Freelance. How to negotiate with the customer?

Question

Freelance

Just started freelancing. So I got the first, as it were, a simple project. The customer did not choose me as a contractor, but we are discussing the project on Skype. I opened 3 pages and wrote that I would reset it for verification, but first I want to receive payment for the entire layout. The customer wrote to me to reset the developed pages to a free hosting (supposedly to check the performance of registration and cross-browser layout), but this is the same as sending the finished layout directly. How to answer (because I am new in this business and do not know what is here and how)?
PS: I'm afraid that I'll steal the layout (current 3 pages) from the hosting and be left without money and a customer.

Answer 1

Through teamviewer, give the customer the opportunity to "pull" the pages alive on his computer. Disable file transfer.

Answer 2

And there are always not many options:
01. Prepayment
02. Spread out: deceive - arrange a quality spacing on the Web to make it more expensive. I usually chose this option when there were situations on the edge. But it didn't happen often - maybe 3-4 times.
03. As 2, just make a simple obfuscation, etc., so that he does not want to bother and it would be easier to buy. In addition, JS can be banned, see the source code of the page, etc. Although, of course, it all depends on the qualifications of the customer: such simple tricks, if he wants, he will bypass.
In general, it is always better to do, since you really want to start with something, a small demo, which is pathetic, but not fatal. Say, one page - then the ratio of negative and positive will be normal. In any case, you need to take an advance payment: otherwise one day you will definitely be left with nothing.

Answer 3

Usually, if they want to cheat, they are looking for excuses, it is better to work on freelance exchanges on an hourly basis, for example, on oDesk.

Answer 4

Option 1: Source Protection
If you have a lot of custom JS in your layout, you can use aaencoder . It's a damn pity that css and html can't be coded like that, but they can be minified (and css obfuscated class names to unreadable). All this is generally done with the help of project assemblers. Not a panacea, you can steal it, but working with this will further complicate the order.
There is also an option to load the content in the iframe immediately after the page is loaded via js (this way the code will not be visible through the "show page source code"), and at the same time periodically reload the code without updating the iframe (this will protect against attempts to copy-paste - you will have to suffer to be in time copy the block before updating the next)) Cons - turns off by all sorts of noScript, etc. plug-ins \ browser settings, plus this is an obvious perversion. Also, it may not save if the special will pull. software.
You can show the customer a video by showing the screen in your browser, even the code to demonstrate and check any places at his request. IMHO, if a person does not want to cheat, he will agree, because. this approach is no different from a hosted demo, except for direct access to the code.
. I also support Menaskop 's answer .

Answer 5

If there was an advance payment, then show the layout. But play it safe, show it on your hosting.
In any case, you will need to show, let it be on your terms.
If the customer is conscientious, then there will be no problems.

Answer 6

I work in the same area, I always worked with payment after the fact, and I was not deceived)) see that the customer has positive feedback