50% Upfront
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- Miguex0
Not trying to ruin your expectations but In my experience 50% upfront is a bit hard to accomplish, unless you are working on small projects for mom & pop shops.
Big agencies and large corp will most likely never consider such a thing, in fact I once got payed like 8 months late from a big client, and I had to suck it up, cause I wanted the gig and they could have hired anyone they wanted instead.
For small projects get something upfront I would say 25% before start, and divide the rest during the project.
I usually (for small clients) don't deliver high res files until project is fully paid, and I mention this upfront on an email and make sure they understand it before we start, this way when they go like, excellent we need to send this to print today please send it over, I will reference the email and remind them, I can't send the files till balance is completed, this will motivate them to pay faster too.
But then again, that's my experience and I'm fully aware I'm not the best at business. Would love to hear what other people do.
- i've always gotten 50% up front and the rest upon delivery. never had a problem and it's always nice to get paid.bjladams