Questions tagged [payment-terms]
Payment terms are the statements by a business about *"when"* and *"how"* it should be paid for goods or services that it has supplied.
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How do I effectivly an profitably, make a career out of independent freelancing?
I've been researching a lot about freelancing, an to my surprise, I'm a little interested in becoming an independent freelancer! In accordance I am inquiring on how to become a successful freelancer ...
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How to properly describe the client right not to pay instead of refund
As I can understand, a refund in freelancing is not mandatory by EU and US laws (correct me if I'm wrong), but still may be a benefit of freelancer's policy for clients.
A quotation from a page about ...
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Strategy of offering the first portion of work in advance or for free
I need useful advice. I'm a web developer from Ukraine with many years of experience, yet have never worked with clients from Western Europe and America. But now I'm considering that.
I know it's very ...
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How to handle difficult to meet requirements on freelancing projects
I want to hire a freelancer to develop a machine learning algorithm. In order for the algorithm to provide any value I need it to work correct in over 95% of cases, which is a very difficult ...
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Declining "5 minute" call with client until payment received
So I worked for only a few days for a client. Did around 13 hours. This was enough for me to end the relationship as I felt it wouldn't be a match going forward. It was an extremely strange task and I ...
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How to mention payment gateway charges in an invoice?
I work for a client based in Great Britain, and I will be sending him an invoice for graphic design work that has already been completed. The payment will be made via PayPal, and he is willing to ...
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Is there any website/software that secures your payment when working with remote clients?
Apart from job marketplaces, Is there any software or website that secures your payment when working with remote clients and manages the payment between you and your client?
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Client continuously asking for new logo concepts and he is not sure of what he wants. How do I deal with him?
I have a new client for whom I am designing a vector logo. I provide 3 concepts and he is supposed to choose one of them based on which I will be making unlimited revisions.
Unfortunately, even though ...
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Is it a good idea to make the advance payment of a project non-refundable?
I am in the process of making the project agreement for a project that I will start working on. I will be taking 50% advance payment and the rest of the payment will be made after the project is ...
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Refund policy for left project
There is some guy x. Who wants to make a game. He hired y. This y can't develop unity game. Just based on years of experience he was hired or something. Now y hired me. The project was split into many ...
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Dealing with a startup, how common is commercial credit (vs equity)?
I'm exploring the possibility of a working relationship with a startup, very early (I believe 3rd person in the door, not counting advisors). There is a potentially good value and industry-specific ...
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Escrow System Alternatives or a Smart Contract For Working Secure
For reference is someone don't know what is an escrow system:
Escrow is a financial instrument whereby an asset or escrow money is
held by a third party on behalf of two other parties that are in the
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Client hasn't responded to invoice, company has potentially conflicting policies on when to pay contractors, unsure what to do
I'm contracting for a client as a software engineer. The contract said that an invoice should be sent every two weeks to the client. I sent one after 17 days, which was viewed but not responded to. No ...
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How can I keep a client who doesn't have consistent work, while usually working fulltime per client?
I'm a freelance software developer and I've been working full-time for a client for a while now. They are happy with me but can't offer a consistent amount of work.
The consequence is that I'm just ...
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When making a website which activities do you normally include in invoice?
I'm rather new to this. I am making a website for someone. It's going to be done through WordPress (so not very complicated). When invoicing them should I include just the time spent making the ...
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How should I respond to requests to work "for exposure"?
There's this huge misconception in the more creative industries, like art and writing, that creators that do not yet have an established reputation (and even some who do have one) don't deserve to get ...
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Questionable Client tries lure of "large white envelope filled with cash"
Does anyone know if "large white envelope filled with cash" is some sort of trope or an acceptable initial payment term? (Is it awkward to ask clients to NOT pay in cash? I use online banks anyway.)
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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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Freelancer taking away a client from a full-blown media agency: How to price the work?
I am asked to make a proposal to a client who is moving on from working with a digital media agency (wasn't happy with the services) to working with me, after I demonstrated a proof-of-concept of a ...
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Recurring payments
I'm a new mobile app freelancer and i'm about to win a new client. They are going to pay me hourly based.
But they asked me how much i'd charge them if they need support in the future. How should i ...
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Planning payment milestones
Lets say that you are putting up a rfp for a software project and you have clearly defined the scope and budget.
How do you plan the payouts/milestones such that the freelancer does not desert you ...
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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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Do non-USA residents have to pay tax or tax return for US based earning residing and working from own country?
I am resident in, and a citizen of India. My primary source of income is freelance work. My major earnings are for US based Patreon and Fiver companies. I use Payoneer to receive and transfer to the ...
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How to charge for 1 on 1 tutoring of mobile app development
I'm SW developer. I met a guy who wants to help him to build an Android application from scratch. He does not know anything about it and he has to do it for some lecture at university.
I have no idea ...
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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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Should I remove the VAT column from my invoice?
I have a client whom I suspect is just attempting to find ways to not pay invoices due, asking me to remove and change details continually on my invoices. Today they have requested that I remove the ...
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When do I ask for an advance/upfront payment
I have the project agreement ready which I will send to all my clients before website development begins.
But I am confused about when to ask for an upfront payment?
Generally, when I send ...
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What should I charge for a custom shirt builder web application?
After doing some graphic work for custom shirts for a local business, the owner asked me if I would be able to design a website that would allow customers to visit and design their shirts. The web app ...
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Graphic designer tapped to work on multiple projects. Best way to charge? Retainer? Hourly? Per project?
I’m a graphic designer and I’ve been tapped by a previous client to work on multiple projects. The projects are mostly packaging design and product label — my role is to think of the concepts, make ...
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How to make sure I will get paid by my sibling
I am a web developer and SEO for my brother.
He has an insurance company and specialises on a certain type of customers that I address with special websites and SEO for him.
I'm doing this for ...
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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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Client wants free and half-rate meetings
I have been freelancing for a client for two years now at 15 hours/week. I recently raised my rate from $30/hour to $50/hour to reflect that of a freelancer and not an employee (since I receive no ...
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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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Freelancer sent an undiscussed bill for quote
I've a friend who runs a small startup, and has run into an issue with a freelancer he was trying to hire to refactor & improve their mobile codebase. He had a limited budget and so was trying to ...
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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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Refudnable payment for new freelancer [duplicate]
I am a new freelancer looking for my first client. One employer contacted me through email (after I bid and passed their test)saying I have to pay in their skrill account (as you can see I have copied ...
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How to properly charge per unit of proof-reading?
I've been doing a side gig proofreading a company's technical documentation for the past couple of months. The workflow is the company sends be a batch of technical articles for me to proofread and ...
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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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Client wants to find a payment scheme that works for us. He doesn't want retainer nor hourly. How to find a common ground?
I hope you bear with me. This is going to be quite a long post. I want to lay out my situation in detail in hopes of getting advice as to what I should do and how to approach it the best way possible.
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How to deal with a customer who get work and didn't gave payment?
I'm logo designer.
A few days ago a customer contacted me through a freelancing site he order me to make a logo for his product. I made a logo for him. He said to make it better. I did and ...
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Question is how to deal with customer that is not paying through proper website channel and goes on increasing his offer?
Yesterday i got an offer from a client to give 1500 reviews and 50 post on his social account,The client offered me $250 but he was saying that i will pay you by paypal not through website pay channel....
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Can I take my client to court for non payment of invoice before invoice is due?
He has stated in an email that he will not be paying it. I had set the payment terms to 28 days. This means that I'll have to wait a month to start the claim process, beginning with a letter before ...
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Wife being asked to register with Upwork; is this legit?
My wife was contacted by a friend who wants to hire her for online work. For payment, he's requesting that she set up an Upwork account.
She's not wanting to do other freelance work, this is just to ...
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Client has cancelled the project and asking for refund of payment
I have agreed for a mobile Application project where everything has to be managed by me only as development and programming designing concern. The only Designing part has been given to another ...
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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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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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I want to work as a freelancer in data entry. What skills are required and how can I make my profile attractive?
I want to work as a freelancer in data entry. What skills are required? and how can I make my profile attractive?
I also want my fees by Paytm. What can I do?
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How to politely stop doing free work for people
I run a small consulting company, mostly paperwork for immigration, starting a business, and a range of other things.
I quite often get a lot of people stopping by to ask questions, leaving, doing ...
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Project owner is asking for refundable deposit
I am new to freelancing and recently placed a bid for one project. Project owner is asking for me to pay the deposit before work is started. They said it is refundable amount.
Is it safe to do so?
