Freelance Income
Sales Cycle Length
Measure your average time from first contact to signed contract and the cash flow implications of that lag.
Total cycle length
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From first contact to first cash
Cash buffer required
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Longest stage
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Days per stage
💡 Cycle insight
Sales Cycle Length Calculator
The Sales Cycle Length Calculator measures how long your freelance deals take from first contact to first cash and the cash buffer that lag requires. You enter the days at each stage: first contact to discovery call, call to proposal, proposal to signed contract, and signed to first payment. The calculator returns the total cycle, the cash buffer needed to bridge a single deal, and the longest stage to focus compression on. Use it after closing five to ten deals so the averages are meaningful. Cutting a 60-day cycle to 35 days frees up roughly a month of expense buffer per project, which is often the difference between a stressed cash position and a calm one.