How much money you charge is up to YOU.

But, when do you get paid?  Well, that’s up to YOUR CLIENT.

OR IS IT!?

If you’re anything like me, I was at the mercy of the client to get paid.  Especially when it comes to web design projects.

50% upfront.  50% on completion.

The first payment was easy.  BUT, getting paid for launching a website was always in the clients' hands.  I could never predict when a website would be finished and launched because it totally depended on my client’s feedback and input to get to the finish line.

SO, in lots of cases, I’d be stuck.  I had been paid for half of the project, but had done 90% of the work!  That just wasn’t fair.

Eventually, I got fed up and decided to change things up.

Here’s what I did…

Instead of the old 50/50 model.  I invented the 50/40/10 model.

Here’s how it works:

50% to start

40% when we START building the site

10% on launch

At first I was worried that clients would tell me to go jump off a bridge and hire one of my competitors instead.

But GUESS WHAT.

None of them did.  Nobody had a problem with this.  If it ever did come up, I’d just explain that I was invoicing them for the phase of the work that was just about to begin.  And most were cool with it.  Worst case scenario is I adjusted the percentages to something like 50/30/20.

So now, if a client delayed the project, I would have done  90% of the work and been paid for 90% of the project.  YES!

Just because everyone else is doing 50/50 doesn’t mean it’s right.

This is your business.

Get paid how you want.

If you want a copy of my contract payment schedule that you can add to your proposals DM me on Facebook or Instagram.  Mention “payment schedule” so I know which resource to send you.