[muzani]

I'm curious why you say don't charge hourly. I've been charging per half hour (with half/full day for meetings) and it's worked fine for me. I tend to work about 1-4 hours/day and I think it's fairer to the client because the variation is so big.

With MVPs I like hourly charges because it gives them a lot of freedom to pivot, and it helps to justify why we should put aside a few days early on to design UI/UX rather than go with the flow.

Also what I do is kind of a prepaid thing. They put in 10 hours into my bank account and I'll do 10 hours. After they gain confidence, they start putting a month in advance. It doesn't necessarily stop when the money runs out, but it doesn't start until the first paycheck. It also helps a lot with international projects, where payment can take a week to go through and might be held up by money laundering laws, etc.