How can a start-up studio pay a freelancer's salary?

Question

Freelance

Hello.
I decided to open...yes.. A web studio. More precisely, no. Studio for solving it-projects. Something that will contain the development of not only sites, but also other projects. A service in which the client can find the entire range of services necessary for their business.
I know what kind of competition it is, but it’s boring without it, right?))
And now I have a question that I can’t solve yet, I’ve looked through a lot of articles already.
How to pay freelancers?
At first, I think there will be no salary. And on a salary, freelancers have less development and motivation.
What percentage of the income for the project is acceptable to take studios??
After all, the price category should satisfy both the employee and the client.
Is it acceptable to pay a freelancer for work according to this scheme: a small % prepayment and the rest of the amount only after the project is completed?
If anyone has experience with this or just has an idea, please reply!
Thank you for your attention!
PS: I have experience in website development, at the moment I am developing the skill of developing applications and games. There is education in this area. The creation of an IT studio is the biggest goal that I have been going for for several years and, unfortunately, I decided only now.

Answer 1

Having experience working with freelancers, I can say that you won’t be bored for sure)
As far as I know, freelancers usually work on a project-by-project or task-by-task basis. Those. closed a stage/task/project received an olata. Only you decide on the percentage of profit. Personally, I make it interesting for both the client and the sensible freelancer to be hired (or I immediately lay down the price of a specialist I already know). Well, of course, it is profitable to look for permanent performers, i.e. worked with someone, liked it - take note. You throw the next task, and so on. After several projects, it is already possible to discuss the terms of permanent cooperation. Working with random people every time is more difficult and almost always more expensive.
As for payment, I think more or less experienced freelancers always take an advance payment, often from 30 to 50 percent, and this is normal. Those. be financially prepared that the project has not yet been closed and the clients have not paid. and employees need 100% payment, because. they don't really care about the agreement with the client, because their stage has already been completed.
As an option, look for familiar developers who will always be in touch and it is easy to agree on payment upon delivery of the project.
In general, there are a lot of nuances; with experience, an understanding will come of how best to build the work process. Surely sooner or later you will come to a full-fledged studio with an office, because. from a managerial point of view, this is by far the most effective option.

Answer 2

Prepayment is required and it is not even discussed.
fuck me the client, whom I see for the first time, who will tell me "do you do this for me." I will start doing something, I will do something in a month, and then he will either disappear, or find a reason to say "oh, but you know, I changed my mind," because he has already found a rogue Indian who has already cheated him for 3 plates of rice.
or in general, the client realized that his eyes were no longer burning and the project would not take off. and he is too lazy to get in touch. or ashamed.
that is, I worked for a month - why? for just that. what should i do with the code? throw out.
when you have already worked decently with the client, then you can do it without prepayment, in stages or as agreed. although, then the client himself will be happy to give an advance payment.

Answer 3

In general, with what fright prepayment? Just what is the rationale for this? The freelancer hasn’t lifted a finger yet, and he already has money, what’s the point of continuing the project at all? You can just collect prepayments.
You have to pay every month, not when the project is done.

Answer 4

How to pay freelancers?

In any convenient way for both you and the freelancer.
You have some mess in your head. Development as a specialist does not depend on the form of payment. Given the increased risks of being a freelancer, something like a salary is often better.
Suddenly, yes. And even more suddenly, it is determined by you, based on negotiations with both parties.
It depends on the individual, what is acceptable for him and what is not. An important point here is the degree of his trust in you.

Answer 5

Along the way, here began holivar, not related to the topic. Please clarify what "payment" means to you? If you want to deduct officially, then you will have to deal only with IPs, cutting off 80% of really good guys who do not have IPs, but God forbid.
If you want to streamline the transfer of money itself, then document in the project that you are paying ONLY to the card of such and such a bank, Poison, WebMoney and that's it. Or make a list yourself. So you can control the money, know exactly what was transferred and where, without being sprayed on thousands of services.
In other words, you just need to centralize fees as well as spending.
And as you already understood, the advice of an accountant and a lawyer will not hurt you.

Answer 6

It all depends on the amount of work and the conscientiousness of the freelancer, if you work with a person and you understand that you can rely on him, you can safely give him a 50% advance payment.

Answer 7

If you do not have regular freelancers, then a freelance studio that may be is a big risk. And if you can still somehow minimize the risk in terms of money, then it will be much more difficult to minimize the risk in terms of terms. It is not for nothing that many studios sit in offices with permanent employees, and do not work only with freelancers.

Answer 8

generally two working schemes.
1. when you have a large amount of work, standing orders. then it is more profitable for the company to take a person on a salary. and the specialist himself is calmer, more confident. how good he is and will cope with the job is a question for professional hiring.
2. when you have a project. then a simple calculation - the work for the project has a certain cost, there are different specialists, you have to choose. you take the cost of the specialist’s work plus your own margin, and this is what you voice to the client. Before looking for a freelancer, evaluate the client's solvency in order to understand what level of specialist you need.