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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
It's not only about the client ripping the developer off or not - it's about the fact that the client is then invested into the project. What if you change your mind? What if you cancel your project? What if somethign happens during development that changes the profitability/feasibility (ie you want a filehost developed and all those busts start happening and you panic)?
I had a client pull this a few months ago...repeat client, we probably did $10k of work for them over the course of the months before it. Then they sent us like 20 psd files, we quoted, they accepted, we did the work and they vanished like a fart in the wind. They were a repeat client so we didn't take a deposit because we trusted them.
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Then they are clearly cunts and deserve to be named and shamed. Then found and sued.
And if the same happens the other way around?
It goes 2 ways. What if the work wasn't completed and the developer disappeared, or he changed his mind, or his idea of what was acceptable wasn't mine, what if he gets hit by a bus while working on the project. Yes 2 way street.
I would pay for work done as it's done.
I'm from a different school of business. For decades I produced work with nothing more than "Yes, she's nice shoot me a couple or three sets please." And I went to the costs of doing it. Sent the work in and got paid 3-6 months after.
Yes I know online is full of scammers and people who flake out or vanish like a fart. Which is why my money stays in my pocket until completion or stage completion.