Questions tagged [contracts]
Questions concerning contracts between a freelancer, agent and a client.
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How can I avoid exposure to liability from indemnification clauses as an I.T. freelancer?
I often work as a W2 employee, but I sometimes get freelance opportunities. I write code and do systems administration, and I have examined different insurance products. I want something that is ...
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Which non-immigrant visa is required to work as a freelancer from the EU in the USA?
I am a freelancer registered in Germany and I am interested to take a freelance contract in the United States.
I couldn't get my question answered from the web page of the U.S. Citizenship and ...
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what to do when a vendor/sub-contractor breaches contract?
I'm kind of like an long-time, in-house it/marketing shop for a small startup. I bill them monthly but for whatever hours were put in that month... no min or max, contractual-speaking and this has ...
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Client started a web development contract, and then disappeared
I'll briefly state the situation. One of my clients just started a contract on a freelancing site regarding the development of a web app. She provided a website link and asked to develop a similar ...
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International Employer Initiated PayPal Buyer Claim Without Any Reason
I worked for this employes for a month, and he only paid me for half-month then suddenly replaced me after I delivered the MVP. And he was okay with the result. then he immediately cut me off without ...
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Client feels he is doing a favor on me by paying invoice because his requirements changed
I was working for a client for a while until April. Because of the lockdown and also some family problems on my side, we stopped working together. At that time, there were two payment pending worth $...
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Is this software developer contractor agreement a red flag?
I received and offer from a company to work as an independent software developer contractor. The agreement contains some clauses that specify that I should indemnify the company.
This one agrees to ...
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Dealing with potential partners
I have been doing work on my own and with a team distributed around multiple countries. I get projects and we work on them together. Recently a startup company, which is considered a competitor ...
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Which IT fields / IT specializations are most suitable for 100% remote work as a freelancer/contractor/self-employed?
I would like to know which IT specializations are most suitable for 100% remote work as a freelancer / self-employed. Both in theory and in practice.
How to find clients and companies that are okay ...
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Prospective client asking to see briefs from other clients
As a freelance copywriter, I often take on freelance jobs for advertising agencies.
I contacted one recently to offer my services (a small local agency) and we had a Skype call to discuss further.
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Service Contract for a Software Product
I built an app for a client recently. He has a bunch of new features that he wants to incorporate into the delivered app in subsequent releases. He asked me for a service contract for the app. I am ...
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What is fair compensation for handing my freelance contracts to my new employer?
I am changing from freelance software development to working in a small new consulting group. As part of the transition I may be moving my freelance work (for one client) under the umbrella of this ...
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Another client wants to buy a challenging work I did for one client
Sometime ago, I did a challenging project for a client as a freelancer, and he uses my work as core of the software he sells. Basically my work is the main feature of that software, and he just ship ...
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Expectations for system support
Im based in the UK and a couple of years ago I agreed to write a small application for a local company. As it was supposed to be a quick small thing, we didnt have a formal contract in place (big ...
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How to Respond To Casual Agreement
This is part of a conversation from a help forum
Asker: Anyone got any idea how I should approach this challenge?
Responder: This is quite complex but I should be able to solve the problem. I’ll ...
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How to get Fiverr jobs at the beginning
I have been using Fiverr for one month, but I did not make lots of orders up to now. I think I should improve my gig with some attractive way for the users, so what are the key things that can be used ...
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Signed contract to complete work that I can no longer provide
I signed a contract to produce technical training content and videos at a time when I was available to complete it.
I have about 10% of the work completed.
Due to circumstances that I cannot ...
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How can I secure my payment with remote work client?
I am planning to work with a remote client. The only way to communicate with my client is by a phone call or message.
In order to secure my payment term, I am thinking of creating a contract which ...
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Transfer Wordpress website to client that stops
I developed a Wordpress website for a client. I also bought a Wordpress Theme (on Envato) and activitated its license to get the latest theme/plugin updates.
What if a client stops with my services? ...
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Doing contract work for a foreign client
I'm a US contractor that typically does software development work for companies here in the United States. I was recently contacted by a foreign client who wants some software written. Typically I ...
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Can client demand a refund for software that fails specifications?
I delivered software which failed to meet the client's specifications. I followed 90% of the specs, but not 100%.
Client is asking for a partial refund, for the features which were not delivered. He ...
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How to price speculative enquiries
Hello I have a small business that makes bespoke products for a very niche market. My expertise is broadly in making/coding. I get a lot of inquiries from people who want me to realise a particular ...
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Is there any service to outsource reading job offers I get and negotiating with potential employers?
I have been looking for something like that but I couldn't find anything. Below are details of what I am looking for and what I have tried so far.
This question is not a duplicate of Finding talent ...
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How would a contract look like for allowing developers to reuse source code in other projects?
Say you get hired to build a company some software. The company wants the source code, but it is OK with you reusing the source code in your other projects. What kind of terms should be included in ...
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Can/Should I provide engineering services with a PO and no contract?
I have been hired by a client with a PO but no contract. Do I need to put a contract together to protect myself as an engineer?
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Freelancers, do you have any advice when clients cancel the project?
I joined a website design project for a client. I asked him to deposit 50% of the project's money.
I sent draft designs; they were almost complete. Suddenly, the client said he met a financial ...
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How to avoid working as an unofficial full-time employee?
I was proposed the following scenario as a freelancing opportunity:
Work in their office
40 hours / week, M-F
Using their equipment
Work on multiple projects, not one ongoing project
Following their ...
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How to combine the general advantages of “work for hire” and retain my right for reuse the code?
I'm an independent software consultant and I want to create a framework that lets me solve a wide variety of problems in a niche area.
The purpose of the framework is to have existing building blocks ...
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How to formulate contract for component to be paid on a “per product sold” basis
I am planning to develop a part of a software running on a hardware+software product. The idea is to be paid about 10% of every item sold on a free contract basis (no corporation creation).
I would ...
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Non-billable hours if you're expected on a bench with unclear timelines
Somewhat related to If I am working on an hourly project with variable hours per week and I am blocked on a task, should I bill for the time spent blocked?, but if you have a corp-to-corp client that ...
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Hiring Contractors for Lead Generation
I want to hire a few contractors to help get leads for my business.
I am planning on paying the contractors commission only. (i.e. I get $X in sales from there referral and they get a fixed % of $X.)...
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When hiring freelancers, do I give them contracts?
As a startup that isn't a company yet and still starting out. Do I need contracts to sign up freelancers? This is for digital projects and haven't seen need to start a company yet without revenues.
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Project which has potential and is important to me but going to fail because of budget
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I'm working on a software project. The whole thing took a while because both parties were somehow unexperienced but now some milestones are finished. The customer is statisfied and wants to go ...
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What to do when a client cancels project 1 day before delivery?
I learned a valuable lesson today the hard way. I know what to do in the future, but for right now, I want to know what my options are for collecting payment, and maybe some advice on how not to get ...
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What is a good way to handle correction loops and clients which delay or deny project acceptance in fixed-price projects?
As I have been into business for a long time now I know that this is one of a real freelance nightmare (maybe also for companies, but especially for freelancers).
It can be even worse in case that ...
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Should I give my customer a chance to make a counter offer?
I'm currently working as a freelance software developer during 2 days a week (long term) for a customer close to my home. A few months ago I told them that 2 days is not enough for me and I'll be ...
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Calculating 1099 hourly rate based on a w2
I've been on a w2 pretty much forever, but am negotiating with a company that wants me to work on a contract-to-hire 1099 basis. Is there a straightforward way to calculate what my 1099 hourly rate ...
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How the ideas are protected on freelance world?
I'm new to hiring freelancers for work. I'm having few ideas but I'm not sure what are methods/mechanisms available in freelance world to protect my ideas.
What is preventing a freelancer to listen ...
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What is the best way to promote yourself as a specialist in a specific field?
My questions are for freelancers that have active twitter, blog or any other social platform that gives them good clients.
Does it worth to have an active twitter account, or constantly writing to ...
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Is it ethical to close a project where there is no output without any pay
I wanted to get some processing work done so I hired a freelancer for the same
Before the contract started, I clearly mentioned 8 key things I want the code to do.
I deposited the contract amount in ...
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What to do once the project goes live?
I'm looking for advice on the best way to service my client once their project goes live while avoiding any potential pitfalls. The product is a custom software solution that is cloud hosted. During ...
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How do I tell a client that our contract isn't being upheld?
Back in March a friend of mine reached out to me for graphic design work for a crowdfunded project him and a small team were working on. Because I had worked with him in the past on some projects I ...
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Convince client not to want my software
I'm the primary author of an open-source software program. I was contacted by a client who wished to contract me to add a (major) feature to the program so that it could be used in their company's ...
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What to do If I suggested and implemented wrong infrastructure for a client
I'm an IT freelancer in Italy, with experience in software development, web design and recently system administration.
Around three months ago I got a new client to work for and signed contract to ...
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Do all clients requests, some off them or none at all?
Let me start off by saying I made a lot of mistakes on my end taking on a project. Now I am in a position where I have a software development project that is a bit of a nightmare and suffering from ...
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How to specify a “deliverables after payment” clause?
I am keen to avoid situations (as I have had in the past) where I hand over source code, and am not paid until significantly later. I'm perfectly happy to demonstrate that the work has been done, but ...
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How to Push Back on Client Overstepping Contract?
This is a contracted job to cover a maternity leave. The contract states 30 hours a week maximum at at a certain rate, anything over would be actually a lesser hourly rate, and even so, they will ...
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How much detail do you provide a client wanting to improve an existing site?
My friend and I recently went into freelancing a few months ago. We've had a couple of clients we completed projects for so far, all of which for people who did not have a site.
Recently we had a ...
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Weekly pricing, help with structure of deal
I'm trying to structure a deal for my consultancy and would like the opinion of others about whether the following is a standard approach:
I'm thinking of doing billing weekly with bi-weekly ...
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Exclusivity of work
If the client owns the code and IP for the work I'm doing for them, does this automatically grant them an exclusive license?
Can I resell the solution or part of it to other clients?
