❌ Type of client you should REFUSE ❌
I’m always very cautious with people who I work with. Mainly because I hate working for low budgets within a short timeline (as all of us=)). So during the last years I have identified a typical portrait of a client I always say NO to (or just cut off the communication as delicate as possible).
He does:
- Ask me too much questions on how I'm deciding where to put a button/which color to use/which font to use
- Ignore my suggestions to have a Skype call
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- Want a test task done without even symbolic payment (he thinks we are struggling for work and 20 different designers will provide him concepts for free just to compete for the project)
- Turn my Skype into constant ping-ping-ping no matter what time is it in my timezone even BEFORE we agreed that I will work for him
- Want to know the most detailed breakdown of every single deliverable. He needs to understand what is he spending every $1 for, right?
- Think that PSD is a good deliverable for UI design and wants me to deliver PSDs
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He doesn’t:- Give a list of his expectations
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- Answer to brief questions clearly
- Say anything to my timeline estimations even if I ask to OK on that
- Accept the time zone difference and wants me to reply at 3am
- Understand that I have other clients too and cannot have a call within 20 min since he wrote me in skype
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I think I can continue with the list but those are the most painful points for me personally(((
What is your “Say NO to” client? What points have you faced with (1-11)?