I have said this before, but I don't understand why any developer would move a site to a live and public server without having received full payment. Yes, take

I have said this before, but I don't understand why any developer would move a site to a live and public server without having received full payment. Yes, take a deposit. Then develop the site and leave it to the client to pay you before launching. In 5 years I have had 0 problems with clients paying using this method.