Freelancing, partners and rates

Working with implementation partners, as an independent consultant, on marketplaces and in-house; scoping and pricing work.

In this lesson

Paths into Odoo work
Scoping and proposals
Pricing and agreements

Key points

Partner, in-house, independent, marketplace
Partner levels: Ready, Silver, Gold
Proposal: objectives, scope, assumptions, deliverables, out of scope, timeline, acceptance, change terms
Day rate, fixed + contingency, retainer; written agreements always

Real-world example

An independent consultant delivered an invoice-template job in three days for a partner and was paid a flat monthly fee that undervalued it. For the next engagement he proposed a monthly retainer plus per-task pricing with a written scope per task; the partner agreed, and both sides knew what each task cost.

Questions and answers

Name the three partner levels.

Ready, Silver, Gold.

What's a retainer?

A recurring fee for a reserved amount of support or availability.

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