We must be lucky in the UK because by default, legislation allows us to
charge 8% + the base interest rate and a fixed charge of £40 - £100 for
each late invoice.
Check out http://www.payontime.co.uk/ for more info (UK only)
I also like to add in a 5% 10 NET 30 to all my invoices (and make
people aware up front). It gives people a little incentive to pay
faster but allows them 30 days before I start more drastic measures
(only had to once but they paid up FAST). Yeah I can loose a little at
times but the faster I get my money the happier I am.
I have not had to charge yet, but I have sent a letter explaining that I
would be charging for further overdue invoices - I have never seen
someone pay so quickly :)
For contracts / source code, there was a thread about how much to
charge, etc a few months ago - think it was on Flashcoders, but could
have been OSFlash - it might give some insight into this. One thing
that became apparent was to ensure that you are very clear with the
client about what they are getting with the source code - exclusive /
non-exclusive rights, 3rd party code, single-site license, etc. This is
particularly important for websites that run on PHP and run-time
compiled languages, because some clients think that because they can
read the source, they can do what they like with it, which is not often
the case.
Again, in the UK, copyright tends to default to the creator in B2B
transactions. However, if you are an employee of a company they tend to
own anything you create, but if you are freelancing, this gets hazy and
should probably be stipulated in a contract.
I second the contract thing and since I have been doing, I am surprised
that only a couple of people have kicked up a fuss about signing.
--
Glen Pike
01326 218440
www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk>
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