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July 24, 2009, 12:05:40 AM
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Payment terms are a matter of serious concern when you offer web designing services as a freelancer.
How do you charge to your clients - an hourly rate or fixed rate depending on the project.
Do you require a upfront payment before starting the work?
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July 24, 2009, 04:46:08 AM
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Good question - I think admin is a pro web developer, he may have some thoughts on this
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July 25, 2009, 08:39:32 AM
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I usually do a fixed rate depending on what they need and of course with the hourly option available to them.
after that I take a 25% deposit to start, then after showing them the first draft another 25% then when they finalize it the final 25% and before launching the site the last 25% works good so far.
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July 25, 2009, 09:58:34 AM
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There are really many varieties in freelance work contracts. Off course it also depends upon your business nature and business tendency.
Many people never opt for upfront payments, rather they prefer to pay after the work is finished and they are satisfied from it. They will in full and also in time if they are really happy with your work, or they will start negotiating if they get any little doubt about your skills.
Also for categories like one time work done in a night and one time client, giving a fixed amount of quote will be better than charging by your work hours (charge per hour), because here the clients may not be interested in knowing how much you charge/hour but they might be more concerned about getting work done in cheap rates. So they might shift from you to others if you start negotiating with them for pay/hour. If you know how much others will charge (you need to keep an constant eye on the market rates) for that work; then you can ask them to pay little low (at least you get some work instead of looking for some and something new to add to your profile). But don't forget if you do well and handover the work with perfection the client will surly come back to you for some similar type of work or else for some new assignment.
For long run projects you can charge by hours. Also for some fixed clients who hire you for say 6 months with a contract then you should charge by hours. Many of them do the same like this.
Off course these are all my suggestions and I am open to all other types of suggestion from the world. Feel free t correct me if I am missing something here, I would like to know and learn new strategies.
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July 26, 2009, 01:10:03 PM
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I worked a few times as a freelance designer and programmer but since then, for my more recent project, I've actually employed other people who I think can do the job better. As a freelance employer I expect to pay a fixed price rather than an hourly one (I think that if you're paying hourly, then it's an actual employee and not a freelancer). If it's a small project I would pay at the end of the project. For a big project, I divide it into two-three payments throughout the progress of work.
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July 31, 2009, 07:21:42 PM
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Usually when I do freelance, I offer my services at a fixed price with cost of hosting and software licenses due up front and cost of actual web designing, programming, and coding due at the time of launching the site.
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