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A guide for new designers:

[illustration] Title: Free, Fee or Flee? [illustration] cloud
[illustration] A gal named Jane
[illustration] grass
[illustration] top soil
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Free

[illustration] diamond

Fee

[illustration] skull

Flee

The choices aren’t always easy

When is it okay to work for free?
How do you respond when it’s not?

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether a project is worth doing or if a client is just taking advantage of your eagerness to work. So RGD has created this tool to help you decide whether to work for FREE, charge a FEE or save yourself some pain and FLEE – with suggestions for what to say if you choose to walk (or run) away.

 Choose a path
[illustration] torch

Who’s asking you to work for free?

[illustration] torch
[illustration] rope
[illustration] rope
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rope with a knot

Select a Path Above for Advice!

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What to say

Here are some suggested responses to help you explain where you stand.