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1) Were there any clashes with their own payment cycles? - e.g you send out the invoice on first of month, expecting immediate payment, but their own cycle pays

1) Were there any clashes with their own payment cycles? - e.g you send out the invoice on first of month, expecting immediate payment, but their own cycle pays out all outstanding invoices at the end of the month? 3) With the yearly payments, is there any clause e.g. you get upto 50 hours of work, after that it's hourly rate' or the like to prevent abuse?

mattbgates 9y ago
1) For one client who runs a business she sometimes takes a week to pay it. I don't think I've ever had trouble with a client paying except that one I mention.. she got busy and didn't see my invoice email but once I sent a reminder it was paid immediately. 2) I probably should do that but like I said you feel the client out and their needs. I have had to go back to a client and raise the amount I was charging telling them I had to be fair with my pricing and due to their needs was increasing it.. it was only about $300 or so. Once I made the mistake of charging $500 to a client to do her website and she nitpicked everything to the point where it is now almost 4 years later and the website still has not gone live. I obviously made no money on it, but after reaching out several times, I can't even get a hold of her. I charged that little as a favor to my brother, who recommended her to me, and because she was looking for a "cheap" website -- this was a red flag. She runs a million dollar business but did not want to invest in her website, but wanted to nitpick like she paid thousands of dollars for one. So yeah.. it took me almost a year to get money from her... and when she paid.. she nitpicked even more and the website never even went live. I always say to my clients: "if you are fair with me I will be fair with you." This statement here seems to make people understand that I am human trying to make a living just as they are. I'm not trying to rip anyone off or anything considering my client base is usually small business owners trying to make it as well.
- michaelflux 9y ago
  Gotcha, thanks Matt :)

mattbgates 9y ago

1) For one client who runs a business she sometimes takes a week to pay it. I don't think I've ever had trouble with a client paying except that one I mention.. she got busy and didn't see my invoice email but once I sent a reminder it was paid immediately. 2) I probably should do that but like I said you feel the client out and their needs. I have had to go back to a client and raise the amount I was charging telling them I had to be fair with my pricing and due to their needs was increasing it.. it was only about $300 or so. Once I made the mistake of charging $500 to a client to do her website and she nitpicked everything to the point where it is now almost 4 years later and the website still has not gone live. I obviously made no money on it, but after reaching out several times, I can't even get a hold of her. I charged that little as a favor to my brother, who recommended her to me, and because she was looking for a "cheap" website -- this was a red flag. She runs a million dollar business but did not want to invest in her website, but wanted to nitpick like she paid thousands of dollars for one. So yeah.. it took me almost a year to get money from her... and when she paid.. she nitpicked even more and the website never even went live. I always say to my clients: "if you are fair with me I will be fair with you." This statement here seems to make people understand that I am human trying to make a living just as they are. I'm not trying to rip anyone off or anything considering my client base is usually small business owners trying to make it as well.

michaelflux 9y ago
Gotcha, thanks Matt :)