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Discussion on: Learned HTML/CSS then started freelancing - how I closed my very first client for $19,950 USD from a cold call

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rmarzooqur-glam

How do you get paid for cold call work, up-front/after work, or is there some more nuance to it.

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Warp Speed

I am web developer specialized in e-commerce. I have contacts with web agency in Ukraine. I worked as sales manager for them on commission.
They paid after they recieved payment. If client makes 50% down payment you can get commission from that.
They paid 20% from that.

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CoderSales.io

Thanks but no thanks. Good luck.

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CoderSales.io

Good question. ALWAYS 50% down. Then after the initial development phase, get the next 40%. Finally, right before deployment and migrating from staging to production server get the last 10%. This way it protects you as the freelancer to be paid, keeps the client invested and if the ghost you on the last 10% of the project you still have your $$$.