.NET Framework - Charging Customers for Design
Asked By Jonathan Wood
06-Feb-10 01:29 PM
Greetings,
For those here who develop websites for a living, I was curious if you ask
for money up front, or allow the customer to wait until they are satisfied
with your design.
On the one hand, I'd like to get paid before I develop the site. But on the
other hand, this market seems very competitive and I think some customers
want to be sure they are going to be happy with the design before dishing
out money.
Note that I will also be hosting the site.
Thanks.
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Veign replied to Jonathan Wood
50 to start / 50 after completion before final delivery. Everything under a
signed contract. Getting nothing up front would be a huge mistake and
working without a contract will just lead to problems.
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Jonathan Wood replied to Veign
Thanks.
Do you know of any contract templates available that cover the type of
things you feel are important?
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Tina Clarke replied to Jonathan Wood
Ditto Veign...
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_design_contracts/
an article about contracts with some links at the bottom to templates
http://www.softcircuits.net/
is this a bought template or did you do the coding and graphics?
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Jonathan Wood replied to Tina Clarke
Thanks!
I do coding and graphics but this particular site is from a template. (I
wanted the site to look nice but it is not a big money-maker.)
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Veign replied to Jonathan Wood
No. Took me a long time to perfect the contract I have. Even now I am
always reviewing the terms of service section.
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Cheryl D Wise replied to Jonathan Wood
As others said we have a contract and staged payments at various milestones.
I have not used it but I know some who swear by Site Point's web proposal kit
http://www.sitepoint.com/kits/freelance2/?historicredirect=freelance1
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Reverend Fuzzy replied to Jonathan Wood
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My personal preference is for 20% down, and remainder plus contract on
approval.
This way, even if the customer decides to go with someone else, the
deposit assures you were paid for your efforts. If you want, I can e-
mail you
a copy of my standard service contract to use as a base for creating
yours.
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Phil Brighton- UKWDA Accredited replied to Jonathan Wood
Hi Jonathan
As most very rightly say it is important to get some money upfront along
with a full spec signed contract. People seem to think that what they asked
for can be changed at a drop of a hat. As you will know, its not always easy
to change to a different spec half way through. I charge 50% upfront and 50%
on completion. I also charge hour rate of ??35 for any changes above the
specification brief.
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Jonathan Wood replied to Reverend Fuzzy
What do you mean by "plus contract?"
Sure, I'd like to take a look.
Thanks.
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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
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Jonathan Wood replied to Cheryl D Wise
Thanks. The link looks interesting.
For the record, I do consulting work for many thousands of dollars. In those
cases, I do charge at various milestones. But here, I am building small sites
for $100-$200 and then charging them monthly. So I need to be sure they
do not abort out of fear the site is not what they want.
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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
http://www.softcircuits.com
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