Hi I offer online design services. I want to sell some of my art work online. That art work is not a final work, client will ask me to do changes thats mean he will not pay me in the beginning. I need help on this. I want to charge my clients 50% in the beginning & 50% on project completion. How can I do this? Which online payment option I can use for this business? I want to make sure on both ends that money will be sent to me/received to me and I want to keep my clients happier. Also, paying two times by client i.e. advance & final payment, will that be ok for the client? Will he be happy and feel easy to do so? The product osts between $100 to $200. How can I manage all of this? Actually, I am considering 2checkout at this time but don't have enough better info yet. Pls help & advice. Regards
The easiest way to get paid online is to use Paypal. You can add a button to your site, or even a shopping cart - without doing any programming.
if you are freelancer you must visit freelancer.com or odesk.com there you can ask for upfront payment and down payment.
If you want to sell your services on your site then look for payment gateways like pp, google checkout, authorize.net or so on. But if you have direct contact with the client then use pp or payza. 50% advance is not good option, new clients will hardly pay you any advance, may they can pay you some upfront after seeing your first sample work. I recommend 20% advance.