Invoices and estimates for designers
Rounds, rights and the deposit.
Where do design jobs go wrong?
Two things cause almost every dispute. How many revisions are included, and what the client may do with the result. Both belong on a signed estimate, before anything gets designed.
A project through the app
- Estimate lists the deliverable, the number of rounds and the usage
- Deposit as its own line, so the terms are visible not verbal
- Client signs the estimate, on your screen or at the meeting
- Convert to an invoice on delivery, add extra rounds as new lines
Revisions as line items
Two rounds included, third round priced. Written that way on the estimate, an extra round becomes a normal conversation about a number rather than an argument about what was implied.
Documents that look like your studio
Three premium templates with your own accent colour, logo and typeface. A designer sending a default beige invoice undermines the invoice.
Deposits and staged payments
Split the job across documents, mark each paid as it lands, and see what is outstanding per client without opening a spreadsheet.
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