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Scheduling
May. 1st, 2012 11:00 pmHmmmph... So I sat down and tried to figure out why this last month was so godawful and figured out it was mainly due to the fact that I spent a lot of time waiting for responses. My queue is about 10 deep or so right now, most of which are larger commissions, but some people have just been super slow to respond. If you are reading this and on the list and tempted to answer I can pretty much guarantee you are not one of those people. As evidenced by the fact that you are a) reading this and b) tempted to answer. So a couple pieces that I thought would be done this month didn't get done so I didn't get the final payment just because people have been soooo slooow to respond. And I was curious how other artists handle this. I ended up taking some emergency commissions at the end of the month because I didn't get in the work/final payments that I expected.
Some options I have come up with...
Adding a clause in my TOS mentioning that any response going longer than a week from my e-mails will entail up to 3 weeks additional on their commission (per week of delayed response), allowing me to take other work/put other projects ahead of people who aren't responding in a timely manor.
Taking more commission slots and while telling people at the end that they are likely to BE at the end (longest wait) remind them that many people are slow to respond and thus allow me time to start on newer work.
Yell at my art desk and demand it pay me up front for the work I do.
Ehm... maybe not that one...
I don't know I mean I didn't twiddle my thumbs while I waited, I did business stuff that needed to get done I worked on some art for the AnthroCon art show, but when it all comes down to it, I didn't make money. So, thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
~Laura
p.s. another reason was pure stupidity on my part, I undercharged by... 1/3 for two large pieces this month so spent a lot of my time on basically 'pro bono' work for my own stupidity.
Some options I have come up with...
Adding a clause in my TOS mentioning that any response going longer than a week from my e-mails will entail up to 3 weeks additional on their commission (per week of delayed response), allowing me to take other work/put other projects ahead of people who aren't responding in a timely manor.
Taking more commission slots and while telling people at the end that they are likely to BE at the end (longest wait) remind them that many people are slow to respond and thus allow me time to start on newer work.
Yell at my art desk and demand it pay me up front for the work I do.
Ehm... maybe not that one...
I don't know I mean I didn't twiddle my thumbs while I waited, I did business stuff that needed to get done I worked on some art for the AnthroCon art show, but when it all comes down to it, I didn't make money. So, thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
~Laura
p.s. another reason was pure stupidity on my part, I undercharged by... 1/3 for two large pieces this month so spent a lot of my time on basically 'pro bono' work for my own stupidity.
