[CityCM]

I was just wondering if it would be possible to see an example of a completed contract? I'm struggling a bit to fill all the headings.

[Fwd Design]

Very helpful...thank you.

[Lucasferrera]

wow... thanks for posting it.. very useful..

[ilona]

Very useful. Thank you!

[mayhem design studio]

Excellent Post Eskymo,

I have a contract form also but yours is so much simpler.

very helpful indeed.

[Coltan Solutions]

haha I spend an hour on Google getting hold of various templates, then come across this forum, and only THEN do I find what I've needed for the last week! finally...

[choobakka]

Hey.

Great work.

I just have one question:

what sort of info would you put in the Technical Info section?

Thanks

[willwrightwebdesign]

cheers very helpfull

[harsh_creativearts]

wow!! thanks i had been looking for such a document thanks again

[www.baalin.in]

great post Eskymo,very helpful !

[charliesaidthat]

Yeah, really good post.

Thanks for the contract. An adaptation from this will be very useful. Thank you!!

[Rajendra]

its really very useful
thank you so much

[hostingonweb]

Perfect! Thanks for sharing .

[CBG]

Hello this has really helped me!

But one question, I am going to get the client to approve the contract via email message. Do I still need all the signing stuff at the end if I'm doing this? I'm a bit confused by the whole last page really, could you explain?

Many thanks,
Charlie

[Eskymo]

It's best to get a signature on pronted paper, but if you want to send out a PDF contract via email and get this accepted by email, then simply state this when you send the contract out. Say that the client has to reply and formally accept the contract via email and that their response/acceptance will be printed out and attached to a copy of the invoice as proof.

I did have a client who figures out that you can digitally sign a PDF - so it can be done like that and emailed back to you, but I prefer the first option where they spell their acceptance out so that you can print it out - make sure that when you print it out, you include the email headers that show the date and time it was sent and from whom.

[CBG]

Thats great, so I don't really need that last page if I'm doing that then?
Also what does TCD(s) mean?

Thanks!

[Eskymo]

TCD(s0 is Target Completion Date(s)

[prgmatic]

Many thanks for the wonderful donation of your freelance contract. It is inspiring and helpful. I think you make a solid point on making sure to have page numbers in "x of x" format so they cannot say they did not receive page 'x'.

Best of luck on your endeavors.

[Orchard Design]

Badmotherz, on 19 May 2009 - 12:27 PM, said:

Nice work mate. Have taken a version of your original template and added some Andy Clarke's Contract Killer to make it my own.

hell yeah! between these two contracts i can stop faffing and get on with my first large(ish) scale project.

Massive thanks!

[ayoungh]

Great Post +1 dude

[dldesigners_dpatel]

Very useful document, Thanks :-)

[chrismart123]

Thank you very much for the valuable post.

[DesignersX]

very good information thanks for sharing

[ilona]

Nice work. Thank you Eskymo!

[c11ada]

this is exactly what I need, but the links on the post don't work can someone post the links again ??

[Eskymo]

There are no links in the post anymore as I'm now offering these via my website:

http://www.eskymo.co.uk/stuff/

[roothost]

Eskymo, on 10 April 2011 - 05:10 PM, said:

There are no links in the post anymore as I'm now offering these via my website:

http://www.eskymo.co.uk/stuff/

Link appears to be dead?

[Eskymo]

roothost, on 10 April 2011 - 08:30 PM, said:

Link appears to be dead?

that's because the hosting servers were down on Sunday for some reason - works fine now.

[stykov]

Great template, very helpful.
Thanks

[AlecIsh]

This 'sticky' post is a bit useless now (or should I say a great advert to the OP now).

[gwebhostuk]

Great thought Eskymo,

Thanks a lott, it will be really helpful.

[Elleni]

Eskymo, on 15 January 2008 - 12:09 PM, said:

I have had a load of requests over the past year, via PM, to supply my freelance contract...so instead of sending stuff out individually via PM, I've decided to set up a template with explanatory text for anyone to download and adapt to their own circumstances.

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...

-----Edit 2011-----

These templates are now available as part of my latest e-book called "Freelance Contracts" - you get 12 pages of information, advice and instructions on how to use freelance contracts as well the contract template in .odt, .doc and .pdf format.

You can also get just the templates without the e-book.

Hey, I'm new to this so it might be super simple.. but where do I download it from?? I can't seem to find a link.

Thanks!

[Eskymo]

http://www.eskymo.co...-and-downloads/

[ayoungh]

Eskymo, on 15 January 2008 - 12:09 PM, said:

I have had a load of requests over the past year, via PM, to supply my freelance contract...so instead of sending stuff out individually via PM, I've decided to set up a template with explanatory text for anyone to download and adapt to their own circumstances.

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...

-----Edit 2011-----

These templates are now available as part of my latest e-book called "Freelance Contracts" - you get 12 pages of information, advice and instructions on how to use freelance contracts as well the contract template in .odt, .doc and .pdf format.

You can also get just the templates without the e-book.

Why dont you sell on the Forum marketplace?

[Eskymo]

I didn't know there was a forum marketplace.

[Eskymo]

Need a Freelance Contract Template and advice on how to use Freelance Contracts?

Get my latest E-book about Freelance Contracts as well as the Freelance Contract Templates on WDF now!

[MarkJenner]

ayoungh, on 10 August 2011 - 08:30 AM, said:

Why dont you sell on the Forum marketplace?

This. It would make a change from Contact Forms! lol

[ayoungh]

Eskymo, on 10 August 2011 - 05:07 PM, said:

Need a Freelance Contract Template and advice on how to use Freelance Contracts?

Get my latest E-book about Freelance Contracts as well as the Freelance Contract Templates on WDF now!

This is just a new thread with links :s

[Eskymo]

ayoungh is there a problem with that? I've had so many emails from people asking for links etc that I thought I'd post a classifieds ad on this forum and point people in that direction - only trying to be as helpful as possible as I'm not workng fulltime at the moment and so can't always answer my emails straight away and I'd rather people could find the links asap on this site or mine.

[Renaissance-Design]

If you really wqant to sell to WDF members, this is the best place. Keeps your stuff featured at the top of the homepage.