Freelance service agreement template: every trap pre-neutralized

What the template carries

Each clause maps to a trap we see in client-drafted contracts. The wording is the same fix the scanner recommends when it finds the trap — written into your agreement from the start:

• Payment — each invoice due within a stated window of receipt; overdue balances accrue 1.5% per month (18% APR), or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is lower; undisputed portions stay payable on schedule even if other portions are disputed in writing.
• Intellectual property — all rights, including copyright, transfer to the client only upon receipt of full payment; until then, you retain everything, including your pre-existing materials and unpaid concepts and drafts.
• Revisions — up to two rounds requested in writing within 14 days of delivery; additional rounds billed at your standard hourly rate.
• Acceptance — deliverables are deemed accepted if the client provides no written objection within the stated window, so payment never waits on a feeling.
• Termination — if the client terminates for convenience, they pay for all work completed to date, plus a stated share of the remaining contract value.
• Liability — each party’s total liability capped at fees paid or payable; neither party liable for indirect or consequential damages. Mutual, not one-sided.

How to use it

Open the document center, pick the service agreement, and fill in the blanks: your name and email, the client's, the project name and description, the total fee, the payment window (14 days is the default we recommend), the delivery timeline, and your governing state. The generator assembles the full agreement with every protective clause in place — copy it, send it, and attach it to your next project kickoff instead of signing whatever the client's lawyer drafted.

A client asking for changes is fine: the clauses are written to read as fair professional practice, which is what makes them easy to defend in negotiation.