Payment before going live?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by rivercottage, Jan 26, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hiya guys

    Just curious, how do you guys handle project sign offs etc.

    Do you hold a site back from 'going live' until you have payment?

    or do you keep the site live and give them 30 days to pay?

    Just thinking I should change my methods, doing too much work and chasing money, maybe clients would hurry up with their payments if their site wasnt fully functional

    Any thoughts most welcome!
     
    rivercottage, Jan 26, 2010 IP
  2. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    My way is let the client have the basic copy of the script with limited function.
    After they pay all the amount only give them the complete script.
     
    mentos, Jan 26, 2010 IP
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    music legend Well-Known Member

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    or go threw a third party like escrow.com

    they send the site and you send the money and when both partys are happy then money/site is exchanged then
     
    music legend, Jan 27, 2010 IP
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    I just install it on my private server and let clients test-ride it - no limitations .. except they can't view/get the code.
     
    The Men, Jan 27, 2010 IP
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    It is infact a previous invoice im waiting for from the client - the cheque keeps getting 'lost in the post' since that point I have been working on two further sites. - i have disabled functionality on the new sites, and will suspend all further work if that first cheque doesnt arrive today!
     
    rivercottage, Jan 28, 2010 IP