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I think a better strategy would be to send an email as soon as the payment was late, saying a late fee would be assessed in x days if payment is not received (o

I think a better strategy would be to send an email as soon as the payment was late, saying a late fee would be assessed in x days if payment is not received (or just include the late fee in the contract, I suppose). Attaching an arbitrary late fee without any notice seems strange to me, but I don't do freelancing so I guess I don't really know. It just seems like any fees should be documented somewhere, and people should be allowed to accept/reject them before entering into a contract.

phonon 7y ago
In NYC, under the "Freelance Isn't Free Act" (which she mentioned in her emails) paying later than 30 days gives an award of double damages (twice the amount owed). https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/about/Freelance-Law.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/about/Freelanc... https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/FAQs-Freelance.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/FAQs-F... https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/Court-Navigation-Freelance.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/Court-...
Traster 7y ago
I don't work in the area, so I know very little about it and this may seem naive - but I constantly hear adverts for things like Quickbooks - where they'll automatically send invoices and chase up. As I say, I know nothing about the area, but those products are around $20 a month which seems like pretty good value and would leave your clients under no illusion about what they to pay when and with what penalties.