Buyers and service providers that want to negotiate the terms of a project, or post public announcements about a project, may use the Message Board feature. Click on the title of a project and you will see a button for View Messages on the project detail page. Click this button and you will go to the Message Board page, where you can view and post new messages. Messages displayed will either be public or private messages. Private messages sent to other users will have the message text hidden.

To post a message, click the Post Message button. The Recipient Username field is for the name of the user that you want to send a private message to. Leave this field blank if you want the message to be a public message. The Message field is for the text of the message. Enter a message up to 5000 characters in length. Click the Post button to send your message.

Note that buyers may also send messages when choosing a bidder to clarify or negotiate terms before making a final choice. In the Choose Bidder box, click the Send Message link next to the service provider that you want to send a message to. The service provider's username will default in the Recipient Username field.