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billing, LLC’s, work on credit
i have clients who are ok to me, though a little sketchy. pay always in cashiers checks, always late and after i have to hound them. i have written them personally into my invoice, and told them that if they are going to take the finished work with nothing down, i need personal liability written into the thing. they are an LLC, but as an individual, i dont feel cool having them hiding behind their sketchy little LLC. is it un-kosh to have them sign the invoice, and to have my liability statement, borrowed from various bills with good hard financial liability wording, to have them personally included in this. one of them doesnt want his name on this.
maybe this isnt an AE question, but i’m sure some of you feel me on these types of wannabe highrollers, who act rich but pay super late and only if you beg them.
anyone out there with good techniques, generic contracts they would like to share. this is one area where i think us copying from each other and learning from each other is even better than sharing styles because often AE artists get used and abused if we dont protect ourselves legally.
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With these clients, don’t start any work without a deposit, and don’t deliver anything until fully paid. Many designers do 1/3 upon acceptance of estimate (signoff), then 1/3 upon approval of concept (boards), then 1/3 upon delivery.
Check out the COW Business forum for more.
Steve
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