Milestone project is a project in which a Buyer can pay large payment into multiple small amounts. For example if a project is MXN $1000 and the buyer can set it to a milestone. Then with mutual agreement with the Manufacturer/Supplier, buyer can decide milestones like MXN$100 for first payment, MXN$200 for second payment etc.

1. During the project posting buyer can select options either this Project is Milestone based or normal.

2. Buyer can select one of Manufacturer/Supplier and click on Hire And Set Milestones.

3. It will open a new window where buyer can create milestones with the proposed amount .

4. When all the Milestones would be created then buyer will see a button Send Milestones to Manufacturer/Supplier.

5. Then the Manufacturer/Supplier will get an email, if he/she accepts then the project will be started. Now buyers will be able to start and pay one by one milestone.

6. Once all milestones would be completed then the buyer would be able to mark the project complete.

Once a project is published, the Manufacturer/Supplier will start bidding on the project and buyer will start receiving proposals. Buyer will also receive an email every time manufacturer/supplier submits a proposal on a their project.

To check the latest proposal.

1. Go to Posted Projects under Manage Projects from the left panel at your dashboard.
2. Go to the project which you posted and click on the View Proposal button.
3. On the next page you will see a list of received proposals.
4. To check a particular proposal click on Cover Letter. You will see a detailed proposal in a popup window.

Go to Posted Projects under Manage Projects from the left panel at your dashboard.

1. Click on View Proposals button of the selected Manufacturer/Supplier.
2. On the next page you will see a list of all the Manufacturer/Supplier who sent you the proposals.
You can also chat with the selected Manufacturer/Supplier to make sure he/she is the right fit for your project.
3. If you are satisfied with the Manufacturer/Supplier then click on Hire Now button.
4. Once you click on Hire Now button you will be redirected to the payment page.
5. On the payment page you will see all the details related to payment of that project. For example:

Manufacturer/Supplier Name, Project name, Project cost, 
Zumaniti commission fee which will be 3% of the total cost of that particular project.

6. Once you make the payment, the Manufacturer/Supplier will be hired and the Manufacturer/Supplier can start the work on your project.

7. The payment will be held in escrow and it can be released once the project is marked complete.

Once the Manufacturer/Supplier completes the project, buyer should mark the project complete so that he payment can be released to the Manufacturer/Supplier account.

1. Go to the Ongoing Project under Manage Project from the left panel at your dashboard.

2. Click the View Details button to go to the history page.

3. Go to the View History Button and you will see the history page where you can complete the project. 

4. Next to the Manufacturer/Supplier name select completed from the dropdown list.

5. In the popup window give rating and feedback.

6. Click on Send Feedback to mark the Project Complete.