• Betfair user desiring customised API application registers on FAD, and posts a project which details requirements. • Project details are sent via notification to participating API Software Vendors. • Vendors may respond by placing a bid on the posted project. • All bids on the projects are returned to the 'Buyer' who posted the project - he/she may log in and view the various bids on the specific project. • The Buyer and the Vendor may exchange messages via the messageboard. • The Buyer may award the project to one of the bidding Vendors. • Once the work on the project is completed, the Buyer may close the project, and rate the Vendor if they wish to do so. • If there are any disputes in the process, the Buyer or the Vendor may place the project into arbitration, which will require the BDP team to step in to help resolve.