From the course: Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

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Estimated expenses

Estimated expenses

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Estimated expenses

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Out-of-Pocket Expenses are the costs of those items that you purchase on behalf of the client, specifically for a project. These cost should not be lumped in to your fee, they should be estimated and bulled separately as expenses. Go ahead and determine all of the various items that you might need to buy for a project, from a new type font to large format color printouts. You will total them up and add them to your agreement as a separate line item. You can also state what expenses are not included. In that case, inform the client that these items can and will be estimated separately at a later time. For example, you think you want to include an Illustration, but it isn't concepted yet at the time you're writing up the contract, so it can't be priced yet. Let your client know that changes in the project, revisions, and rush deadlines can affect the cost of expenses. Tell the client that expenses over the estimated amount shown will be submitted for approval prior to expenditure. Here…

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