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[YOUR NAME OR BUSINESS NAME] · [EMAIL] · [PHONE]
1. Friendly reminder
[DATE]
To: [CLIENT CONTACT], [CLIENT COMPANY]
Re: Invoice [NUMBER] — payment reminder
Dear [NAME],
This is a friendly reminder that invoice [NUMBER] dated [INVOICE DATE] for $[AMOUNT] for [WORK DONE] was due on [DUE DATE]. Please arrange the payment as below; if it has already been made, please send me the confirmation.
Payee [YOUR NAME]
Bank [BANK]
Routing number [ROUTING]
Account number [ACCOUNT]
Or pay via [ZELLE / PAYPAL / OTHER]
Kind regards,
[YOUR NAME]
2. Final demand for payment
[DATE]
Dear [NAME],
Despite my reminders of [DATE] and [DATE], invoice [NUMBER] for $[AMOUNT], due on [DUE DATE], is still unpaid. Please pay $[TOTAL] by [DATE — 7 DAYS FROM TODAY]. If I do not receive the payment by then, I will pause any further work and use the options available to me to recover the amount, including a complaint under New York’s Freelance Isn’t Free Act [DELETE IF YOU ARE NOT COVERED].
______________________________
[YOUR NAME]
3. Freelance services agreement (with an advance)
Between [YOUR NAME OR BUSINESS] ("Freelancer") and [CLIENT] ("Client") · Date: [DATE]
1. Parties. Freelancer: [NAME, MAILING ADDRESS]. Client: [NAME, MAILING ADDRESS].
2. Work. The Freelancer will deliver: [SCOPE — DELIVERABLES, FORMAT, NUMBER OF REVISIONS]. Anything else is extra work, quoted separately.
3. Timeline. Start after the advance is received; delivery by [DATE].
4. Fee. Total fee $[AMOUNT]; how it is calculated: [FIXED FEE / HOURLY RATE × HOURS].
5. Payment. Advance of [PERCENT] % before work starts; the balance on [DATE], and in any case within [DAYS] days of the final delivery.
6. Late payment. Amounts not paid when due carry interest of [RATE] % a month. The Freelancer may pause work while any invoice is overdue.
7. Ownership. Rights in the final deliverables pass to the Client on full payment.
8. Each party keeps a signed copy of this agreement.
Freelancer Client
[NAME] [NAME]
Signature: ____________ Signature: ____________
Date: ____________ Date: ____________
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