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03-21-2008, 12:05 AM
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nbluth
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Utah, USA
Posts: 25
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Freelance Contracts?
I recently got some local freelance work. We worked out the agreement verbally as I have always done it in the past, but I am afraid that one of these times i'm going to get screwed. Does anybody have any recommendations about contracts or even if I need to write one up? I would greatly appreciate any info.
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03-21-2008, 12:38 AM
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Administrator/Founder
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: NYC
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Check out this link it has some useful information on writing contracts and such:
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/standard-agreement |
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03-21-2008, 06:34 AM
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Junior Designer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 143
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The most important things that should be written down in a contract:
WHAT are you gonna do (every little piece of work you're gonna do, not just "website" but "website for blahblah consisting of five subpages, with a gallery-page and blablabla".) WHEN it should be finished HOW MUCH you should get paid HOW you're gonna do it if you can't deliver on time HOW MANY reviews the client is allowed to have (deadline, client isn't happy bout the colors. You have one week to fix, this extra weeks costs the client additional $. Week up, client still don't like you, you get another 3 days. Client pays. Client still doesn't like it... and here we go on for months. 2 or 3 reviews should be enough, if your client don't like it then, well then he gets it anyway)
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03-21-2008, 06:37 AM
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sans-serif
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 480
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Yes you do!
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03-21-2008, 11:39 AM
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Designer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 78
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Great link. Contracts are a hassle but are definitely necessary. Take the time to write a standard one written up with everything you need so that you can re-use it later on. Many times sketchy clients won't want to bother with a contract for a couple of different reasons. - They want to try and get a lot of little things out of you for free. This isn't bad unless it seriously start to seem like (wow I should probably be getting paid for this stuff). - They don't want to be tied into paying for a design they don't agree with (constant struggle). |
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03-22-2008, 10:46 AM
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nbluth
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Utah, USA
Posts: 25
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Thanks for all of this great information. So far I've had really good clients, but I'd rather be covered instead of learning the hard way.
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