Abstract: Disclosed herein is a networked computer system, method, and computer program product for forming a consortium of a general contractor and subcontractors in an online work platform that enter into a contract with a client to complete a work project. In an embodiment, the consortium is a single legal entity with liability protection for the consortium (e.g., a registered LLC). The system processor automatedly generates a signed client's contract and signed subcontractors' contracts with the consortium when the client transmits approval of a general contractor's draft proposal. When the work project is amended, such as by adding a milestone or task, the system processor automatedly generates signed addendums to the client's contract with the consortium, and between the general contractor/consortium and existing subcontractor(s), or generates a new signed contract if a new subcontractor is hired. The system then generates and stores a PDF version of the signed contracts with addendums.

Abstract: A networked computer system, method, and software for an online work platform with a trusted independent payment system that allows a client to hire a contractor online, who subsequently breaks a job into multiple tasks that can be performed by different subcontractors, also hired online. The client is only billed for each task, not for each subcontractor; and the work platform computes and adds in all taxes and fees. Once all of the subcontractors that are assigned to a task submit their work, it must be approved by the contractor and then the client before the client is billed in one invoice for all of the work performed. The client can pay via credit/debit card, or via an escrow account, to a trusted third-party financial services system, which then automatedly and concurrently pays the associated fees, e.g., taxes, the online work platform fee, the contractor fee, and each freelancer fee.