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Client demanded a 'quick sketch' then used it as the final design
Spent $200 on a proper contract template from a lawyer last month, and it saved me when a client tried to claim my napkin doodle was the deliverable. Has anyone else had to fight over what counts as a 'rough draft'?
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avery3668d ago
Did you end up using a contract or just a verbal agreement? The lawyer template approach is smart. I had a client try to call my first draft the final logo once. My contract now says "three revisions included" in bold and "preliminary concepts are not final deliverables" so there's no gray area. Saved me twice already.
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veraramirez8d ago
The $50 deposit story actually reminds me of when I tried to do a trade with a bakery once for a logo. @avery366 oh man, that "preliminary concepts not final" thing is genius. I had a client who thought each sketch was a finished design and kept trying to use them on business cards before I even showed them the final version. Now I put "draft watermark" on every low-res preview I send out, no exceptions.
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