Proposal and invoice tool for copywriters
The hardest copy you write is the email asking for the deposit
Scope and rounds priced as a project, read on one page. Your client approves and the deposit is paid before a word is written; the balance follows on the same page once the final draft is delivered.
Get started freeThe problem
Sound familiar?
Your rates live in a shared doc
A client asks what a five page website costs. You paste a link to the rates doc, they reply with a question about scope, and a week passes with nobody saying yes to a figure.
The third round arrives as 'a few tweaks'
You included two rounds. The third lands as a short email with a rewritten about page attached. Nobody wrote down what a round is, so a scope change dressed as a revision is hard to charge for.
Half up front, then the balance drifts
Clients baulk at paying half before a word exists, so you start anyway. The balance goes out with the final draft, and the copy is live before the money is.
The solution
How VytDeal helps
A deposit on approval, the balance on the same page
Any percentage up to full payment, 30 percent by default, and many copywriters take half. Your client pays it when they approve, and the balance on the same page when the final draft is delivered. A small job can be full payment up front.
Rounds and usage rights in what they accept
Write the included rounds into the package and say what a round is: one consolidated pass of feedback. Usage for paid ads sits as a one-off line beside the package, and copyright passing on payment sits in your terms. A third round is quoted on a new deal page.
A content retainer that bills itself
A monthly or fortnightly article package recurs from one approval. Your client saves a card or bank debit when they approve, or you have each period invoiced. On its own it starts at approval; put the first piece in front as a one-off and it waits until you mark that piece delivered and start it.
A GST line and ways to pay without a card
The invoice is created the moment your client approves, with GST as its own line if you are registered. Offer bank transfer, BPAY or PayID beside card. Your client marks the transfer made and you confirm it against your statement.
How it works
Three steps to getting paid
Build the page
Add the package, the deposit percentage, the rounds and your terms. A website copy job sits as a package, priced as a project rather than per word. A monthly article package sits as one that recurs.
Send the link after the brief
One link instead of a rates doc and a long email. Your client reads the scope and picks a package, with no account to create.
Approval, deposit, then write
They approve; the invoice is created and the deposit is paid on the page. You start writing with the money in.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I take 50 percent on approval and the balance when the final draft goes out?
Yes. Set the deposit to 50 percent, or any percentage up to full payment. Your client pays it at approval and the balance on the same page when you deliver. Set a date the proposal expires on.
Do my own terms, including my kill fee, bind when the client approves?
Your kill fee, the included rounds and copyright vesting on payment go in the terms, and the client cannot approve without ticking them. The dated record shows those terms exactly as they stood, so a third round or a cancelled job is argued from the page, not from memory. This is not a contract or an e-signature product, and no legal advice comes with it.
Does my client have to sign up for anything?
No. They open the link, read the scope, approve it, with a code sent to their email if you require it, and pay on the same page by card, or by bank transfer, BPAY or PayID if you offered them.
Does a monthly blog retainer really bill itself?
From one approval, yes. A retainer that is the whole package starts at approval and charges each period on its own; one with a first piece in front waits until you mark that piece delivered and start it. Your client can update their card or cancel through a Stripe portal link emailed to them, and you can cancel at the end of a period or immediately.
Will the invoice show GST, or leave it off if I am not registered?
Either. If you are registered, GST shows as its own line at 10 percent or any rate you set. If you are under the registration threshold, do not add it. The invoice is in AUD by default.
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