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Away from hourly work to a prepaid package of hours

I am working with a number of small clients that often request small changes, once every 2-4 months at least, and the constant task-switching of working 1 hour for this client and 2 hours for that client is not ideal. Invoicing and sometimes needing…
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Is it reasonable for a client to expect automated test scripts as project deliverables?

Our company is currently halfway through a software project with a consulting firm. As someone who will be taking ownership of the project after the consultants finish, is it reasonable for our company to ask the consultants to write automated test…
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How to keep client liable for licenses?

I'm going to work on updating a client's software. It was built with a framework which is free to use if you make the software open source, but otherwise requires a license. How do I make it clear that the client is responsible for possible…
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If you are hired via a recruiter, how long should you wait before going direct?

Say you get a 6 month contract via a recruiter. Now you finish that contract. How many months should you wait before approaching the company directly? Or should you never do this? What is the unwritten rule regarding this?
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Tax inspection for freelancers

My question relates to law enforcement for freelancers. Are there inspections of freelance workers in the UK, that is, do HMRC agents visit freelancers’ homes to check their bookkeeping records?
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From the UK and want to freelance while living in Latin America - best way to advertise I am English but cheaper because I live in another country?

Have been searching on the internet for a bit without much luck so thought I would post my question up here (I imagine I am not the first with this though!) I'm 28 years old and have about 5 years experience in programming/web design (good CV, work…
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How to land a client who contacted me directly?

I got an email that basically said: “Hey, person X told me that you designed her website. I'm starting up a company, how much would you charge me for something similar to that site?” This is the first time I’ve been approached by someone I don’t…
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As a freelancer how do you quote/charge for a project?

I am currently estimating effort; therefore, I'm estimating the cost of a project for somebody who has asked "how much is it going to cost for X". After a discussion about functionality/scope I am providing a list of all the functionality to be…
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Quoting a project with an open budget

I have a client who wants me to enhance/rewrite a plugin's code. She's asked what my price would be for completing the work, but she didn't give me a budget. However, I've never had to come up with a fixed price for my work. Given this situation,…
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Should I charge for an Android app by charging for access to a companion website or should I just charge for the app itself?

I have a website for high school and college wrestling. It stores data for the users and they can generate reports, see statistics, etc. It's been running for 4 seasons now and I have around 350 accounts. I'm close to releasing my Android App that…
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Learning I undercharged -- now what?

I took on a side-project as an experiment of sorts and I'm learning I grossly undercharged, in addition to providing a level of technical support I definitely did not sign up for. I'd worked up a fixed price contract and find myself rather…
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Possible for agronomist to do remote freelancing?

I know that 90% of us are freelancing in fields where freelancing is easy, like programming, design, technical support, etc. Does anyone know or can direct me in a way that an agronomist find work as a freelancer? I am trying to help a friend of…
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Must I use cPanel-based hosting providers for applications I built for a client where I don't want to manage things after deployment?

I read this post which would answer part of my question: How to setup client ownership of domain name and hosting In that question, the asker wanted to know how to make sure ownership of the domain/hosting is handed off to the client so that person…
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Can I use screenshots of my development works in a huge organization in my personal portfolio?

I am building my personal portfolio. I have very few works to showcase which I have freelanced. But I have extensive amount of experience working in client projects during my job as a Frontend developer in previous organizations. My best works to…
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In web design and development, should design come before contract or vice versa?

I have done many website design and development as a freelancer and over time, I have my own set of "business procedures" to properly (or so I thought) determine project scope and budgets before signing of the contract. However, recently I was…
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