Free tool
Client asked for "one more small thing"? Don't just do it. Put a price and a date on it. Fill this in, send the change order, start when they say yes. No signup, nothing leaves your browser.
Change order
This work is outside the original scope. Work starts once this change order is approved. Everything else in the original agreement stays the same.
Made with Scopease, scope locking for freelancers
Sending these by hand every time gets old. Scopease locks the scope, gets client approval with one link, and turns approved change orders into the invoice. Free to start. First 10 new signups get 6 months of Pro free, automatically.
Any time the ask wasn't in what the client approved. New page, extra revision round, "can it also do X". Small doesn't mean free. If you'd bill a stranger for it, write it up.
Keep it short and boring. Here's the change, here's the price, here's the new date, reply yes and I'll start. Most clients are fine with it. The ones who aren't were going to be a problem anyway.
Curious what the freebies already cost you? Try the scope creep calculator. Want the whole flow handled? See how change orders work in Scopease.
