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Originally Posted by v4 media
Actually I picked up a new client over Christmas off GFY have billed them monthly in arrears since.
I will take this risk as I can understand why people are wary of sending $$ in advance.
I do check that they've not previously scammed anyone though.
An order over say $2k I would agree a point in the design process to release a % of funds. say an agreed mock up.
To many bullshitters in this business, designers that are always whoring for work and it turns out they're behind by months on prepaid designs.
You're a designer yourself, you know that we have to price low to be competitive, and can work stupid hours to get everything done, it's easy to spend the prepaid stuff and find yourself taking more work to get the $$ back.. I find people work harder when they're paid after the act rather than before.
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Yup, very true. Don't get me wrong. Practically all our work is paid after or upon delivery. Some is and has been prepaid way in advance too but that doesn't mean the work doesn't get done. I'd consider that sort of like the retainer you pay an attorney.
However, there are those cases where someone comes along and has weird specs, is difficult to talk to and is very iffy about the ideas you present to him, yet still wants to move ahead. And then there is the type that insists that he's very picky and has a very limited budget. And many other similar types, where too many alarm bells go off that trigger that little advance prepayment retainer button. Time wasted is money lost.