Stage 8 · Lesson 2 of 8
Retainers and ongoing work
A is a monthly agreement for a set amount of work or availability. Examples: up to ten hours of site updates and fixes, a monthly report, or support within an agreed response time. It smooths your income and turns one-off projects into lasting relationships.
Upwork supports ongoing with weekly limits. Fiverr offers subscriptions from Level 1. Direct can pay a monthly under a simple retainer agreement.
Define what is included, what happens to unused hours, response times and how either side can end it.
Common trapan unlimited "whatever you need" retainer with no cap on hours or requests, which quietly becomes a full-time job at a part-time price.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 1 cheat sheet entry come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
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