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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way
There is NO reason to ever pay a designer upfront.
Why do you pay someone a deposit upfront? Usually because there is a material cost to he job. When I had my patio laid the guy wanted 20% upfront so he could buy brick. Sure.
But a designer? HELL NO. They are sitting there in front of their Mac, all they have to do is get to clicking. I would pay a percentage upon delivery of a comp, possibly.
There is no upside to me paying upfront, none.
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It all depends who you are working with... go to a respectable designer that has a few weeks waiting list, and propose some 50/50 deals and he will likely tell you to get lost... 50/50 deals often turn into chasing around to get that last 50% paid... respectable designer who has more work than he can handle, has better things to do than chase people around for payment...
on the other hand, designers who are looking to get more business often have more flexible payment terms, some may even do work with no $$ down...
