How to deal with a client who doesn’t want to pay?

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Art Stiefel

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Smarter By Design, Inc.
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Answered on October 10th, 2018

Unfortunately, "good faith" is bad for our business. A client signature on a project scope and fee is priceless. Since they have not paid, you might be able to send a cease and desist order as they do not have rights to use work that you created without compensation.

We've, unfortunately, had very similar situations but have found that the more you lay out right up front and get a signature on, the less likely they are to skip out on payment.

Best of luck.

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