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Milestone Payment Schedule: Essential Contract Clause Guide

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A focused guide to the milestone payment clause itself: how to tie amounts to deliverables, set review periods, and handle acceptance. It is closer to contract drafting than a general blog, useful when you turn your plan into actual terms. Good for getting the clause wording right.

  • Each milestone needs a deliverable, a date, and an amount.
  • Spell out what happens if a milestone is late or rejected.
  • Make acceptance the trigger for payment, in writing.

The question it answers

  1. What's a fair way to structure a milestone-based contract with a dev agency?

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