How we verify
On Proofseen, a mission is marked verified in one of two ways only: the client confirms it themselves, or it was paid on the platform. Checking a document is not offered yet. Each verified mission says which, with its date and who verified it. A document is never published, and the client's name is published only if the client allowed it when confirming the mission.
Three ways a mission is verified
Confirmed by the client
The client company confirms the mission itself on Proofseen, from its account, or a contact at the client confirms it through a signed single-use link. The mission says which of the two confirmed it, and when. The client's name is published only if the client allowed it when confirming.
Paid on Proofseen
The mission was contracted and paid on the platform: it is recorded when the funds are released to the freelancer. The contract and the payout are the evidence.
Checked against a document: not offered yet
No mission is verified against a document today. When this check is offered, Proofseen will publish only its kind, never the document:
- an invoice issued for the mission: issuer, period, an amount consistent with the duration
- the contract or purchase order: parties, scope, duration
- a written attestation from the client: the mission, the role and the period
- the freelancer's contributions in the project repository, without publishing the code or the repository name
- a publicly visible deliverable and the freelancer's contribution, without publishing the link, which would name the client
The other verified facts of a profile
A profile page can also carry these facts, each with its source, its date and who verified it:
- a web address whose ownership is proven: through a verification file, a meta tag or a DNS TXT record, read again automatically every 30 days, or through a manual check by a Proofseen operator; on a profile published under its reference, the address itself is not published
- a business active in the official French company register, with the date of the check; the SIRET number is never published
- an identity verified by the payment provider, when payouts are opened
- an URSSAF vigilance certificate, verified by a Proofseen operator, with its validity date
- the number of different companies that paid the freelancer on Proofseen
What verification does not guarantee
It establishes that a mission took place, with that role and that duration, or that a fact is true at its date. It does not judge the quality of the work, the fit with your needs or future availability: the conversation with the freelancer decides that.
The real identity is never published. It is shared with the company only after the freelancer agrees, before any commitment. How we verify