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.
Contract, PDF download
Contract, MS Office Download:
Contract, Open Office Download:
Don’t forget to pop on over to the Web Designer Forums for more great resources. As a web designer and logo designer their forum’s are a great place for advice.
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thanks.. checking.
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Nice source, great research for beginners and experienced designers like myself, thanks.
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Mobile Broadband guru by AKReply:
definately it will help to beginner.
Thanks for such a nice article
Ak @ http://www.mobilebroadbandguru.co.uk
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The template was awesome. Thank you.
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Great post and very helpful resource,
thanks
Jay
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Thank you for this template, it’s very helpful!
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This is a very helpful resource for upstarts still trying to make it big in the field of freelance graphic design as well as the pros who are in search of new ventures and wants to send out a contract to their respective clients.
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Thank you for the useful information.
Best regards
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Thank you so much, that document is really a big help. You’re very generous to supply it for free! Best of luck with everything!
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Thank you for this template, it’s very helpful
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That s very useful and wonderful freelance. I like it very much. Thank u.
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Thank you for posting this! I’ve got my first freelance project and I dread legal speak. This contract template fits my needs perfectly.
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Very handy document. I’ll definitely make good use of it.
Thank you for sharing.
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Mel @ AcuityReply:
I’m happy you found it useful Rui.
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great written contracts.
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We have released our Sample Website Agreement for free download. We have included the source files.
http://www.dvize.com/sample-website-agreement/
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Hey, props to you for creating this contract. It helped me out alot, and is well written.
Thanks a bunch!
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Thanx a bunch for these contracts. Was very useful for comparing with my own and checking to see if I’d missed anything out.
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Thank you so much for making this available to us all.
I am a 14 year old website designer/developer and one of my hardest and most daunting tasks for any client project is writing the contract and making sure you’ll be okay in the case of any issues. My task just got a whole lot easier.
Thanks.
Jamie
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Mel @ AcuityReply:
Glad it helped Jamie
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Jamie BillinghamReply:
Well it just got a £400 contract signed for me! So thanks very much.
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Thank you, for the document, it is good that you also supplied it in different formats.
This shall come in handy for helping us draw up or own client contract.
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nice thanks!
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Thank you!
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