Pro tip: always ask about revision limits before signing a contract

I learned this the hard way after a client in Orlando asked for 14 rounds of changes on a project I quoted for 2. Turns out they thought "unlimited revisions" was standard even though my contract said nothing about it. Now I put a hard cap at 3 rounds in every proposal and it saves me headaches. Has anyone else dealt with a client that tried to sneak in endless changes?

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zaranelson16d ago

Started putting a hard cap at 3 rounds after a client kept rewriting the same paragraph over and over. They thought "please revise this" meant I'd keep going forever. Now I spell it out clearly in the first paragraph of my contract: 3 rounds, after that its a new quote. I also add a line that says changes after the 3rd round will be billed at my hourly rate. That shuts down the endless tweak requests fast. Saved me from a few nightmare projects where people thought they were buying a never ending editing service.

rowan_ross16d ago

@zaranelson nailed it, boundaries are missing everywhere now, not just freelancing.

jana50916d ago

Switched to adding "final invoice after round 3" language to my proposals and it cut the tweak requests by 90%.