Hey Richard…..how successful are you with getting paid any money “up front” meaning a check in hand before you even start editing? I ask because I don’t think I can recall in 17 years that a client provided a check prior to the work being done/
Now I live in the Midwest and a gentleman’s handshake still means something, so maybe that plays into it, but not one of my clients would cut a check prior to the work being done. However they do let me send a “prebill invoice” which is send at the time the project starts but almost always has a net 30 on it.
In the studio I sometimes get a check at the end of the day after the shoot for out of town clients.
Hmmmm.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
Founder/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
https://www.tiltmedia.com