I end the contract

[matthew24857]

Are clients supposed to end the contract? And do they know this?

Because I get tired of waiting for the client to end the contract. They pay promptly enough. That's good.

But I need closure. I don't need an open contract listed in my profile when the work was finished a week before. It's an inaccuracy.

[tlsanders]

Either of you can end the contract. Many freelancers prefer to ask the client to do it because when the client closes the contract, he/she is forced to leave feedback. If you close the contract yourself, chance are you will never get a rating from that client.

[martina_plaschka]

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Matthew C wrote:

Are clients supposed to end the contract? And do they know this?

Because I get tired of waiting for the client to end the contract. They pay promptly enough. That's good.

But I need closure. I don't need an open contract listed in my profile when the work was finished a week before. It's an inaccuracy.

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They know it unless it's their first contract. Just ask them to end it when the work is delivered, and if they disappear on you, end it after a while yourself, but not many at the same time. 

[theshubhamsharma]

Hi Matthew, 

Either you can close the contract or your client can close it. But sometime new client's don't know how/why to close ta contract because it is not a priority for them. But for you it is an opportunity to get good feedback.

I would recommend you to ask the client to close the contract once the job completed. It's the best way to close a contract because I have seen many freelancer's has more than 20 active jobs but they are not wokring for month's or year's on them.

I hope this answer will help you.