T-Shirt Design Question

[summwat@]

Hello. I have a client who is wanting me to draw up a proposal for creating designs for the t-shirts he is wanting to sell. Instead of charging a fee per t-shirt, I was going to charge a percentage of each t-shirt he sells.

My question is without working with him in an office on a daily basis, how do I know when and how many t-shirts he actually does sell to make sure I'm receiving the right compensation? Is there a specific clause I should put in our initial contract that would help incase he's not accurately reporting back to me? I just want to make sure I protect myself and my designs before I enter into any type of agreement.

Any help someone can provide would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,
Summer

[3howards]

There's no actual way of telling unless you request to see the books. I would charge him a fee per design, along with a royalty fee (%) per shirt sold.

[summwat@]

Thanks for the advice. Sounds like a good idea, but I was going to only charge a percentage since I can't figure out a good design fee for the t-shirt. I know we can't talk prices on the forum, so do you happen to know a good website where I can look for suggested pricing information?

Thanks!

[morea]

there are some pricing links that you might find helpful in our frequently discussed topics thread, here:
http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7892