Freelance Contracts

[Denaes]

I remember a while back (april?) having a nice thread going on about freelancing and contracts with some damn good advice.

 

I'm looking further into contracts with my tiny independent buisiness (my wife and I) where I'm doing programming and web design and my wife is doing web design and graphic design.

 

Does anyone know of good sites that give good advice for small freelancers? Sample contracts in general would be a help - though graphic design and software contracts would be right up my alley.

 

It seems my Googling skills are being thwarted by people selling things and trying to get you to sign up for courses of some sort.

 

Thank You :)

[Shazbots]

Hi,

 

Found these easily:

http://www.devlance.net/

http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp

http://www.getafreelancer.com/

 

...the later seems the most professional. Not really sure about the advice / contracts but you may find info on the above sites or sneak peak at others contracts.

 

Edit:

Another...

http://www.elance.com

 

- Shaztronics

Edited November 7, 2004 by Shazbots

[Denaes]

Hmm... I think I've been misunderstood.

 

I'm not looking to enter myself into a low-bid outsourcing contest.

 

I have clients. I was asking about advice, sites that might help freelancers learn some of the tricks of freelancing...

 

Agreements, negotiation and contracts are something I'm strongly looking into.

 

I found one sample contract place and it wasn't for freelancers. It was like sample contracts for major companies... like NVidia, Macromedia and some pretty major software development teams.

 

I have an interest in something that defines what the project is, stipulates defaults and exceptions, late changes, etc.

 

Apparently my search was further interrupted by an actual style of programming called "Contract Programming".