Comments on: Freelance contract survey

By: Jehanzeb Anwer

Jehanzeb Anwer — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:49:01 +0000

It depends on the nature of the job as well as your relationship with the client. I usually prefer a contract for fixed price jobs but not for hourly ones and my contracts more or less just define the basics of what will be delivered without going into a lot of detail. Working as a freelance wordpress developer, I understand that I’ll have to be flexible with my clients when it comes to revisions or addition of a couple of additional pages and therefore, I prefer not to go into the legalities and create and sign a contract.

By: keithdevon

keithdevon — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:26:44 +0000

In reply to Kunvay. Kunvay, I'm hoping to write a blog post on this issue soon. I tried to get a few of the people who don't use contracts to get in touch, but no luck so far.

By: Kunvay

Kunvay — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:41:55 +0000

Keith – This is a VERY interesting survey – especially for us. As of today 43% of freelancers responding to this survey are sharing they don’t use contracts. We’d love to see you write a blog post that drills down on that.

Is is that freelancers aren’t using contracts for certain types of jobs (e.g., small jobs) or is this just a standard part of their workflow for all jobs? We definitely hope you do a blog post that shares your thoughts on the results of the survey when you think you’ve collected enough responses.

By: Marco Berrocal

Marco Berrocal — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 05:27:39 +0000

Used the contract killer, modified it a bit, had my lawyer revise it, and that’s that.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:09:22 +0000

“contract killer” with some modifications, but it does work very well. I have had clients praise me for using such a straightforward contract.