How Gig Economy Companies Scale Freelancer Payments

It used to take bandwidth and resources from our team. We were writing and mailing checks. Now that payments automation is built into our platform for partners, we are able to pay our partners faster, in their preferred method.

Nicole Smith

CEO at Flytographer

Wipeout 80% manual processes

Easily onboard service providers

Execute global payments

Streamline partner communications

A payables process you’ll never think about again.

Automate the entire process for paying your network of global freelancers and contractors.

Reduce the friction of making your network payable.

A complete whitelabeled, self-service onboarding system that’s easy to implement and intelligent.

Pay anyone, anywhere.

Pay freelancers in 196 countries using 120 currencies, and across multiple payment methods in a matter of clicks.

Eliminate complex partner communications.

Proactively notify freelance partners about payment status and issues—reducing calls to your finance team.

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Why trust Tipalti with your freelancer payments?

Accelerate Network Growth

Go global with your freelancer base to achieve growth at scale. If you’re on a go-to-market and expansion track, Tipalti lets you leverage providers from all over the world.

Improve Partner Relationships

Offer the most flexible payment options (including US ACH, wire transfer, global ACH, PayPal, prepaid debit, or paper check) to attract and retain the best freelancers and contractors, while reducing the risk of paying fraudsters. They can also be paid in their local currency across 120 options.

Eliminate Manual Processes

Manual effort can lead to partner payment errors. Dramatically reduce payment workload by 80% with self-service onboarding, automated communications, and a unified payment processing interface. You’ll also reduce payment errors and potential fraud.

Effortless Tax Compliance

Don’t wait until year-end to hunt down partners for their tax forms. Collect W-9, W-8 series, or VAT ID forms and produce submission-ready 1099 and 1042-S reports.

We were spending seven days a month paying our contributors around the world. Now we only spend one day making those global payments.

Persha Valman

CFO at SeekingAlpha

How Gig Economy Companies Use Tipalti

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Freelancers login into a secure whitelabeled portal

Partners provide identity, payment details, and tax information (e.g. W8, W9, VAT).
Tipalti verifies payment details using over 26,000 rules.
The portal provides updates on payment status and allows for self-service changes.

You determine who’s paid, how much, and when

Tipalti integrates with your ERP, performance tracking data, through the Tipalti API, or accepts a payment instruction file.
Tipalti routes payments internally to secure approvals, making sure funds exist, and paying in the supplier’s chosen payment method (e.g. ACH, wire transfer, PayPal, etc.).
No more logging into individual banking portals or reconciling payments from across multiple accounts.

Payments are scheduled and sent

Tipalti sends the payments out through the proper banking channels.
Tipalti alerts payees of payment status and reports any issues to them if funds don’t land.
Payments and transaction fees are fully reported for reconciliation in real time.

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