I often and with pleasure collaborate with web studios as a performer. I suggest that you read this article for the sake of effective work and to avoid misunderstandings in the process. Who will benefit? Companies that are looking for developers who work remotely.
How can you check the performer's level?
The test task! Most customers have a test server with test sites. There is no reason against giving the developer access to the server and asking them to perform a particular task.
If the test task is completed successfully, it must be paid in full.
How can you save money on subcontracting?
Do you have good roads in your city? How often do they change the asphalt? I think you understand the main point. Good specialists will not work for pennies and promises.
What guarantees do you have when you work with me?
Honestly? There are no guarantees when working remotely.
Even contracts can't save you. From my negative experience, I can say that I worked with a very large customer (a construction company). They were satisfied with the work done, and they also owed a large amount of money under the contracts and did not even deny it. But they didn't pay. I talked to a lawyer and went to the Prosecutor's office. In the end, we thought that it would cost me at least a large amount, and the headache for a couple of years will definitely be added.
As a result, the customer is satisfied, the contract is dead weight, and I have not received the money.
The only thing that saves you is a lot of small tasks in CRM with a fixed payment for each.
Payment (payment Options at the end of the article)
We can't work together if:
- You think that a social network can be created for 30 thousand rubles.
- I will make an analog of jivosite/callbackhunter/another-found-on-the-Internet-program for 10 thousand rubles and a few weeks.
- 100500 technical edits in the project at the delivery stage (swap forms, add subscriptions, etc.) are good practice.
- Calling on weekends and holidays and after 20.00 is normal.
- The process of developing a site for You is similar to "Siri, make me a site".
- You think programmers should work from sunrise to sunset.
- Programmer = hacker = system administrator = help, my Android is slowing down.
- The programmer must remember all the linguistic constructions of the language and immediately name 100500 sorting options.
- Rewriting the logic in your personal account on a self-written engine will take a maximum of an hour, at most 2.
- You are a cunning customer who wants to discuss everything in words without contracts and technical specifications.
- If you make a prepayment, I will automatically make more than the agreed amount.
- Change and constantly update the terms of reference along the way, without adjusting the terms and payment – "this is normal and we always do this".
If you are a customer Studio and you are many years old.
You already have a contractual relationship with the customer. The Manager successfully signed the agreement. Compiled a competent technical task with all the details and pitfalls. The project Manager has been allocated for the project, which has estimated the time and complexity of working on the project. In this case, you just need a performer who will build a house based on" drawings and estimates " from details in the form of knowledge. These are the best customers to work with. All tasks for the project are already hanging in the CRM, there is gitlab/github/bitbusket, each module runs a tester, in General, everything is debugged and configured. I calmly do my job, tell PM about the results, get my money steadily, and everything is cool and calm. If you are one of them and you need a subcontractor, you will be happy with me.
You are not old enough, you have few employees, but you are developing
Working with such studios is interesting. Such studios try to work with interesting customers. They are learning new technologies. They look at trends and strive for the best. Any issues that arise are usually resolved quickly and promptly. The project evaluation or writing of the TOR is usually done by an employee who is paid a monthly fee. In other words, the employee receives money for drafting documents. If you do not have such an employee, and you discount the assessment to the subcontractor, then this work should be paid. Project evaluation, preparation of technical specifications, code/project audit, etc. - all this must be paid for.
You are a micro-Studio customer and you need a freelancer (the cheapest) and FullStack
What usually happens when working with such studios?
- Programmer, SEO optimizer, layout designer, system administrator – this is the same specialist
- Opinion on the project changes every day
Unfortunately, we can't work together.
Payment process for services:
If we work on the basis of a contractual relationship:
- Drafting and reviewing the agreement
- Reviewing and attaching various documents to the agreement (TOR, KP, and other documents)
- Signing the contract (we send it via the delivery service SDEK or Russian post)
- Invoicing and payment (usually 50% of the total amount)
- Execution of work
- Reception of works
- Signing of acts/paying the invoice (the remaining part of the amount)
As practice shows this type of work is usually chosen by several types of organizations:
- Large studios that work only under contracts
- New companies that are gaining a foothold in the market (approx. start-ups)
- Studios that are ready to potentially upload a large number of tasks
- Familiarization with the project (if the project is large, it is divided into small parts)
- Prepayment
- Execution of work
- Reception of works
- Post-payment
When working under these conditions, 15% is added to the cost. This includes interest on cash withdrawals, tax deductions, and so on.
If you work for less than 50 rubles, you can transfer the payment to electronic money.
Payment for services using e-wallets is the easiest way to work. It suits most companies and almost everyone chooses it.
Stage of work
I work strictly on prepayment
Up to 150,000 rubles-100% prepayment
From 150,000 rubles - 50% prepayment
It's easier for me not to work with You than to wait by the sea for the weather.
What if I can't do the job?
I will refund the prepayment. It is easier to return the money and honestly admit that "alas, but no", than to spoil the relationship for a penny and lose the next orders.
This usually doesn't happen with a technical task, but what the hell is wrong with it
Methods of payment by electronic money:
I accept payment to any of these following payment systems:
*A huge request to write in the comments to the payment for what and from whom the payment go To the details page requisites
I really hope that you are the customer who has read the article to the end, and you understand perfectly well that there should be interest in the work from both sides. In the age of information technology, the concept of slave and master-employer is lost. Work in the project / team has already become a partner. The programmer is interested in working and developing in your project, and you, for Your part, treat it with respect.