Fixed price. Unlimited scope. That is not a contract. That is a trap.

Most projects I have worked on had a clear number on the proposal. Nobody talked about time.

The client sees a deliverable. You see a sprint. What you both miss is the revision loop that starts after the first review. Design is never truly done. Clients do not experience that as scope creep. They experience it as getting what they paid for.

That gap is where the money goes. Not to bad clients. To unclear agreements.

I fixed it with one sentence added to every proposal: "This project includes two rounds of structured feedback. Additional revisions are billed at my hourly rate." That line changed how clients show up to reviews. Suddenly feedback gets consolidated. Decisions get made.

Open your last proposal. If it says nothing about revision rounds, add that sentence before you send the next one.