Name the included deliverables
Refer to a concrete list in the proposal: pages, concepts, formats, integrations, meetings, or files. “Website design” is vague; “five page templates and one mobile layout” is testable.
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Generate a scope-creep clause before the ‘quick changes’ begin.
Set the revision limit, feedback owner, extra-round fee, and change-order rule. The tool turns your choices into plain-language wording you can review and adapt.
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Choose the boundaries
Use terms that match the actual proposal.
HOW TO USE THE CLAUSE
Define the boundary before you need to defend it.
A useful scope clause does more than say “extra work costs extra.” It gives both sides a shared test for what the fee includes, who can approve feedback, and when a request becomes a separately priced change.
Define one revision round
A round should mean one consolidated set of feedback on work that already exists. A new page, feature, direction, or deliverable is not a revision merely because it arrived in a feedback email.
Require written approval
State the added fee and schedule impact before starting. A clear written “yes” creates a practical record and prevents the client and freelancer from remembering different versions of the deal.
REVISION OR CHANGE REQUEST?
Use this distinction consistently.
- Revision
- Adjusts an agreed deliverable without changing its purpose, quantity, or approved direction.
- Change request
- Adds a deliverable, reverses an approved direction, introduces a new stakeholder requirement, or changes the deadline.
WHEN A REQUEST ARRIVES
Pause, price, approve, then schedule.
- Compare the request with the written deliverables.
- Estimate the added work and coordination time.
- Send the fee and delivery-date impact in writing.
- Begin only after the authorized contact approves.
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Use one decision process across every project.
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