How to work on prepaid freelancing?

Question

Freelance

What if the employer does not want to work through the BS and offers to work directly with payments in several stages.
Is it worth it to agree and how best to arrange work on an advance payment. What percentage to ask? (Web design)

Answer 1

I always work prepaid.
Usually I take 50% down payment. If the project is large, then options are possible (for example, split not into 2 parts, but more, or payment for certain stages of work)
As a rule, the work is structured as follows:
1. Discussion of the project (TOR)
2. Prepayment
3. Work on the project
4. Approval by the customer
5. Payment of the remaining part
6. Transfer of all materials to the customer

Answer 2

You can, if the steps take a little time.
For example, a client wants a template site and there is some kind of layout, for example, a purchased one.
In a couple of days, you can agree on and assemble several pages for his project.
Here is the stage for you.

Answer 3

What if the employer does not want to work through the BS and offers to work directly with payments in several stages.
Is it worth it to agree and how best to arrange work on an advance payment. What percentage to ask? (Web design)

Small and frequent stages of payment as the work progresses - minimizing risks for both the contractor and the customer.
Percentage - as agreed. I take 50%. But not the fact that your customer will agree.

Answer 4

From your point, it’s logical to ask for one hundred percent from the customer zero, 50 somewhere in the middle so you cut the yellow risks in half
In large projects, we divide the stages according to the size of the stages

Answer 5

There are no situations like yours, if the customer does not want to work through a guarantor, then he is not going to pay at all, not before not after work.