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Contracts involving clients in the adult industry

I've recently been asked to make a website for an escort service, I was wondering if anyone personally has any rules involving any websites or freelance work involved in the adult industry. I'm trying to get a feel for wether or not having a project…
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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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Freelance job sites? Good or bad?

I've recently made the jump from a commercial full stack developer to a freelance full stack developer, I notice a lot of stigma attached to job sites. I'm using these job sites quite frequently considering i'm new to freelancing however my main…
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Being asked to sign a NDA for a very short-term project with tiny scope, should I?

I'm sure my case is quite generic, and details are: I got a project lead on Upwork (formerly oDesk). Fixed budget. The project is as simple as ≤4 hours of work, plus ≤2 hours communications. The budget small and will only cover my expenses on…
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What are the best websites for freelance jobs?

I'm relatively new to online jobs and stuff, I have already started to make accounts on the freelance websites I know about, like LinkedIn, Sourceforge Jobs, and some local sites. And in my field of interest which is graphic design I've got Behance,…
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How can I get paid more despite disclosing my hourly rate?

I've been working for a client on several programming projects in the last few months. The client always paid regularly and left positive feedback for me on the platform I'm using to find work. About one month ago the client proposed that I work…
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How to politely turn down a client's request for a free test job?

I'm a graphic designer and in the course of my work I often come across a situation when clients ask for free tests before hiring me. If the budget is sufficient and the tests seem reasonable I usually don't mind them, but sometimes it happens that…
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Gracefully letting a client down

I started a software project with a client a couple months back. It is accompanying a hardware product that will be released soon. I was told the schedule and was overly optimistic about it. About halfway through the project timeline I was already…
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Freelancing in Germany as non-EU resident

I am non-EU resident doing a paid internship (Praktikum) in software engineering in Germany. I have received an offer from an outside company to work on a project for some hours on my spare time. Thus, I am wondering if I am allowed to do so in…
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How to determine pricing for bug-support only contract?

I'm a web developer (Ruby on Rails) and I got an inquiry about the bug-support contract for a limited time (2 months). I'm very well familiar with the project so doing the actual work is not a problem and I can provide good value to the customer…
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Travel expenses and loss of income

I have a client on the other side of the country who has repeatedly expressed interest in flying me to meetings and demonstrations related to our project. They have indicated they would pay all my travel expenses - airfare, room and board, etc.…
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How to monetize a "Free" App without advertising

I've been developing Apps and see companies/developers offering free apps without any advertising either. Does anyone know if they are monetizing this some other way? How do you monetize a "free" App without advertising? (Specifically…
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Should I create a demo project to learn new technologies and to expand my portfolio?

I currently work full time for a company. I am unable to show screenshots of all the work I do there since the work is sensitive/proprietary. After doing some research, it seems like the skills I currently have won't land me enough work to survive…
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"Verifying" employer's company

I've been contacted by someone who found my posting on job search website. They claim to be "overseas" (meaning EU/USA) company hiring people. For my region, pay is very good (actually, it is extremely high). They claim to offer remote fulltime…
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Web development: how to convince clients to invest in upgrading their sites

I manage about 30 company websites with Joomla 1.5, 2.5, 3.4. The reason why I did not migrate 1.5 and 2.5 to 3.4 is because the owners didn't want to invest in rebuilding their websites from scratch due to high code customization or unaivailability…
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