Nowadays, people rely on freelancing jobs as a potential supply of income. In freelance life, an individual does not have to work on something they are not more comfortable with, alongside having a more-than-eight-hours-a-day time with different people and places.

However, additionally, there are various risks in freelance jobs. Irrespective of potential communication issues and time differences that require certain adjustments, the lack of physical connection with the client is another concern. Unfortunately, there many client-freelancer relationships that fail as a result of these.

This matter isn't new, especially to veteran freelancers. However, by carefully thinking about the clients before taking their projects can solve the difficulties of encountering bad clients before it may cause stress and frustration to a freelancer who only desires to survive and to give the very best quality projects they can accomplish.

This information can help a freelancer on just how to discern not-so-good clients from the nice ones.

Qualities of Every Bad Client in Freelancing

Bad clients will always make an effort to slice the rate.

Just as how consumers consider every quality and convenience a certain product can offer them before purchasing, freelancers are considered based on the knowledge and the ability to produce good projects. However, a potential client is known as not good if he keeps on bargaining the rate of the freelancer. Moreover, if the client keeps on bragging that he is paying a lot of for the project that's accomplished, then it is clearly obvious that he doesn't learn how to appreciate the efforts of everting freelancer which will come his way.

On the other hand, a great client knows the value of each and every freelancer's efforts in producing the assigned projects to them. They are not merely into money, rather, on the calibre of the project submitted to them.

Bad clients have trust issues.

One of many major causes people chooses to become freelancers as opposed to full-time employees because apart from staying far from the stresses from the employment world, they would rather work on their convenient time and place. They have the freedom to do their workloads whenever you want they want to, without a lot of supervision from people who are better than them.

A consumer is known as a poor one if he's a hard time trusting a freelancer how he is going to do the duty and if he will be able to submit it on time. They continue monitoring the development of the duty, demand that he should always be online and required to give daily reports on the accomplishments of the projects. These people don't believe in the freelancer's convenience of finishing the project. And these clients are vulnerable to trouble because they cannot know the essentiality of trust and professionalism.

Bad clients have no idea of what they really want.

It has been mentioned there are no physical connections as it pertains to the freelancer-client relationship. That is the key reason why clear communication should be prioritized from the comfort of the interview. As freelancers, interviews aren't only done to impress the client to just accept them in handling the projects, but that is also an opportunity to allow them to know the facts of the potential project to assess if they are able to accomplish it.

If the client is unable to give concrete details about the projects to be done like enough time frame and expected results, it is clear that the client does not understand what it desires to the project. Accepting this client will undoubtedly be another burden to the freelancer while there is no sense of satisfaction to this type of client while there is no direct goal upon the accomplishment of the project.

Sometimes, personal instincts tell something.

This has nothing related to the specific quality of a poor client. But sometimes, especially those who belong in this industry for some time now, the non-public preference combined with the foreseen attitude of the client is definitely an indicator. The original treatment of the client to the freelancer such as the rudeness in answering the inquiries and being too demanding are some of the red flags that indicate that the transaction together will undoubtedly be a hassle. Moreover, if the freelancer isn't more comfortable with the would-be assigned projects and the projects to market, it could be a vital reason to back-out from the client.

Qualities of a Good Freelancing Client

There's no such thing as an ideal client, only good ones. Especially for the starter, getting virtually every project is the ultimate goal. But afterwards, the ability to discern and choose only the clients with the most effective treatment and project offered will and ought to be some of the essential matters to every freelancer.

In addition to that, here are some of what should try to find in finding good clients in the freelancing industry:

1. Good clients are unbiased and adaptable.

Good clients in the freelancing world know and understand some of the complexities of the freelancer-client scenarios. Besides the time zone differences (willingness to adjust to the exact distance of the freelancer), a great client is ready to accept the freelancer's strategies how they execute their work and their communication capabilities as well. Bottom line is, a great client will not reject a freelancer because they can't work based on personal terms.

  2. Good clients treat freelancers as their partners. 

Any freelancer wants to have clients who value their work, better when they see and treat them as an essential part of the project. 

A good client does not merely give the freelancer instructions about the project and its expected results, but they also state them in the clearest and most detailed way possible. Moreover, they also ask and seek suggestions and better techniques with their freelancers, and they're honest enough if that is a good idea or not. Most of all, good clients learn how to appreciate and praise their freelancers for each work they do. 

3. Good clients offer long-term projects, especially with their preferred freelancers.

As a freelancer, it's hard to find clients who are able to offer long-term assist them. Despite the best quality projects, they always find yourself trying to find other clients that could assist them. A good client knows just how to deal especially with freelancers who have got the potential to make good projects.  

4. Good clients know that each freelancer does not need to be controlled or manipulated.

As stated above, a client who intensely monitors and always requests updates and reports are negative individuals to work with. This attitude makes a freelancer question his ability and confidence, which will affect not merely his project but his relationship to the client as well. For the client's part, they'll surely have a hard time trying to find freelancers because of getting these trust issues.

A good client understands that the freelancer isn't obliged to be online especially at times that he is online. Moreover, he is aware that he does not have to be updated all the time and check their developments. He respects the freelancer's technique and own timeframe how can they able to accomplish the project assigned, and let them handle it based on their terms.

In addition, an excellent client can discuss clearly the expected results and deadlines with the freelancer especially prior to the project. And having additional meetings, if needed, may also be considered, but not all the time.

5. Good clients don't see time zones as an issue.

Included in the client's ability to understand the independency needed by the freelancer, an excellent client also knows that the freelancer has different (maybe entirely different) time zone from him, but that will not hinder to choose them especially of the freelancer has a potential to make good projects.

A good client respects this difference and trusts his freelancer that they can still do the project.

6. Good clients don't pay cheaper especially when it is since the freelancer lives in an inferior country.

Unfortunately, you can find clients who cannot give decent payments to the freelancer because of their location, in third world nations for instance. Despite the accomplishment of the project, they believe that those freelancers deserve significantly less than what must be the appropriate compensation for them because they live in a not-so-rich country. This is simply not the mindset of an excellent and respectful client.

A good client disregards the precise location of the freelancer and still gives what is agreed. They will not make excuses to pay the freelancer less just due to the awareness of the low living the freelancer's location has.

7. Good clients pay the freelancer always and on time.

A good client is not too unprofessional to pay the freelancer on delayed time, especially not pay at all. He understands that the same as him, the freelancer works to have paid. So, they'll exert effort to pay them on their expected and agreed deadlines, most of the time.