Hi all,
While surfing forums and the like found a great free contract resource , over at WDF.
This is a contract that I came up with several years ago, with the help of a lawyer [personal friend]. I didn’t want anything too technical or full of legal speak. Just wanted something simple, straightforward, that made sense and didn’t confuse or intimidate in any way. So there are no major legal terms in the document at all…it simply does what it’s meant to – lay out the information that client has supplied [the brief], say what you’re going to do for them and how much your going to charge and what deadlines there are…
A few pointers though:
1. When the terms ‘client’, ‘job’ or ‘your company name’ appear in your text always use a capital letter ‘Client’ – ‘Job’ – ‘Eskymo’ as these are terms that have been defined at the beginning of the document and this is the proper way to refer to things.
2. I generally send clients a contract via email – I export the document as a PDF [so they can't edit it in anyway] and email it to them. They then have the option of printing it out and signing it and sending it back to me via the post, or they can ‘digitally’ sign it and email it back, or I just ask them to respond to the email with a formal acceptance of the contract – I then print out this email and keep it on file. Always make sure you get an agreement either in writing or an email – an agreement in a telephone conversation is no good as there is no way of referring back to it.
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