Project Payment Terms

These Project Payment Terms explain how milestone-based project payment workflows operate in DEELO.

Crypto payments are available only to approved users. Provider-processed fiat payments, including card or bank-based payments through providers such as Stripe, may be available only for approved beta clients after provider setup, connected-account onboarding, webhook testing, legal approval, and admin approval are complete.

Limited-access controls apply. Projects may be subject to value limits, Project Phase limits, Milestone Deliverable limits, manual admin review, KYC/KYB triggers, payment-method restrictions, and additional approval before activation.

DEELO supports Projects, Project Phases, and Milestone Deliverables. A Client may create, fund, review, approve, or release payment workflows, and a Vendor may submit Milestone Deliverables according to the selected project-payment mode.

A Pre-funded Project is the recommended payment model. In this model, the relevant Project Phase or payment value may be funded before work proceeds or before release conditions are tested.

A Fund as You Go Project is an optional beta workflow. In this mode, the Client does not fund upfront, and the Vendor accepts a weaker payment security model. Payment may be expected after approval or platform process outcome, but DEELO does not guarantee collection of unfunded amounts.

For crypto workflows, DEELO operates as non-custodial project-payment coordination software. Users control their own wallets, approve their own transactions, and remain responsible for wallet, token, network, amount, gas, and counterparty details.

For provider-processed fiat workflows, DEELO may record payment status, provider references, webhook events, connected-account readiness, manual reconciliation markers, and admin notes. The third-party payment provider remains responsible for payment processing functions within its own service rules. DEELO does not hold fiat funds, guarantee payment, guarantee payout timing, or act as a bank, licensed escrow provider, stored-value facility, or regulated payment institution.

Fiat may include supported credit or debit card payments and, where enabled, supported bank-payment methods. Available methods and fees vary by provider, payer location, card origin, currency, connected account, and Project setup. Users must review and accept the applicable provider terms and confirmation screen.

Provider, network, conversion, payout, refund, dispute, and external review costs may be charged, deducted, withheld, or allocated according to the applicable payment setup and displayed confirmation. A planning estimate is not a promise that the Client will be charged, or the Vendor will receive, that combined amount. Any payment surcharge must be disclosed and applied only where lawful.

Card and bank-based payments may be subject to provider disputes, reversals, chargebacks, refund rules, reserves, payout delays, or account restrictions. A payment-provider dispute is separate from a DEELO Project Review and may be controlled by provider or card-network rules. Users remain responsible for their own tax obligations.

Smart contracts may define supported conditions for funding, release, refund, or other permitted actions. Release, refund, or payment outcomes may depend on smart contract rules, wallet approvals, gas availability, blockchain execution, platform status, payment-provider capability, provider restrictions, and any review or escalation process that applies.

A Project Reviewer, Escalated Reviewer, admin action, provider setup record, manual reconciliation marker, or external review outcome does not by itself automatically move funds. Any release, refund, no-payment, or payment outcome must still follow the applicable smart contract logic, user action, provider capability, or legally and technically approved system process for the relevant payment method.

DEELO may pause, block, or require manual review of any fiat beta payment workflow if provider status, webhook status, connected-account setup, chargeback risk, refund risk, compliance status, legal approval, or admin reconciliation is incomplete.

Payment-path availability depends on jurisdiction and provider support. Crypto payment access is not available to users in the European Union or European Economic Area during the current release.

General fiat availability will require provider approval, technical testing, webhook setup, completed KYC/KYB checks, legal validation, updated operational approval, and renewed user acceptance before public live use.