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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.

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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Should I give the finished work to a client before or after they paid me?

I have a new client that I met online for whom I have been doing some photo editing. We will be using paypal for payment. Should I give the finished work to client before or after they paid me?
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Does the type of payment method reflect the implied professionalism of a freelancer?

There are many options available for accepting payments (Paypal, Authorize.Net, personal/business check, escrow, etc.). Is there a good way to decide which option (or combination of options) should be used to reflect professionalism as well as…
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Implement features in case the employer doesn't pay

I had this case once where I delivered a test release to an employer to show if it met his requirements. He paid a few rates for this work. In the following months, I got a few calls to change parts of the program. After finishing the program and…
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When should you discuss getting paid?

I met this client three times already. first time I gave them a quote based on the email conversation and told them in person my rate. second time we met at the office with another business partner. The third time they brought another freelancer. i…
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Concerned, freelancer I don't know may run off. How should I pay a freelancer?

I've found an illustrator, who's work I really like. I saw his work online so have never met the person in 'real life'. He's named his price which is quite a lot of money. Therefore, I have concerns about paying someone who I don't really know. The…
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How do I resolve a payment dispute when trying to obtain code for testing?

I hired a freelancing company for a project which is worth about $2,000. I asked the owner of the company to produce some work before I can make the first payment request of $700 so he gave me a 10 mock up design of the website within a week. After…
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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 figure out how much could be done within that…
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How do I determine what my time is really worth?

I work for a custom wine cellar company and have been their one and only designer for a year and half now. The owner used to do the design, but you can't run a company sitting behind a mouse designing all day, so he got me. I have a degree that I…
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Paypal disputes - how do I ensure I get my service deliverd or money back?

I paid a freelancer in full before he finished because he had some family problems. He has not delivered the website, he changed logins, took the website down and does not reply. When in the resolutions centre you click "report a problem" but if I…
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Is there any way I can attempt to recover 16k from a client who doesn't feel it necessary to pay because they elected to not use my content?

I am an advertising Freelance Copywriter. I asked for all the content so I could quote on writing copy for a website. The client said they're satisfied with my hourly rates and that I should just keep track of my hours. After the first round of…
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Non disclosure agreement?

I'm new to freelancing and an international client of mine is interested in hiring me to help with his startup business. In the process, he wants to preserve his intellectual property and has sent me a Non Disclosure Agreement to sign. The agreement…
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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 how to charge him as I will probably start with…
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Upfront payments and escrow

On fixed-price projects I've generally worked for 50% up-front, which I believe is more or less standard for software development-related freelancing. I'll sometimes ask for less than 50% if the budget is high. Is up-front payment still a standard…
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Good practice to charge half the quote up front?

I'm looking to start freelancing as a web developer in NZ and have been prodding about the internet for tips and advice. One article I found (Link forgotten, was on NZ Herald newspaper's website) suggested that it was good practice to present a…
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Should your clients pay for your payment transfer fees

I'm from a third world country where the luxury to accept payments from most popular payment gateways like PayPal doesn't exist to get payment transfers done cheap from my clients to me. I lose a significant amount of my earnings due to transfer…
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