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Pro tip: I finally caught a $2,500 "retainer" that was just an advance on my own content
Six months ago a skincare brand in Scottsdale sent me a contract with a $2,500 retainer clause buried on page 4, and I almost signed it. The catch was that the advance got paid back out of every post I made for them at a rate of 30 percent, so I was basically funding their ad budget with my own views. Has anyone else seen this kind of "retainer" wording, and did you walk away or try to renegotiate it?
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fox.derek10d ago
Used to figure a retainer was a retainer and the fine print was just lawyer stuff to skim past. Then I read a contract like yours where the "advance" came straight back out of my cut, and now I read every page. Good on you for catching it before you signed.
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