I work on small projects (from $5k to $50k) and have no formal contracts. My thinking is that:
- the client can afford more expensive lawyers than I can, so regardless of the truth they would be able to wipe me out
- if the client has to read the detail of the contract, it's probably too late to save the relationship anyway
- maintaining the relationship is everything, being honest and open and striving to maintain a service that is genuinely useful to the client, even if you're not always perfect.
I do have a contract with one client but any questions about it have been about the 'spirit' of it, not the detail.
Pricing is everything: if you're too cheap, you'll struggle to deliver and will not meet expectations. Too much, and you'll lose out to your competitors.
- the client can afford more expensive lawyers than I can, so regardless of the truth they would be able to wipe me out
- if the client has to read the detail of the contract, it's probably too late to save the relationship anyway
- maintaining the relationship is everything, being honest and open and striving to maintain a service that is genuinely useful to the client, even if you're not always perfect.
I do have a contract with one client but any questions about it have been about the 'spirit' of it, not the detail.
Pricing is everything: if you're too cheap, you'll struggle to deliver and will not meet expectations. Too much, and you'll lose out to your competitors.