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As a side project, I've been helping out a friend build a website for free.

friend: I need more of your commitment for this project. We're about to get a huge client!

Me: Yeah you've been saying that for a year. Dude, I just don't have time to waste in projects that are not givine me any money.

friend: HOW DARE YOU! ARE YOU BLACKMAILING ME?!?!

ugh... not my friend anymore

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  • 10
    The first time I ever developed something for a friend for free also happened to be the last time I ever did that and resulted in the end of that friendship. I'm glad I learned that lesson early, while I was still in school.
  • 9
    If he doesn't know making websites why does he have clients?
  • 10
    @theabbie Maybe because his business model isn't selling websites? E.g. a plumber who also wants some sort of online presence?
  • 7
    @Fast-Nop Then OP should have recommended him a sweet and simple Website builder, where you drag-and-drop stuff and fill info, Website designers should not waste time on non-functional websites, especially when not getting paid.
  • 3
    @theabbie These website builders are actually quite shitty, and non-tech people won't be able to use them anyway. Outside the dev bubble, people aren't computer literate. Interesting read: https://nngroup.com/articles/...

    But yeah, doing website development for free is a major mistake. Not only that it sucks, but if the "client" doesn't pay, there's nothing that would stop him from requesting endless changes instead of thinking it over beforehand.
  • 3
    Send invoice for previous work 🤷‍♀️
  • 1
    Yup, been there.
    Never do something for free.
    And never expect some respect for saying no to doing things for free...
  • 2
    @theabbie @Fast-Nop i t was a webapp
  • 0
    @bittersweet professional and brutal, I love it.
  • 2
    No good deed goes unpunished.
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