>The moment a customer does not pay a bill within the specified terms is the moment you must stop working for them. Be reasonable and communicate. I've had cli

>The moment a customer does not pay a bill within the specified terms is the moment you must stop working for them. Be reasonable and communicate. I've had clients tell me in advance they'd be late and had mega corps tell me they are holding all payments until next quarter. . This is really where you have to live with your client being slow pay. When things go sideways, sometimes the right call is to get your work in per the deadline so that when you do end up in court, the whole amount of the bill can be collected, not just the part you turned in. The big thing is communicate and be reasonable. I've also had clients where I've been able to ask for an advance (and got it) or ask for them to pay earlier. Being flexible set that up (i.e. you were slow last quarter... any chance we can speed up the next milestone payment?) >This also means that you must invoice regularly. #1 mistake that most freelancers make is not billing or waiting until "it's worth doing". Have a great system for tracking your hours and deliverables and billing them, as that is all you'll usually need to win any billing dispute.