50% upfront. A further 25% somewhere upon approval of some part of the design/code. Final 25% upon the site going live.
Have a clause that covers you for delays on the part of the client. For example , they can't hold off on approving or deliberating changes for months while your last 50% or 25% loses value. You need to have a clause about Intellectual Property. Try wherever possible to maintain ownership of your code and your designs. Go shared use and for specific purposes if you have to. They can't use your web design as their brochures and television ads without compensating you further, for example. Put a clause that you assume that anything the client sends you they are authorised to send and hold the copyright for. You aren't going to be responsible for using assets or data that they may not have the rights to. It's their responsibility to ensure they have the rights to everything. Set a timeframe for your invoices to be fulfilled...say 30days. If the client misses 30 days without cause then you rack up interest at 1.5% per month or any part thereof. Set an exit strategy for yourself. If the client fails in its commitments you can terminate the contract with a 7 day notification. If they have an issue with your work they must give you 30 days to address the concern and the concern must be stated in writing and delivered to you (email, fax etc.). If they choose to terminate the contract without cause early, then you claim 70% of the outstanding costs owed to you on the job.This relates to that intellectual property clause as well. They can't have you start the job, get things to a point where its moving well along, and then turn the whole thing over to another cheaper programmer and tell you buh bye. Also, most importantly, after you have all this written down...remember to actually GIVE it to the client and have them sign it before starting works. ^_^ hee hee hee. *sneaks out before Erika joins thread* On Jan 23, 2008 12:48 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you where taking small 40 to 80 hour jobs over > a period of a month or two would it be unreasonable to ask for 20% or > something up front? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
