I too do offer discounts but based on specific criteria. I have one discount that I give to "qualified" non-profits (I decide who qualifies) which so far have included churches (not mine), school/neighborhood organizations, etc. and cub scouts (my husband volunteered that one as a freebie).
I also give a discount to other members of the Chamber of Commerce. All of the discounts a percentage of full price. With the non-profits there is another contingency, they must provide me with all of the content in a timely manner and pretty much web ready. It can be a Word document but not a Word save as HTML document. I give notice to an entity when I accept them as a non-profit entitled to a discount that if I do not receive the material in a timely manner or they provide material that requires a lot of work to be done to make it web ready they will lose the discount. I will give them notice before removing the discount and a chance to remedy the problem. I have in fact fired one of the non-profits I used to do work for because their PIA factor became so high I wasn't even willing to work with them at full freight, much less at a discounted rate. They had the distinction of being the first client I fired for that reason but they were not the last. They are the only non-profit however. The majority of my discounted clients are very nice people who are easy to work with (and pay their bills promptly.) Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Caudill 1 Just to poke my fat opinion in... I give discounts. But I make the client aware that they are receiving one. ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
