How to Identify a Bad Web Design Client
Knowing how to identify and deal with a bad web design client is an art form.
Dealing with the occasional “Bad Client” is par for the course with web design, as it is in any industry. As web designers we’ve all come across those special few whose time spent with us just seems to linger like a bad penny. One of our designers came across this infographic titled, “The Anatomy of a Horrible Web Design Client” and we just had to share it. I’m sure that many of our designer friends will get a chuckle out of this if they haven’t already seen it.
If you get a kick out of this infographic then you will probably also like these related posts:
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In this infographic provided by Top Web Design Schools, we can take a look at the anatomy of a horrible web design client and how these clients are feared by web designers. It also covers a few tips to avoid clients who won’t pay and some interesting statistics about web designers. Personally, I want to know who is making $80,000 a year as a web designer, and what I’m doing wrong!
Have you had any experience with a bad web design client? Have you been a bad client without even realizing it? Share your stories!
You can read the original post at Design Taxi: http://designtaxi.com/news/354871/The-Anatomy-Of-A-Horrible-Web-Design-Client/
4 comments on “How to Identify a Bad Web Design Client”
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Hi Shannon,
As funny as the infograph looks, it is reality. I have designed a site for one client who after agreeing to our design, came up with a different logo and banner that affected the whole of our design process. What we did?
We just restarted without an additional dime. It was so sad.
Oh, man! That was way too nice of you to do the redesign at no cost… We put a policy into place where any changes made after approval of a static concept are subject to either a re-quote or additional billing. But gotta give you a lot of credit for going above and beyond to keep the client happy.
Patrick, that’s to nice of you… live and learn but don’t ever do that again, your time is valuable and they differed from the original agreed process, you need to charge them accordingly
Thumbs up…Shannon! well explained. Every designer meet the variety of clients. Almost every new client behaves differently. I like your set of rules, and should be implement. Because it will safe our efforts and hard work we designer put in a designing project.
Emma Jones, UK