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Freelance agreements, services contracts, SOWs — clients write these to protect themselves. Upload yours and we'll flag kill fees, IP traps, non-solicitation clauses, and payment risks in plain English.

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NovaBrand_Freelance_Agreement.pdf
$8,500 · Brand Identity · NovaBrand Agency
Medium risk
Red flag Kill fee: if they cancel, you're owed all work done plus 25% of remaining contract value.
Red flag Non-solicitation: you can't hire any of their staff for 18 months or you owe a 20% finder's fee.
Ask about Silence = approval: 5 days of no feedback and they can proceed to the next phase without you.
Ask about Rejected designs go into their portfolio — your creative process work is theirs to show publicly.
Looks fine IP transfers on full payment — standard and fair for creative work.
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What we flag

Freelance contract red flags that hurt your business

Kill fees
What the client owes if they cancel — and whether it actually covers your time and lost opportunities.
IP ownership terms
When ownership transfers, whether rejected concepts are theirs, and what pre-existing tools you can still use.
Non-solicitation clauses
Restrictions on working with the client's staff or competitors — and financial penalties if you violate them.
Silence-as-approval clauses
Review windows where your client's silence automatically approves work and moves the project forward.
Late payment terms
Interest rates on overdue invoices, collection cost responsibility, and what triggers each payment milestone.
Revision scope
How many revision rounds are included, what triggers overage charges, and hourly rates for additional work.
Delay penalties
Whether client delays can extend the timeline — and whether you can charge for projects that drag on.
What's standard and fair
We tell you which clauses are normal so you know exactly what to negotiate before you start work.
Negotiation scripts

Questions to ask before you start work

FinePrintFix generates word-for-word scripts based on your specific contract. Here's the kind of thing we surface:

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"Can the kill fee be increased to cover all work completed to date at my full rate, plus 30 days of booked time?"
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"Can we change the silence-as-approval clause so that approval requires explicit written sign-off, not just the passage of time?"
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"Can we add language that client delays beyond 30 cumulative days allow me to renegotiate the project fee or terminate with full payment for work done?"
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"Can we limit the non-solicitation to direct competitors rather than any employee or contractor who worked on the project?"
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"Can we clarify that rejected concepts and preliminary work remain mine and are not included in the portfolio rights granted to you?"
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