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To add to some of the other responses:
ALWAYS get 50% upfront and then the remainder BEFORE you release the site.
I didn't once, and as you can see from my post above it fucked me.
The only exceptions I ever make are for long-term clients that have fulfilled at least six or seven invoices for me before with no issues.
Or, as you said, that rare client that you really like and want to help out. I have an unadvertised installment plan for those clients that I really like that make my heart bleed.
But, I also don't have discounts anymore. I literally have a 20% friends discount. Meaning that even if it's my closest friend, or even if I've slept with her it's still 20% and no more. It's the only way I can keep the project on my production schedule without kicking it to the end of the list everyday and people that tell you doing their gig will get you more work are full of shit. They tell everyone that for everything.