Agreements and the timeline
Every deal has one shared space for you and your buyer: a live chat, the agreement, the timeline, the files and the evidence log.
From the chat to an agreement
- You and your buyer agree the work in the chat (or you paste the conversation you already had).
- You ask PactPal for a draft. The AI council drafts the work, what is not included, the revisions, the stages and the payments, each term citing the chat line it came from.
- Vague words such as "a modern look" are flagged with a measurable rewrite, or tied to an approval step.
- You edit the draft and send it for review.
- Your buyer signs, or asks for changes in their own words.
- When the chat moves on, Update from the latest chat drafts the next version from the current one plus only the new messages, and shows what changed.
Each version, review request, change request and signature is recorded in the evidence log.
What signing records
Your buyer types their name and chooses I agree and sign. PactPal keeps a copy of the exact page they signed, its fingerprint, the time, their internet address and their browser, and emails both of you a receipt. A typed name is not proof of legal identity.
The timeline
The timeline lists every agreed step in the agreed order, each with who does it and an optional due date:
- Buyer provides: references, content, access.
- Review: you share a sketch or a first version; your buyer approves it or asks for changes.
- Payment: a PayPal invoice for an agreed stage (getting paid).
- Delivery: files sent through a tracked link (delivering work).
Your buyer agrees to the timeline when they sign. The deal's Timeline view shows it as a chart, so a late payment visibly holds up the steps after it.
When the work changes
Propose a change from the deal: new work, a new price or a new date. Your buyer accepts or declines it, and an accepted change becomes a new version of the agreement. Every version is kept.