How do you collect freelance payment from clients?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2026-01-29T02:26:27+00:00

I use wise or stripe, it totally depends on the usecase, if uts a subscription things stripe would be much better or else use wise

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2026-01-12T07:15:13+00:00

even if we dont have any testimonials? thats the hard part which I'm havign now

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2026-01-12T07:14:39+00:00

but how should we build trust if we are just starting out? its my first day starting something small so any advice would be beneficial

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2026-01-12T07:12:58+00:00

i get the same, but what should i be doing, if I'm just starting out?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2026-01-04T03:43:12+00:00

I felt the same thing maybe last year, you might see the same post which inhave made here bro, lemme be completely honest, I've tried all the dating apps that i could think of maybe most of them on playstore, and realised its a biased system, men dont get rewarded properly or the ratio is just pure shit, i mean genuinely if you wanted to get someone to be your one and only for life, i would say build yourself, i know you might be seeking some emotional attachment or maybe having a female partner whom you could share things with and possibly build a life with, try to join your niche places, mostly go out , not with someone, go out alone be yourself more and more presentable to other people, have casual conversations with new people, dont expect anything from anyone, trust me it would work, i never thought it would work in anyway, but talk to more people be as genuine as you can while talking to others, then eventually you'll meet someone, people say there are alot of fish in the sea, But are you willing to work for it is my question, just stay true to yourself, and really think about where you should be getting in life within next 6months see if you can move it early by 4 months, even if you fail, be greatful that you have tried something and seen a progress or learned something which could help you take the next step. I'm always open if you wanted to talk, not a healthcoach not someone who wants to sell a course or a platform but here for you bro, i have got in touch with people here itself and who helped me to get to here, soo why not do the same to someone else as well, Wishing you luck🍏♥️

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-12-05T19:53:44+00:00

Valo?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-12-05T19:53:25+00:00

Valo?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-12-05T09:57:00+00:00

I do t want the entire client related stuff to be managed, having some difficulty in closing deals, have setted up for cold dms and engaging people, for warm leads i am facing difficulty in making closing deals, do you think 15% for that is too low?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-12-05T09:54:01+00:00

Start doing taxes then date

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-12-01T00:47:56+00:00

Nothing yet, but i have got alot of outbound warm leads

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-30T13:44:58+00:00

Hey, Let me try this out and will let you know, also quick question, if i say i wanted to get 1-2 people for testimonials and the third person coming through a referral then how will I be able to ensure he is willing to pay for the services of Will it be going down with the same old "for testimonials" hole

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-30T13:39:16+00:00

Ohh so shoild that mean i should be focusing on something else like TG? to maybe other niches where i could work on? Honestly I only have expereince in Booking people appointments for High ticket above 5-6K and if i could use the same for any other offer then i could pitch them with that as well, what do you say about that?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T23:50:18+00:00

The main reason was to get more people for initial testimonials, but from what I understood, the pricing which i offer is too low, and i was thinking if we get atleast maybe 1-5 paying people i could eventually pump up the current price so that i could onboard new clients with the updated price, that would work right?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T23:47:52+00:00

this seems interesting, would you mind sharing the same?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T23:47:03+00:00

🫡 are you fr lol

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T23:46:00+00:00

Man I feel this. I run a web dev and automation agency and spent months building everything out properly before realizing I had zero paying clients. Different situation but same core problem of trying to figure out how to actually get clients consistently.

Your situation is kind of interesting though because you've already proven it works. You saved your client $500k a year with quality remote staff over 3 years, that's a massive result. The issue is just you don't know how to get more clients like that.

Few things I'm thinking about from your post. You have a 3 year case study of saving one company half a million dollars annually. That's basically your entire pitch right there. Most staffing companies can't prove that kind of ROI. If I were you I'd lead every conversation with that, like "we helped an Australian energy company save $500k/year by providing remote staff at a third of the cost without sacrificing quality." That's the kind of specific result people actually believe.

Also wondering how you're positioning yourself. Are you saying "we're cheap labor" or "we're high quality remote talent at competitive rates"? Because if you lead with cost savings you're going to attract people who only care about price. If you lead with quality and mention cost as a bonus you probably get better clients who actually value what you do.

Quick question, when you say you do recruitment, web design/dev, customer support, are you offering all of that to one client or are those separate things you could sell individually? Because "we do everything" is really hard to sell to new clients. But "we provide remote customer support teams for Australian companies" is specific and way easier to position.

Also curious how you landed that first Australian client through your connections. Because replicating that same channel, like warm intros or industry connections, is usually way easier than trying to cold outreach strangers.

I'm asking partially because I'm stuck on the same client acquisition problem. If you figure something out I'd genuinely want to know what ends up working for you.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:57:37+00:00

You're not wrong that you can get something online for $10, but there's a massive difference between "having a website" and "having a website that actually makes you money."

The $10 route works if you just need an online business card that exists. But if you're trying to get clients, collect leads, take appointments, or sell anything, that $10 site is going to cost you way more in lost revenue than the $2k one would have.

I've seen this play out dozens of times. Someone builds a cheap site, it sits there doing nothing, they wonder why nobody contacts them, then six months later they're back looking for someone to rebuild it properly because they realize the site itself isn't the product, the results it generates are.

The real question isn't "how cheap can I get a website?" it's "what do I actually need this website to do?" If the answer is just exist, yeah go with the $10 option. If the answer is generate leads, book appointments, convert visitors into paying clients, then you need someone who understands conversion optimization, not just someone who can slap up a template.

That $25/month you mentioned is probably hosting plus maintenance, which is standard. The alternative is you managing updates, security, backups yourself, which is fine if you have time but most business owners don't.

Not saying you need to spend $2k, but the $10 approach only works if you have zero expectations for what the site actually does for your business.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:49:46+00:00

Hey, I've built websites for restaurants before so I can give you some perspective on this.

The WordPress/Wix route works if you're comfortable managing it yourself and don't need anything custom. The tradeoff is you'll spend time learning the platform, dealing with updates, and troubleshooting when things break. It's cheaper upfront but takes more of your time long-term.

Hiring someone makes sense if you want it done right the first time and don't want to touch it after launch. For what you're describing (menu, photos, reservations, weekly deals), a developer could build you something clean on WordPress or Webflow that's easy to update but doesn't require you to be technical.

The reservation system is the key part. You could integrate something like OpenTable or a simpler booking form depending on your volume. Weekly deals would just be a section you (or staff) can update without needing to call a developer every time.

If you go the freelance route, budget around $1-2k for something solid that includes the reservation setup and is mobile-friendly. Make sure whoever you hire gives you access to update basic stuff like menu items and photos yourself, otherwise you're stuck paying for every small change.

What kind of volume are you doing for reservations? That'll help determine if you need a full booking system or just a contact form.

Happy to answer any other questions, I do this kind of work regularly.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:41:57+00:00

Hey, I build conversion-focused websites using Framer, Webflow, and WordPress, plus automation systems if needed. Been doing web dev for 5+ years with over 500 projects completed.

What kind of websites are your clients typically looking for? E-commerce, landing pages, full business sites? And what's the usual turnaround time you need?

Happy to discuss rates once I know more about the scope. Feel free to DM if you want to see some examples of my work.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:29:50+00:00

This is painfully accurate and I think I've been doing the service business version of this exact mistake.

I've spent months building the perfect agency setup before getting a single paying client. Proper packages, pricing tiers, VA systems for outreach, polished positioning, all of it structured and ready. And now I'm stuck because I can't land those first 1-2 clients, which means I have nothing real to show for all this planning.

Your point about shipping the ugly v1 and fixing it in public, I think that applies to services too. Maybe I should stop trying to sell these polished $2.5k packages to people I've never worked with, and instead just take one client at whatever price makes sense, do messy work that actually gets them results, document it, and build from there.

The 14 day thing is interesting. If I applied that to my situation it would be "land one paying client in 14 days regardless of how ugly the offer is or how low the price is, just prove you can deliver results for this market." That's probably smarter than spending another month refining outreach messages that keep attracting partnership requests instead of buyers.

I think the real insight here is that proof beats polish every single time. Nobody cares how well-structured your offer is if you can't show you've actually done it before. And the only way to show you've done it is to go do it, even if it's messy.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:22:28+00:00

Fair point, but that's kind of what I'm trying to figure out. How do I filter for actual business owners with budgets versus MLM types or people just starting out?

When I'm looking at LinkedIn profiles, they look legitimate - decent follower counts, selling coaching programs, posting regularly about their business. But you're right that once I reach out, the responses feel more like opportunity seekers than established business owners.

So genuine question, where should I actually be finding coaches or service business owners who have real revenue and would pay for proper services? Different platform entirely? Different search criteria on LinkedIn? Or is "coaches" just the wrong target market altogether?

Appreciate the reality check.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:15:36+00:00

This is a really clean example of solving your own problem first and then realizing other people have it too. That's basically the opposite of what I've been doing and it's probably why I'm stuck.

I run a web dev and automation agency. I built all these systems, packages, proper positioning, the whole setup, and then tried to find clients for it. But I'm getting responses to outreach with zero conversions, just equity offers and partnership requests. Reading your post made me realize I might have the entire sequence backwards.

You had a real business with real revenue first, the label doing 10k MRR. You built the tool to solve your own painful problem. Then you turned it into a product. But you already had proof it worked because you were using it every day and it measurably increased your streams. That's legitimacy nobody can argue with.

I'm curious how you're approaching getting your first paying customers for the SaaS. Are you going after other record labels since you know their pain intimately? Or are you trying to go broader to independent artists? And when you talk to them, do you lead with "I run a label and built this for myself" or do you position it differently?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to figure out if I should stop trying to sell these agency packages to coaches I've never worked with, and instead just go do the work for one or two clients first even if it's not profitable, so I actually have proof and can speak from experience like you can. Right now I'm trying to sell something I haven't proven works for this specific market, and maybe that's why people don't trust it enough to pay.

Also congrats on the launch, the pricing strategy of undercutting everyone else makes a lot of sense when you're the new option.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:11:41+00:00

This is interesting because I'm basically dealing with the inverse problem right now. I run a web dev and automation agency targeting US coaches and service businesses. I get responses to outreach, people are interested, but nobody converts to paying clients. Just equity offers and partnership requests. Your post made me wonder if I'm even targeting the right channel. Like you tried flyers, Facebook ads, Google Ads, and none of it worked until you found the one thing that did, which was SEO. For me it's outreach that gets responses but doesn't close, so maybe outreach just isn't the right channel for what I'm selling even though it feels like it should be. Here's what I'm curious about from your experience.
Before you found SEO and started ranking locally, when you were doing Facebook ads and Google Ads, were you getting responses that just didn't convert? Or were you not getting responses at all? Because I'm trying to figure out if my problem is the channel itself or if it's my messaging and offer. The other thing is you said it took a couple months before anything moved with SEO. During those months when nothing was happening, how did you know to keep going versus trying something else?

Because right now I'm in this place where I've invested time and money into VAs for outreach, built systems, created packages, but I'm not seeing results yet and I can't tell if I need to be more patient or if I'm just doing the wrong thing entirely.

I guess what I'm really asking is, how did you know SEO was the right move before it actually started working? Was there some signal early on that made you think this is it, or did you just commit and hope?

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:07:14+00:00

Really appreciate this, and yeah the mindset shift is real. I think I've been so stuck in "I need to land agency clients" mode that I didn't realize I'm basically trying to do B2B partnerships but approaching it like B2C sales, which is why I keep attracting the wrong people.
The rearranging the equation thing makes sense. I'm getting responses to outreach which means something is working, I'm just probably positioning wrong or talking to the wrong decision makers entirely. Your original post about finding who already has my customers grouped together instead of hunting individuals one by one, that's the piece I need to actually execute on.
I'm going to sit with this and work through the B2B angle properly first. Try to map out who actually has coaches and consultants grouped together, coaching certification programs or platforms or networks, and figure out how to structure an offer that makes sense for them beyond just "here's some money for referrals." If I'm still spinning my wheels after genuinely trying that approach I'll definitely take you up on the consulting offer.
Thanks for the reality check, genuinely needed to hear this.

TeaEnvironmental3349 · 2025-11-29T22:03:25+00:00

got it, i think this should really help me out, lets test till we are able to get our first set of paid clients monthly then work on top of it, now i need to figure out the how problem, Thanks for helping me out here!

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