Are these familiar?
“Is it too soon to chase that invoice again?”
“Do I follow up, or will they get annoyed?”
“How do I say no without losing them?”
“Do I start the next phase without their sign-off?”
Milestones by Workbase HQ Locks deliverables, deadlines, approvals, and payments into one plan that adapts for changes and requests.
Unclear expectations
You heard four pages by March. They imagined a full site, a blog, and a shop. You will find out when it is too late to fix cheaply.
Scope creep
Every extra request eats the margin you priced in. Say no and risk the client. Say yes and lose another weekend, unpaid.
Waiting on approval
They are not responding. You cannot start the next phase, cannot invoice, cannot plan. You refresh your inbox and wait.
Chasing payment
So you draft another “gentle reminder for payment,” delete the exclamation mark, soften it twice, and hate that you have to send it at all.
Mental overload
Deadlines, call, revisions, promises, invoices, reminders. One mistake and it is your relationship and work that hits the floor.
One clear and centralised way for work.
What gets delivered, by when, who signs off, when to release payout, delay reminders, next step notifications, adapting to plan changes.
Service provider
Harbor & Co. · Website
Scope and deliverables
Homepage, 4 inner pages, 2 revision rounds
Advance payment
$2,000 · due on signing
Design
Due 14 Mar
Scope change: blog section
+$1,200 · +5 days
Development
Submitted 2 Apr
Final payment
$4,800 · on approval of development
Harbor & Co.
Website · Shared by Studio North
Scope and deliverables
Homepage, 4 inner pages, 2 revision rounds
Advance payment
$2,000 · due on signing
Design
Due 14 Mar
Scope change: blog section
+$1,200 · +5 days
Development
Submitted 2 Apr
Final payment
$4,800 · on approval of development
How Milestones works
Every project splits into smaller steps. Each one is a single, self-contained piece of work: a scope sign-off, a payment, a design, a build.
The next milestone starts only when the last one is complete. Example: No development begins until the advance payment clears.
A new request gets its own milestone, with its own time and cost. Your client approves both before you lift a finger.
You and your client always know what is done, what is next, and who it is waiting on.
The plan makes the ask, so you do not have to compromise. It shows, plainly, that good work takes time and effort.
Milestones sends the delay reminders, walks your client through changes, and moves the project to the next step, so you can get back to the work.
Milestones help you read the client and the work. Sometimes the right call is to pause, or to stop. The plan makes that visible.
Crafted from every pain point above. Built for peace of mind.
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