International Contract?
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- TwinLobe
I have an upcoming freelance client who is overseas and want to be careful with all of the legal stuff.
Has anyone had experience with a client in a different country? What contract items are important (and enforceable)? Can you really have a binding agreement internationally?
My thought is that I would get them to sign a general outline agreement and ask for 50% deposit up front.
Anyone have valuable advice for me? Thanks!
- kodap0
yah, ask for 50% in front, I had some bad issues and still having with oversea clients that say they're gonna take care of payment but nothin.. make sure you will get payed unless you are confident with them.
I don't know about contracts, I think there must have some kind of legal and easy agreement of that kind..
anyway, I'm also interested on that.
- ribit0
Most of our business dealings are international (and small time).... I wouldnt worry at all about the whether it's binding... it's just like any other business deal... get everything clearly stated...as with any job..you probably arent going to end up suing anyone..you just wont work with them again if the job goes bad...international doesnt have much to do with that.
- kodap0
You have worries when a reasonable amount is in due.
it depresses me
- ribit0
But you have those worries wherever they are... you have to arrange the deal to cover yourself... Have you ever had to sue someone?
- TwinLobe0
Anyone else?
Surely someone has ironed-out these details before...
- bomy_dick0
i had an experience like that with a freelance from Sweden.
one thing is sure : u must know the person .. i mean the client .. becasue if u deliver the work u have absolutely no guarantee u gonna be paid and certainly no lef*gal way to reclaim your money... u can't issue a normal 'invoice'..
so it could run smooth but just make surt*re u cash at least 50 % before or in the middle of the deal and then ..good luckl
- ribit0
why can't you issue a normal invoice? (we do it all the time)
- bomy_dick0
u can of course : but u have absolutely no guarantee it's gonna be paid ..
i mean if u dion't get paid, whether u 've issued a bill or not is not gonna help : legal action will be too expensive
- ribit0
but will it? are lawyers more expensive in countries other than your own?
- unfittoprint0
*bump
are there more examples regarding this? Anything with a written contract or other 'legalities' would be good...
thx in advance...
- unknown0
This might help:
- unfittoprint0
thanks. but can this be used in overseas work? Let's say, me working in Europe, and doing some website in the US or Canada?
- unknown0
The best thing you can do is 50% upfront, 20-30% during production and the rest before delivery (put that all in a contract too).
Clients frown but make them understand that your reputation is at stake if you don't produce quality work so they don't need to worry of getting ripped off.The client has more money than you and can hire better lawyers and it can go on and on in court. Just make sure you're paid in full upon delivery.
- ribit0
and this still has nothing to do with where your client is... just do a good contract.