Job offer changed from job description

[dimensiondesign]

I bid on a job with a price for XXXX The client came back a month later and asked for a breakdown of my prices and availabilty. They came back and asked for only XYZ and I told them it would be XX amount. I also asked them to create a new project with the information of of the work they needed and fund the milestone so I could begin right away. Instead, the client sent me an offer from the same job and funded the milestone at the agreed XX amount. My question is 1.) Should I ask the client again to create a new job reflecting the small amount of work needed. or 2.) accept the offer as is knowing that the amount is funded already? My biggest concern is when the job is complete it will show on my profile that I did this very large project for a small amount of money. I suppose I can mention something about the change in scope in the feedback to correct the confusion to potential future clients. I really don't want to have to ask the client to resend a new offer, refund escrow etc. How would you handle this?

[bobafett999]

You must.   For your protection and avoiding potential future aggrevation. 

[petra_r · Accepted solution]

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@Roslen M wrote:

. Instead, the client sent me an offer from the same job and funded the milestone at the agreed XX amount. My question is 1.) Should I ask the client again to create a new job reflecting the small amount of work needed. or 2.) accept the offer as is knowing that the amount is funded already?

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I'd say 2.)  Personally I do not believe it usually ends well to force clients to jump through unnecessary hoops so I'd go ahead and do the job on the offered contract.

If you were brand new and had no history I'd agree it could set the wrong tone, but you have a strong, established, successful profile. Nothing to worry about on that front.

[dimensiondesign]

@Petra-thank you so much for your advice. I was afraid of making the client jump through extra hoops as well.

[prestonhunter]

re: "My biggest concern is when the job is complete it will show on my profile that I did this very large project for a small amount of money"

You have no reason to worry about this at all.

First of all, as Petra mentioned, you have a great profile page and portfolio and work history.

Second, clients simply are NOT going to judge you or other freelancers based on the amount of money paid for FIXED-PRICE contracts.

YOU might know what a contract entailed, but your work history simply shows a job title. As a client looking to hire artists (something I have done dozens of times), I may indeed be able to see hourly rates - whether they are high or low. But when I look at fixed-price contracts, I make no assumptions about how much work was involved in the project.

Clients are not going to see a lower-cost fixed-price contract and assume that you are "cheap." It simply looks like a smaller project.