Deposit

[glorybound]

Bobby, your policies sound very professional and reasonable. I think that makes a good and necessary impression on clients. They know they are working with a legitimate professional from the start. That's what
I try to project as well by always providing written proposal/ agreement for service and 50% deposit.

It sounds like you are a lot busier than I am and work for people from a wide range of locations and etc. my situation I occasionaly may get booked up a few weeks in advance but can often start right away and want to do so. IOW it's not a one size fits all. what you are doing sounds reasonable and also a best business practice strategy. Why change it?

Good to hear that I am not off on some island by myself

[OPEN_RANGE]

Alessandro, the books are very well done. I bet they are on edition 20 or more. They may be overkill for many. Very comprehensive and covers wide range of graphics industries.

[Deflaminis]

There are some interesting posts in here. I didn't realize the Graphic Artists Guild had resources like that. I should probably look into this. In Portland the industry is so small that this has never been an issue for me but perhaps it's time to broaden my horizons.

[glorybound]

How about discounts for many houses? I get that asked all the time. I say that if you bundle them I can discount. Someone today asked about 30-40 houses. I would discount, let's say 20%, if they sign all together. In this case maybe not 50% down, but 33% would work. Maybe another 33% 1/2 way through and the balance when I am done.

[prateekvishwa]

Depends.. if i am very busy i apply all kind of T&C & refuse jobs if they dont agree.. but things are different when i dont have much work in hand..