I'm testing the waters with a web development/security business idea and I've managed to attract my first potential clients, one of whom I've sent an estimated project cost to and I'm going to call today. In the past I took on a large freelance project and naively didn't create a contract with the client. The client ran into money issues and refused to pay and to my knowledge I was helpless to do anything but refuse to hand over the project having wasted many hours on it. I want to avoid this situation again with my new venture so I'm looking for some advice.
Can I create a legally binding contract via email and does anyone have any advice on doing so? I'm thinking I could possibly write a document detailing the work I'll do and the cost of the work and send this to the client via email asking them to confirm via an email response that they agree to pay for the services detailed in the attached document and I can commence work on the project. Does this sound okay?
