Future advice: at the beginning, sit down with clients and draw up a comprehensive list of specific features they want created. Quote them for this exact list. Any adjustments, updates, new features, etc.--charge an hourly rate.
Don't feel like a dick charging for every single little feature. An hourly rate guarantees fairness. If the feature only takes ten minutes to add, great, they're only paying ten minutes of cash. If the feature takes longer, you deserve to be paid for that too.
I lost 2K this way many years ago. Didn't have a contract. I didn't get the money. It was like 2K or something. It felt bad but I got over it. Learned a lesson.
Another freelancer who was there bragged how he had a lawyer on retainer. I didn't get into freelancing much so don't know how good of an idea that is. Would love to hear best practices.
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Future advice: at the beginning, sit down with clients and draw up a comprehensive list of specific features they want created. Quote them for this exact list. Any adjustments, updates, new features, etc.--charge an hourly rate.
Don't feel like a dick charging for every single little feature. An hourly rate guarantees fairness. If the feature only takes ten minutes to add, great, they're only paying ten minutes of cash. If the feature takes longer, you deserve to be paid for that too.
I lost 2K this way many years ago. Didn't have a contract. I didn't get the money. It was like 2K or something. It felt bad but I got over it. Learned a lesson.
Another freelancer who was there bragged how he had a lawyer on retainer. I didn't get into freelancing much so don't know how good of an idea that is. Would love to hear best practices.