hitmeasap
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Do you ever ask for upfront payments when you're approached by a new client?
(This doesn't apply to any work on SEOClerks as you'll get paid when you've delivered the work for the buyer's satisfaction.)
You can discuss things through email, inbox messages, skype or whatever, but with a totally new client, which you've never worked with before, there's always a risk of getting scammed. So, simply put. Do you ask for upfront payments?
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TommyCarey
For SEO:
I always make them pay in full up front if their package is under $1,000 a month. If they need more than $1,000 a month in SEO and Online Marketing then I give them the option to break up their payments to be bi-weekly (they pay twice a month). This is a pretty common practice since most SEO and Online Marketing companies have people they need to pay, and if the person is just trying to scam and doesn't pay up front, then the service provider is out of all that money because they had to pay their employees during the time the campaign was running.
For Web Design:
I never ask for the full amount up front because with web design you're normally paying more than you would for SEO and Online Marketing. I have clients pay me $3,000 to $5,000 for a design some times and paying that much up front will lower my conversions because people don't like parting with that much money all at once. So to avoid losing a sale I tend to do payment options for my web designs. I'll let them pay half up front and half upon completion, or we can set up a milestone payments system where they pay as soon as we get to certain points in the design. Most people go for the milestone payments, but the ones who have a good amount of cash in the bank will go for the half up front and half upon completion.
If the website is brand new, they've never been online before, I always host the site for 90 days after the last payment so that they can't file a chargeback and get a free design People can file a dispute/claim in paypal up to 45 days after the payment, but if they had $0 in their paypal and it pulled from their bank account, they now have 90 days to file a chargeback. And since this is a digital transaction for something you can't hold in your hand, a physical product, the chances of you winning a chargeback are very slim. I do a lot of marketing and web design for clients and I always ask for something up front. [u][b]For SEO:[/b][/u] I always make them pay in full up front if their package is under $1,000 a month. If they need more than $1,000 a month in SEO and Online Marketing then I give them the option to break up their payments to be bi-weekly (they pay twice a month). This is a pretty common practice since most SEO and Online Marketing companies have people they need to pay, and if the person is just trying to scam and doesn't pay up front, then the service provider is out of all that money because they had to pay their employees during the time the campaign was running. [u][b]For Web Design:[/b][/u] I never ask for the full amount up front because with web design you're normally paying more than you would for SEO and Online Marketing. I have clients pay me $3,000 to $5,000 for a design some times and paying that much up front will lower my conversions because people don't like parting with that much money all at once. So to avoid losing a sale I tend to do payment options for my web designs. I'll let them pay half up front and half upon completion, or we can set up a milestone payments system where they pay as soon as we get to certain points in the design. Most people go for the milestone payments, but the ones who have a good amount of cash in the bank will go for the half up front and half upon completion. If the website is brand new, they've never been online before, I always host the site for 90 days after the last payment so that they can't file a chargeback and get a free design :D People can file a dispute/claim in paypal up to 45 days after the payment, but if they had $0 in their paypal and it pulled from their bank account, they now have 90 days to file a chargeback. And since this is a digital transaction for something you can't hold in your hand, a physical product, the chances of you winning a chargeback are very slim.
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