# Deposit percentage for high risk client?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deposit-percentage-for-high-risk-client/221481>\
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**Created:** [April 4, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deposit-percentage-for-high-risk-client/221481 "2007-04-04T17:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deposit-percentage-for-high-risk-client/221481/1 "2007-04-04T17:25:37Z")

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I have a potential client who I consider high-risk. He is a young business owner who is in the process of having some products manufactured in China, and needs to start marketing them. He has no established business, has never sold a unit, but has high hopes and a reasonable budget for marketing.

So, short story long, I’m interested in taking him on, he has a neat product that will be fun to market, but if his manufacturing falls through / his partner dies / his boat from china gets eaten by a giant fish - I don’t want to get screwed. High risk.

Anyhow. I’m just curious what percentage of the overall fee you typically charge.

[whisper]If you’ve never had a paying client in your life other than your grandmother / uncle / mother please refrain from making any useless comments.[/whisper]