buyer have the opportunity to rate the performance and quality of the other User on a Scale of 10. The Feedback system also allows users to leave comments to elaborate on the quality of the transaction. Members also have the option to post a response to all feedback in the User Profile and it allows for transparency and fairness. Overall rating; individual project ratings; and feedback are viewed with the members profile.The feedback provides a highly valuable indicator on the quality of the project and the capabilities of the other party involved.Service Buyers and Service Providers improve their performance and reputation with the feedback and rating system. The CAD Crowd rating and feedback system provides all the members with additional protection against potential scams and dissatisfied transactions.

Marketplace Summary
CAD Crowd provides a dynamic, secure and value-added platform for the buyers and workers to connect. Join CAD Crowd to grow the success of your firm with engineer process outsourcing.