How Do You Accept Payment?
PayPal, check, money order, cash, credit card...
The list goes on!
How do you accept payment for your voice over services?
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After hearing some of your stories from the previous post, it's no wonder so many people are turning to new methods of invoicing clients and accepting payments for voice over services.
Does a check in the mail suffice when you're working with a new client, or do you need the extra cushion and comfort of being paid upfront for your work through online payment gateways like PayPal?
Leave your preferred billing methods in your comment. Also, if you use different methods for different clients, note that too.
It's good to know what your best practices are so that others can learn how to avoid being stiffed as well as establish a payment paradigm that works best for the voice over industry, especially online.
Let the conversation begin!
Cheers,
Stephanie
Comments
I use different methods. I've never asked a radio station to pay up front on my retainer work and I've never had a problem.
I do a lot of stuff for internet stations and I require them to pay up front until they establish a history with me.
And everyone else is somewhere in between. You seem to just get a feeling after a while on who is going to be easy to deal with and who isn't.
As far as methods go I'll take them all. For the bigger clients I prefer a check so I don't have to give a hunk to PayPal. But PayPal is easy and I do use it. I've got one client that pays by money order (his choice) and that's fine with me too.
Posted by: Brian Hart | April 19, 2007 11:55 AM
Mostly PayPal but also Moneybookers, bank transfer and even E-gold if the client is interested.
Posted by: Jorge Velasco | April 19, 2007 7:13 PM
Stephanie,
The vast majority of my clients pay with a check; most in 30 days or less after job completion and invoicing. I have a few clients who prefer to pay with a credit card. Those are done through PayPal, along with the very, very few who want to use PayPal directly.
Be well,
Bob
Posted by: Bob Souer | April 19, 2007 9:21 PM
What great threads!
I invoice EVERYONE. I send the invoice with the audio file (or in a separate email if it's FTPd).
If it's a new client, I ask for 1/2 up front via PayPal... unless it's a network affiliate or well-known company. Then I'm fine with taking a check.
Thanks for the topic!
Caryn
Posted by: Caryn Clark | April 20, 2007 8:29 AM