Posted by Brent Baisley on 10/20/85 11:13

For larger projects, I always charged a contingency fee, maybe
$100-$500, depending on the scope. This money basically pays you to
write up a project document. After all, you are spending your valuable
time on something for them. If they accept your proposal to write the
application, the money goes towards your fee for the project. If decide
not to use you, or pick someone else in the meantime, the money is
yours. They get to keep the proposal, which they could give to someone
else so that they could develop the application, but you at least got
paid.

Whatever you do, document everything. Who asked for what change and
when, even changes you reject.


On Apr 14, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Ryan A wrote:

> Hey,
> There was some discussion before this on how much to charge to make a
> site /
> set of scripts,
> which also turned into advise from the more experienced members of
> this
> list...good advise I
> might add.
>
> Note:
> This thread is not directly a php thread but related in a big way to
> what
> most of us do, you might
> not want to read it if you only read programming threads, this is
> intended
> to be more of a discussion.
>
> That said....I'll continue:
> One of the parts that I noted (and that has come back to haunt me) is:
> write the entire scope of the project and make them sign on the dotted
> line
> even if they are family friends.
> (more or less those words)
> I'm working with a client who is really ticking me off with his
> constant
> request for addition of
> features/changes some of which i pointly decline unless i am paid
> more...others I do...coz the project is
> big and well paying....and the changes are not too big.
> The client I am working with gave me some rough drawings (pen (not
> pencil)
> hand drawings on napkins
> and A4 papers), some scribblings etc
>
> My question is, how can we document the whole contract *properly* when
> the
> client is asking you
> to make something new (eg features not found anywhere else), code,
> layouts,
> navigation, buttons,
> sections, functionality etc? Getting a lawyer is (for most of
> us...like me)
> out of the question...
>
> Is there any software out there that helps? or do you take the extra
> days
> (or maybe weeks) to write
> up everything for him to sign on the dotted line? Keep in mind while
> you are
> taking the time to write
> up the whole thing he can pick someone else...or he might be in a
> hurry.
>
>
> Advise on what you think would help...and things that you _actually_ do
> would help a lot of us I think
> sidestep bad experiences in the future.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>
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