Job over $100 - 10% up front, 90% escrowed with terms agreement.
What is the point of having 10% paid upfront if 90% is being escrowed?
The funds are being escrowed anyway, so it's safe for you to start your project.
Fixed price job. i take 10 percent up front, on the off chance the client is a scammer and tries to get his money out of escrow when receiving the code. this is pretty common on freelancing programs. clients will hire you accept the work, even pay you, then after they take the code they do a chargeback or claim you didn't deliver the code. it's a checksum of sorts. this term only applies to fixed price jobs, not hourly jobs. It doesn't matter atm anyway. I'm booked solid for the next two months other than the weekends.