Connie, We have a base agreement that specifies functional specifications then development plans for defined projects, and a standard rate for everything else. If the majority of work is for defined projects, we'll get an advance payment of some portion of the work to be done, then get payments at major deliverable points. If not, we'll get an advance payment and bill against it until exhausted, then continue billing with payment due on receipt.
The advance payment is critical, because you'll sometimes have an agreement signed by someone who either doesn't actually have signatory power (but he thought he did), or the budget hasn't actually been approved, or "purchasing" hasn't blah blah blah... That signed contract is simply a piece of white paper with some black stuff on it, no more, no less. Only that first signed check that actually clears the bank consumates a signed agreement, and proves that there really is an agreement in place. Your agreement is like a marriage license; a cleared check is like consummating the marriage. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie DeCinko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: How do you get paid? > How are most of you structuring your payments for a new customer? Do you > always get a deposit before starting on a site? Do you get the balance paid > before the site goes live? or within say 10 days after go live? since you > can always take the site down for non-payment. > > > Constanty "Connie" DeCinko III > Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer > Lone Jet Enterprises > Glendale, Arizona > <http://www.lonejet.com/> www.LoneJet.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205334 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
