50% upfront without a question, even good friends. 50% when scope of work is signed off on and client is happy.
tw On Jan 23, 2008 12:20 PM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/23/08, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As with most people, I could use a little extra each month and I have > > been getting some lukewarm feelers for some after hours, moonlighting > > contract work. I have a question for those of you who do this kind of > > thing day in and day out. > > I have trouble, personally, balancing my desire for extra money with > my dislike of doing any work after 5pm :) > > > Is it fair and reasonable to ask for some part of the payment up front? > > Of course. It's also fair and reasonable for a potential client to > say "hell no". If you're just an individual person, you'll probably > find that not a whole lot of people are going to be willing to pay > anything up front - especially if they've never worked with you > before. Too many people get screwed that way, and nobody really wants > to go to court to $500 back, they'd rather not give you the $500 > unless they're satisfied enough to give you the whole $1000. > > You can aim for a deposit, but it'll be entirely up to you if they > don't want to pay the deposit - do you take the job or not? Under > what circumstances is the deposit refundable? > > But in the end, it comes down to whether or not the client wants your > services enough to pay you a deposit for those services. > > Back when I worked for www.sitesandsounds.com (mid 90s) we always took > 50% down, and people were willing to do it for the most part. > > Rick > > > -- > Rick Root > New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind > the scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:251718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
