There is really not many more annoying or hurting things client can do than disappearing totally. It can happen that you already work with him. It can happen that he was just a proposal, but he's not answering your phone calls your emails he disappeared make a difference between if it was a client or a proposed client. If it was a client already and you started work already, that's really gonna hurt because you push the work in it. It means you put time and effort in it and you are losing extra money on it. If it was just a possible client that let it go, if he's not answering, let it go.
Other clients will fill up the place. I know it hurts but let him know. If a client is disappearing, you are already working with I was talking about already the five core rule now this is the time to break it if he's disappeared With a lot of your work and money, don't let him go. Write him regularly contact him regularly contact the people he knows. I know it seems desperate, but this is your work. If it's, it's up to you.
Don't let people treat you and disappear. It might happen that he disappears because of family reasons or some bigger event that happened, some with my rebound. And he couldn't write you. I don't believe that. I always say that people can write one line text if something bad happened to them. But let's say he just disappeared, then he will probably come back to you.
And that's great. But if not take legal steps. And it's a bad experience. And this is a bad part of freelancing. But I know for sure this will happen to you as well. prevented how to prevent a client to disappear.
You can hold work back until they pay fully. So a contract is covering you and telling the client that he will get the work only when the last payment is on your bank account. Also prepayment, prepayment is covering you very much. People not gonna run away when they paid you money before. So if a client disappears, it will hurt. It will be bad, but try to solve the situation the best you can get over it and get new clients.
This is the way to deal with this.