The benefits of offering
flat fees instead of an hourly rate, and how technology enables attorneys to deliver flat rate services more profitably
Before deciding to charge that hourly rate, consider charging
flat fees instead.
Mainstream banks can circumvent interest rate regulations (payday lenders are subject to) by charging
flat fees instead of a percentage of the overdraft.
(Some will charge
a flat fee instead of a percentage of assets when portfolios grow larger.)
Typical penalties are three to six months» worth of interest; some institutions charge
a flat fee instead of or in addition to this penalty.
Our lenders generally charge loan customers
a flat fee instead of monthly interest payments.
On certain flights British Airways offers «Reward Flight Saver» («RFS») awards which are awards where you pay Avios plus a low
flat fee instead of the taxes, fees and carrier charges.
The typical alternative to the billable hour model is where a piece of work, say a slip and fall case, is billed by by the lawyer on
a flat fee instead of by the hour.
Carson said he hired William because of a recent change in Canadian Real Estate Association policy allowing sellers to list their homes on the national MLS by hiring an agent for
a flat fee instead of the traditional commission.
Not exact matches
Instead, they take a
flat administrative
fee for each prescription.
Usually royalty
fees are a percentage of sales, but some companies may
instead charge a
flat fee on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis.
Instead of home sellers paying real estate agents hefty commissions to sell their house, a new «
flat fee» method is emerging that could become the new normal.
Fundable is specifically for business crowdfunding, though their monetization model is different in that
instead of charging a percentage - based
fee contingent on the success or failure of a project, they charge a
flat monthly
fee for using their platform.
Starting this month, Fidelity Go will now charge a
flat 0.35 % annual
fee instead of charging both management
fees and underlying fund
fees.
Instead of doing that, he paid a media placement firm a
flat fee and saved a lot of money.»
The site is free to join and operates a «token» based payment system, which means
instead of having to pay a monthly
flat fee for site membership (as with most subscription sites in this category) users can spend their tokens as they wish, meaning their money will, more often than not, go further.
It is to make the term and its tuition
fees more flexible, so that students would enroll «on a monthly subscription basis»
instead of on a «per - course,
flat -
fee model.»
Instead, you will spec and order your car online and lease it for either two or three years with no deposit and a
flat rate monthly
fee.
You and your Producer can agree to a Pay for Production
Fee (a one - time flat fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 5
Fee (a one - time
flat fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 5
fee) or a Royalty Share Deal (in which case your Producer won't earn money up front, but will
instead share in the proceeds from the sale of your audiobook 50 - 50).
For DMG to offer a percentage of sales
instead of a
flat fee seems... a bit sketchy.
The worst thing is that, as with the Kindle Owners» Lending Library (which also requires participation in the KDP Select programme), there is not a
flat fee paid to the author for each book read, but
instead there's a pot of money chosen by Amazon (at the moment $ 2million, as a promotional thing — normally closer to $ 1million, but offered at their discretion; they could make it ten cents if they wanted) which is split between all the authors according to the proportions in which their books are borrowed.
@Richard — I think Amazon doesn't charge a
flat fee (and
instead a percentage of sales) because it's in the business to make money.
But
instead of the standard legacy house tradition of charging a royalty, it would be more of a
flat fee.
Instead of interest rates, payday loans are typically charged with
flat fees.
Instead of charging a percentage of every dollar you have invested like other wealth management firms, we charge one
flat monthly
fee that starts at $ 20 a month and is capped at $ 80 a month no matter how large your account grows.
To many gamers» avail, the game will be free to start, and will likely feature no micro-transactions,
instead having one
flat fee to pay to unlock the full experience.
Instead, you are paying a
flat fee to play the game, which includes allowing you as many attempts at getting loot as you want.
From a transportation policy point of view, this sort of tax shifting is also more equitable in that it taxes every driver according to the amount of miles they drive by sharing the price signal (by spreading the tax /
fees burden) across all drivers
instead of assessing
flat road maintenance
fees or concentrating them amongst a specific group of drivers, some of whom just happen to use toll roads more frequently than average but not necessarily drive more.
According to the Wall Street Journal, major companies such as Pfizer are doing away with the concept of paying law firms based on billable hours and opting
instead for
flat -
fee agreements.
Many attorneys offer their services for a contingency
fee instead of a
flat or hourly rate.
Many clients on a budget fear the potential bloat of hourly billing, preferring
instead a
flat fee for services.
Instead, as in In the Matter of J. Cameron Halford, 392 S.C. 66, 708 S.E. 2d 740 (2011), the Supreme Court imposed discipline on an attorney for depositing a
flat fee into a personal account because the attorney stipulated that doing so was a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Sam Glover: When you think about the relationship between your fixed
fees or
flat fees... I'm still unclear on the difference, but some people insist on one word
instead of the other.
Sometimes lawyers will
instead bill on a
flat fee basis for a...
Following the lead of non-lawyer ILSPs, law firms can also move away from traditional hourly
fee structures and
instead «unbundle» services, charging a
flat fee for limited services or document production.
He also offers affordable
flat rates, contingency
fees, and subscription pricing options
instead of unpredictable hourly
fees.
Instead, I am required to deposit a
flat fee paid in advance into my trust account, and disburse the proceeds as they are earned.
Instead, United Technologies and its outside law firms break down each litigation matter into phases, and the company pays a
flat fee per phase: investigation, followed by discovery, trial preparation and trial, and an appeal, if it reaches that point.
Instead of charging hundreds of dollars an hour, Kirmayer and her clients agree on a set rate at the beginning of a case — often a
flat fee with a success
fee that will reward her if, for example, she gets a case dismissed in the early stages of a lawsuit — based on estimates on how much the case will likely cost.
There's a new monetization strategy:
instead of a
flat fee of $ 60 for this version of the software, YNAB is now subscription based.
A copayment is similar to coinsurance, but
instead of being figured as a percentage of a service's cost, it is calculated as a
flat fee for a medical service.
I suspect it's something odd like 2X retail
instead of just some
flat licensing
fee.
No more having to worry about unforeseen monthly taxes, surcharges and
fees with T - Mobile's One for all unlimited plan, so
instead of paying a claimed average of $ 210.70 for a family of four on Verizon's «confusing,
fee - filled bills», you can rest assured you'll be coughing up a
flat $ 160 here.
Instead of betting against brokers, their P2P model allows traders to bet against each other, resulting in payouts as big as 95 percent (the Betex platform has a 5 percent
flat fee structure).
Resume and career package gifts have a
flat fee,
instead of the sliding scale
fee that is typically used.
For example, all packages have a
flat rate
instead of sliding scale
fees.
To start with,
instead of each of you spending thousands of dollars to retain your own divorce attorneys, you will pay a combined
flat fee that will cover the entire mediation process from start to finish.
So on the sell side he used a
flat fee listing service
instead of me.
Instead of charging the standard commission — which usually equals 6 percent when both the selling agent and buying agent are factored in — we operate on a
flat fee rate that should save you thousands.
With our service you only pay a
FLAT FEE of $ 299 to $ 499
instead of the usual 3 % listing commission (the listing commission which is usually HALF the total commission the Realtors charge so, by way of example if the total commission is 6 % the listing broker usually keeps 3 % and then offers 3 % to the broker who finds the buyer).