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Rates, scope, and getting paid.
About this space
Rates, scope and getting paid. Proposals, contracts, scope creep, difficult clients, and the rate you should probably be charging. People post the actual emails they send, which is more useful than advice about what to say.
Topics
- Rates
- Contracts
- Difficult clients
- Finding work
Recent discussions
- Client wants a fixed price on a vague scopeQuestion · Rates · Oct 1, 2026 · 8 replies
- Contracts: an unpopular opinion, argued properlyDifficult clients · Sep 28, 2026 · 9 replies
- A deposit clause solved almost all of my payment problemsContracts · Sep 24, 2026 · 7 replies
- Rates: the advice I had to unlearnFinding work · Sep 17, 2026 · 9 replies
- The email I send when scope creeps, verbatimDifficult clients · Sep 11, 2026 · 12 replies
- Contracts: where would you tell a beginner to start?Question · Contracts · Sep 10, 2026 · 4 replies
- Rates: what has actually changed in the last year?Contracts · Sep 8, 2026 · 6 replies
- Contracts: six months in, including what did not workFinding work · Sep 6, 2026 · 7 replies
- Rates: a small thing I am quietly pleased withDifficult clients · Sep 4, 2026 · 11 replies
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