Who likes surprises?!

Not like, “an extra fry at the bottom of the bag” surprise... Like, a soda-spilled-everywhere scary movie surprise?

Giving a contract to a potential client is scary.

There’s the chance your client could have questions. Or worse, that she could give up on you and go to someone else. But what’s more devastating for your bottom line than losing a sale?

Losing your business. Without a contract, you’re setting yourself up for years of fighting refund requests and getting bullied by cheap clients.

Get the calligraphy contract template that solves problems like:

• Who owns the designs you create-- and no, she’s not allowed to photocopy the logo you made and upload it to Vistaprint to print cheap menus, table numbers, etc.

• How to handle clients who never seem to remember when to approve those proofs, delaying your projects until you’re busy with another client (hellllooo 2 am infomercials, g’bye family)

• Re-doing an entire order for free because the bride was too cheap to pay for shipping insurance. Ya know, because “it’s not her fault the Post Office sucks”

As you can probably tell, everything in these contracts is brewed up from real-world situations. If you’re new to business, you don’t know what you’re likely to face. That’s why you’ll never have to with this template in your toolbox.

Between learning how to manage client orders, how many spare nibs to have on hand and why metallic envelopes arealways a bad idea, you have enough to worry about. Don’t let legal get in the way of running a business you love.

On average, purchasers save between 4-12 hours of duct-taping a contract together from scratch, or fixing up a janky friends’ hand-me-down contract. Pssst: that doesn’t include all the prayer time it takes to cross your fingers and hope nothing goes wrong-- heaven forbid you actually need torely on your contract.

In ten minutes, you could be on your way to working with the first real client who respects you and your time.

Who the pointed pen am I?

I’m the attorney over at the Modern Calligraphy Summit. My lessons have been viewed thousands of times by up and coming calligraphers. It’s a pretty special online training, because you can learn from the world’s best instructors right in your office. Okay, let’s be real-- at your kitchen table.

Before I started selling contract templates, I thought I was going to be a calligrapher myself. My contracts took off before my calligraphy skills had a chance to impress the world, and here I am today, still playing with sharpies + exploding inkpots on the back of revised contracts.

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About the Template

In less than 10 minutes, your attorney-prepared and peer-reviewed agreement can be in the hands of your clients. You will receive one license and editable download immediately upon purchase- just fill in the blanks, breathe a sigh of relief and send it to your client for them to sign. Written and peer-reviewed by graduates of top 20 law schools, you can be sure this contract template is a good investment.

• Calligrapher + Attorney-prepared and reviewed by two other attorneys for quality
• Ready to copy/paste into your favorite client software systems, or use by itself
• The choice to either keep or give away the copyright in the designs you create for clients
• No legalese guarantee- understand your own contract and sound like a pro when you explain it to clients
• A breakdown of all the fees you need to charge, so your clients know what they're getting (and when they need to pay you!)
• A section that talks about what happens when the client is LATE getting anything to you or just goes missing for a while because you have better things to do than wait on them

What the Template Includes

• An outline of services you provide
• A payment plan outline with suggested dates
• Late fee clause, in case your client misses those payments
• Confidentiality clause to protect your trade secrets
• A discussion about who owns the designs/calligraphy you create, with the ability to give it all to the client OR maintain ownership while the client is allowed to use the finished product(s) on things like other stationery
• A limit of liability to minimize the amount of money you'd owe if you ever needed to rely on your contract
• A disclaimer and release-- if clients know what they're in for, they can take responsibility in case something goes wrong
• All the boring legal stuff that makes this puppy a real, valid contract (don't worry- it may be boring but it's easy to understand)

Who This Template is For

• Calligraphers
• Stationery designers

If You Create:

• Invitations
• Signage
• Stationery
• Handwritten letters, poems, quotes
• Murals

Checklists, Workbooks, Courses, and Other Non-Template Products:

• Contents vary and will be described under the 'Details' tab

Contract Template Purchases Include:

• Template in Word file format (compatible with Pages, Word, OpenOffice and other office suite programs)
• Template in PDF file format (compatible with Preview, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and other PDF reader programs)
• A Template Usage Guide to help you get started with your template
• Access to Hold My Hand™ guides* that explain the major provisions in your template in everyday terms, so you can understand the contract you’re sending to clients
• Access to the K Club™ portal* with tutorials for customizing your template and uploading it to common client software providers
• A listing inside the K Club™ Directory*, a small business directory where you can connect and share your products or services
• Future template updates

* Please note, access to the K Club™ or Hold My Hand™ Guides is dependent upon the product(s) you’ve purchased. These resources are not applicable to all situations, but are intended to be used as a bonus companion to your contract and terms templates.

I live in Canada, Australia, the UK, or outside the United States. Can I use your contract templates?

Yes! Our contract templates are not dependent on local laws and are applicable no matter where your clients are in the world. Our philosophy is that we want to capture the spirit and mutual understanding of the relationship between the service provider and client in an easy-to-understand, accessible way. Therefore, we have international versions of select contract templates for convenience, but not out of necessity. Our Hold My Hand™ guide will walk you through how to adjust for international use.

How can I reach a person to help me?

Email our support team, message us on Facebook, or hit the pink ‘contact us’ button in the lower right-hand corner of your screen.

Our full list of questions & answers can be found FAQ page.

What makes you qualified to write a contract?

Most attorneys who sell templates did not learn directly from the lady who literally wrote the book on Contract Drafting (she taught at my law school). In the past year, I’ve been offered two in-house legal positions at Fortune 500 companies. I declined. I do this because I want to, not because I have to.

These templates are now in use by over 5,000 creatives. That’s a lot of feedback we’ve been able to process and use to improve our templates!

What do I have to do after I download my template?

You'll get plenty of instructions as to how to use your template with your download, and in your Hold My Hand™ guide, we'll also show you how to make the most of your contract. Pinky swear, I send my clients proposals in less than 30 seconds, and so can you

What if this contract is not a good fit for my business?

We get it, sometimes things don't work out. That's why we offer a 14-day no-hassle refund for any reason. You don't have to show us anything. You don't have to prove anything. We'll ask you some simple admin questions to get your refund processed and the funds will be back in your account within 6 business days.

We’re customers of all this online business stuff too, and it really irckles our shirkles when we get treated like poo. So we’ve made a refund policy that is the opposite of that.

To read the full terms and conditions of your purchase, please click here.

For all Products sold by The Contract Shop®:

Our no-hassle, 14-day happiness policy means that if you are not satisfied, for any reason, we’ll work with you to make sure you’re happy, even if that means a full refund.  

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The Contract Shop® stands behind our work and our participation as professionals aiding in your success. If you find evidence that Christina Scalera LLC dba The Contract Shop® has not performed its work in a professional and ethical manner, you may request a refund of any payments made in the 60 days prior to your submission of evidence.