[AccessD] OT: Finders fees anyone?

I have no experience with this, but that seems to be a generous amount. But 
if they can get you working when you haven't been. You can adjust your rate 
to compensate at some point I suppose. I'd be concerned that you get onto a 
long term gig or one project that leads to another and you keep having to 
pay the finders fee.  But if they really CAN find you work, I guess it is 
worth paying for. And as long as you are not obligated to pay them for work 
you find on your own, when things get going again, you can walk away from 
them. I'd be interested in how long after your relationship with the search 
firm ends until you are free to work at a client without having to pay them. 
Say if you get work through them and do the job. You finish it and go on to 
another job - maybe through the search firm, maybe not. Then six months 
later, the first client calls you back directly and asks for enhancements or 
a completely different project. Are you still obligated to pay the search 
firm? Be careful and read the contract.

Gary Kjos
garykjos at hotmail.com





>From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com>
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: [AccessD] OT: Finders fees anyone?
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:16:18 -0500
>
>Dear Group,
>
>Do any of you independent developers give finders' fees or have marketing
>arrangements with other firms to gain more clients? I ask because my wife,
>Janet, and I are meeting with the owner of an employee staffing company on
>Thursday to talk about it. We're going to offer to give 15% of our
>development fees up to $10,000 and 10% over $10,000 for any new business we
>get from riding on the staffing company's coat tails.
>
>We've been struggling for almost 9 months and we could use a boost from an
>established firm's customer list.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Erbach
>Scientific Marketing
>Neenah, WI
>
>"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." - Mark Twain
>
>
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