Thursday, November 26, 2009
Blabbers
Bad things happened to me, as a designer,
sometimes clients just don't understand how does designer work, it is not an easy job at all, we have to do lots of stuff even just to create a simple design. Trust me, being a designer is in between engineer and artist.
I found a good article, about
things that my clients should know.
Source : Jacci Howard Bear, About.com GuideThe cancellation fee insures that you are paid for all work that you have done up to the time that the client notifies you that they are not going to continue. A client may cancel for any number of reasons, perhaps because they've decided not to pursue the project due to timing, money, or change of focus. They may also cancel the work because they are no longer want to use your services. Whatever the reason, the cancellation fee helps to cover your billable time and any tangible expenses incurred so far
.Some designers may specify that the deposit serves as a cancellation fee. Or, your freelance design contract might specify that
the cancellation fee is equal to the amount of the initial deposit.
"Many clients may labor under the belief that they shouldn't have to pay much because you haven't done much.
They often don't understand how many hours of thinking & designing time goes into a project from the beginning".
A non-refundable deposit and cancellation clause protects you from having hours of uncompensated work during the critical research, brainstorming, and conceptualization phase of a project.
Well I guess next time I should be more careful :)
From now on, I require first deposit 50% to be transferred immediately after placing the order.
If you cancel your order, the money you paid cannot be returned.