Protect Yourself On Every Bid

I may have already told you this, but…

Part of the purpose of an estimate is to protect yourself. On EVERY bid description be sure to include:

“Bid based on information provided, any changes may incur overages”

AND

End the usage terms with, 

“Granted with full payment”

Your estimate is so important. It’s your terms and conditions, it’s what’s going to protect you. You must put in all the details, such as how many shots, how many days, how many hours, is there overtime? Will there be retouching? Always use that line, “Bid is based on…” Make it all clear in that top job description paragraph. Make sure they read it. You also would have it in the terms and conditions below, but we don’t think anyone is really reading those. They will protect you in court, but hopefully we will never get to that point. Make sure you put in all your details.