The stamp
What “paid in full” proves
One specific thing. We won't stretch it.
Paid in full
This stamp appears on a review only when all five of these are true:
- A written contract was accepted here, with a fixed total and a stage schedule.
- Every stage was paid here — not some, all.
- Every stage was approved and released to the writer.
- Nothing was refunded or disputed.
- The client confirmed, on the record, that the whole project was paid through the platform.
Then a person reads it before it appears. The five rules are decided by our ledger, not by anyone’s opinion. A human checks that the work was real before the review publishes — that check can stop a review, but it can never create a stamp or take one away.
Why so strict
A review you can get any other way is worthless — it's hearsay again, which is the problem you came here with. Tying the review to money that actually moved through us is the one thing that can't be faked, bought, or farmed from friends.
What it doesn't mean
It's not our judgment of quality — the rating is the client's opinion. It doesn't verify work done elsewhere; those credits are labeled self-reported everywhere they appear. And a five-star average from two reviews is two people's experience, not a guarantee.
For writers: move payment off-platform partway through, and that contract can never earn a review. The fee you save once is smaller than the record you give up.