Fixed price branding job, quoted for two rounds of revisions, no signed scope beyond an emailed quote. We are at eleven rounds because every request is tiny — move this, try it in blue, what about the other font.…
Redesign job. Every time I ask what they want the answer is a version of we will know when we see it, and the examples they send contradict each other. Budget is real, around 5k, and they are pleasant people. Fixed…
Net 30 invoice, now 45 days past due, so 75 days since delivery. My contact is friendly and responsive and keeps saying he has passed it to accounting and will chase. Three times now. The work is live on their site. I…
Small website build, quoted a flat 1200 because a similar one took me about 25 hours last year. This one took 60 because of content delays, an extra language nobody mentioned, and a plugin that broke everything. That is…
Four months freelancing. I send about ten proposals a month, get two replies, and land one job. No feedback on the other eight, not even a no. It is impossible to tell whether my rate is wrong, my proposals are bad, or…