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Questions related to working on a retainer - a fee paid for a pre-determined amount of time or work.

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A retainer is a fee paid for a pre-determined amount of time or work. Most commonly, a percentage of a retainer is paid up-front for providing a specified number of hours or days of work within a time period.

The retainer fee is payable whether those services are called upon or not!

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How to properly make Retainer Agreement for IT company?

Andrew in his reply showed us what should Retainer Agreement hold. I started writing a Retainer Agreement and it became more complex that I thought it would. For example, Immediately write Retainer for 1 year or offer 3,6,9,12-month periods?…
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What are better ways of saying "retainer"?

Freelancers, lawyers, and other professionals, can take work based on a retainer. However, the word "retainer" can be confusing, as it has differing definitions: A retainer can be a upfront fee paid for x number of hours per month. If the number of…
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How to persuade the client to sign a Retainer Agreement with me?

I have to admit, out of all Retainers I signed, not even once I managed to initiate its signing. Each time it was the clients who offered a Retainer. Out of approx 70 clients of mine, only a few offered a Retainer which is less than 10%, closer to…
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Retainer for Development Tasks

I recently finished a Wordpress project for a client, and the client wants me to continue providing support, update, and develop the site for $20 per hour. The client says the tasks will be small, and I should probably only bill them 10-20 minutes…
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