Comments on: Freelancer tips on Web Design / SEO Contracts http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/ Auburn and Opelika, Alabama Website Design and Development Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:27:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: jamersan http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-171 jamersan Wed, 06 May 2009 01:18:18 +0000 http://www.jamersan.com/?p=42#comment-171 Marc, Financing has it's benefits. I typically don't do it (much) unless it is a huge project simply because I don't want the overhead of billing everyone. If you automated that process it could be worth the effort. However, with the people that will pay that amount for a website they typically don't have an issue paying it all when done. I've seen local developers do it that way and be successful in a local market. Often times, depending on the market, it may be the only way to stay in business and bring in the smaller clientele. Just be careful that you don't end up getting 1/2 the payments and the client deciding they don't need the website so much or its not 'doing what they expected' so they stop payments. Marc,
Financing has it’s benefits. I typically don’t do it (much) unless it is a huge project simply because I don’t want the overhead of billing everyone. If you automated that process it could be worth the effort.

However, with the people that will pay that amount for a website they typically don’t have an issue paying it all when done.

I’ve seen local developers do it that way and be successful in a local market. Often times, depending on the market, it may be the only way to stay in business and bring in the smaller clientele. Just be careful that you don’t end up getting 1/2 the payments and the client deciding they don’t need the website so much or its not ‘doing what they expected’ so they stop payments.

]]> By: Marc Chase http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Marc Chase Wed, 06 May 2009 00:09:50 +0000 http://www.jamersan.com/?p=42#comment-168 Good article. I've had a lot of experience with this in a past life and found that the biggest hangup was in the amount of revisions and I think you covered that with talking up front. I found profitability was lost with the amount of changes that were made. Another thing I wanted to try and never got around to was financing websites for clients. Not everybody can afford 2K, 3k 4k etc but most people can afford 100.00 per month. You host the site for insurance and while it will hurt up front....after you've done enough sites, that residual will be forward income you can bank on. Good article.

I’ve had a lot of experience with this in a past life and found that the biggest hangup was in the amount of revisions and I think you covered that with talking up front. I found profitability was lost with the amount of changes that were made.

Another thing I wanted to try and never got around to was financing websites for clients. Not everybody can afford 2K, 3k 4k etc but most people can afford 100.00 per month.

You host the site for insurance and while it will hurt up front….after you’ve done enough sites, that residual will be forward income you can bank on.

]]> By: Andrew Turner http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Andrew Turner Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:53:58 +0000 http://www.jamersan.com/?p=42#comment-139 That's a great article - i appreciate you posting it, it was a good read and i didn't feel like i wasted my time reading it as i have on other blogs ;) Good work, and thanks for posting it. P.S: I appreciate the help via Twitter yesterday. That’s a great article – i appreciate you posting it, it was a good read and i didn’t feel like i wasted my time reading it as i have on other blogs ;)

Good work, and thanks for posting it.

P.S: I appreciate the help via Twitter yesterday.

]]> By: jamersan http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-138 jamersan Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.jamersan.com/?p=42#comment-138 I can't use an exact example, but I'll write up another post outlining my standard contract. It will probably be tomorrow before I launch it. I can’t use an exact example, but I’ll write up another post outlining my standard contract. It will probably be tomorrow before I launch it.

]]> By: Heath http://www.jamersan.com/2009/04/freelancer-tips-on-web-design-seo-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Heath Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:02 +0000 http://www.jamersan.com/?p=42#comment-137 Any examples of contracts you've used before? Any examples of contracts you’ve used before?

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