• Deliverables and the brief

  What will be delivered, what is not included, and the brief with its date, with the agreement winning if they differ.

• Dates, fee and deposit

  A start date, delivery dates, feedback time, a fixed or rate-based fee with an estimate, a deposit and payment timing.

• Revisions and changes

  A set number of revision rounds, a rate for more, and changes agreed in writing before work starts.

• Ownership, credit and portfolio

  Rights passing on full payment or delivery, unused work staying with the freelancer, credit and whether the freelancer may show the work.

• Third-party material, cancellation and handover

  Fonts, images and plugins and who licenses them, what is paid if the client cancels, what happens if the freelancer cannot finish, and files handed over.

A freelance agreement records a project a client engages a freelancer for. It identifies the project and deliverables, the brief it is based on, dates, the fee and deposit, how many rounds of revisions are included, changes, what the client provides, who owns the final work, credit and portfolio use, third-party material and what happens if either side cancels.

This blank form is completed by hand and suits design, writing, development and similar projects. It says the freelancer works on their own account and is not the client's employee. How a worker is classified in law depends on the real arrangement and differs by state, and that statement is not decisive, so ask a lawyer if the relationship looks like employment.

Not sure? Talk to an attorney about your situation first.

These are separate documents, for different jobs.

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• A client cancels halfway and a deposit is kept
• A freelancer is allowed to show the finished work after launch

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• Construction ContractSet the terms for a construction project.View document