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Page 12 July-August, 2021
How to Write a Customer Contract and When to Use it

What to Put in a Customer you will accept payment. If Sample Customer Contracts
Contract it's MOMO or credit card, Most industry organizations
Remember, you don't need to use you may want to add the have sample contracts available
an arsenal of legal words but the fees into the amount to their members. You can also
contract should be detailed while depending on the size of simply Google “sample
remaining simple. Here's what to the job. contracts” to find general
include:
· Contract Expiration- If templates that you can download
· The date- When was the you're performing ongoing and change to your liking. Once
work for the customer, the you make your first contract, it's
contract may include an quick and easy to change the
expiration date. This details for future customers or
allows you and the client to clients.
negotiate new terms at The problem with using these
given intervals. sample contracts is that they may
be overly complicated, and they
· Include wording of how may not conform to the specific
the contract may be
requirements in your country. If
terminated. This could you do want to use a sample
include not paying at contract you find online, we
specified intervals,
strongly recommend you have it
substandard service on reviewed by your own
your part or any other
terms you and the other
contract executed. Include
parties choose.
the full date.
· Signature and Date-
· All Parties- If they're
going to sign the contract, Leave a place for each
party to sign and print their
they should be mentioned
a s p a r t i e s t o t h e name and date the contract.
Each party should do this.
agreement. Use their full
legal name. No nicknames
or half names. Don't use Consultant-Written Boilerplate consultant.
Contract
anything like, “Mr. If your business repeatedly needs Bottom Line
Smith.” Any reasonable person doing
contracts for similar types of jobs,
· General Scope- Also purchases or sales, have a business with you will welcome
called the agreement, this consultant who works with small a contract—even your friends or
is a brief statement about businesses draw up a boilerplate longtime customers. It clearly
what you will do for the contract you can use and reuse in and objectively lays out the
client or customer. It may your business. Each time you scope of the relationship that
also include anything the have a new deal you will just need greatly cuts down on the
other party should do to to change the name of the parties potential for misunderstandings.
complete the work. involved and any information You don't have to be a lawyer to

· Payment Terms- Of that's unique (dates, names of the write a contract. Anything you
put into writing that both parties
course you're going to parties involved, quantities, cedi
include the final cost but amounts, etc.) that are unique to sign is a contract.
also include the amount of the specific deal. Having a Don't wait until you get burned
the down payment and consultant create the boilerplate by a client or customer to start
any other incremental contract will help ensure the using contracts. Start today.
payments throughout the contract conforms to our by Tim Parker
job. Also, include how national laws.

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