Network rules

Joining

1. Sign in and fill in the application: location, time zone, stack and years, weekly hours, expected rate, and your best work.
2. A dispatcher reviews it. If it looks like a fit, we set up a conversation or a small trial task.
3. Once approved you join as a Newcomer, get access to the Discord, and start receiving invitations.

When you apply you state your work authorization (US citizen, green card, EAD holder, Canadian citizen or permanent resident) and confirm that taking contract work does not breach your employer's moonlighting or IP terms. H-1B and F-1 holders generally cannot take this kind of work legally. If you choose “Other”, a person reviews your case individually.

Tiers

After each order a dispatcher rates quality, timeliness and communication. Ratings feed dispatch ranking and tier changes.

Dispatch

The system produces a ranked shortlist using the rules below. A dispatcher decides who gets invited.

Hard requirements first

• You are an admitted member and not paused.
• Your tier meets the order's minimum.
• You have every skill the order requires.
• Your weekly hours, minus your current orders, still cover it.
• Your working day overlaps the client's by at least 3 hours.

Then ranking

1. Higher tier first.
2. Higher past ratings first.
3. Longer since your last order first, so work rotates.
4. More of the order's nice-to-have skills first.

Invitations

Invitations go out one at a time, in order. You see a brief with the client's name withheld, your pay and the timeline, and you can accept or decline. With no answer in 24 hours the invitation moves to the next person. You see the client's name after you accept and agree to confidentiality.

Money

• Your amount is fixed when the order is created. The number in the invitation is the number you are paid.
• The split differs from project to project. itbanque's part covers finding clients, contracting, project management and carrying the collection risk.
• The client pays a 30–50% deposit before an order is offered to anyone.
• Orders are split into milestones. Each is paid within 15 days of acceptance.
• itbanque backstops accepted milestones: if the client pays late or not at all, you are still paid.

Code of conduct

• Be accurate. Work authorization, years of experience and availability reflect reality, and you update them when they change.
• Keep it confidential. Client names, code, data and business information are used for the order only.
• Do the work yourself. No subcontracting without a dispatcher's written consent.
• Speak up early. Raise schedule risk before the deadline, not on it.
• Don't go around the network. Follow-on work with clients you met here stays in the network.
• Deliver clean code. Nothing that infringes third-party IP, and nothing carried over from an employer or another client.

Independent contractors

Members are independent contractors, not employees of itbanque. In practice:

• You can decline any invitation.
• You set your own hours and place of work, and answer only for milestone results and deadlines.
• You use your own equipment and tools.
• You are free to work for other clients and platforms.
• You handle your own taxes.

Pausing and leaving

• Switch to “Paused” in the member area at any time. You stop receiving invitations until you switch back.
• A dispatcher can pause a member over delivery or conduct problems, and will tell you why.
• To leave the network or have your data deleted, write to contact@itbanque.com. Orders in progress need to be finished or handed over first.

Changes to these rules

Changes are announced in Discord ahead of time and published here. Orders you have already accepted keep the terms they were accepted under.