Web design contract template

This Web Design Contract (the "Contract") is made on Contract date between Designer business name (the "Designer") and Client business name (the "Client").

1. The website

The Designer will design and build a website for the Client with:

• Number of pages pages or page templates: Pages
• these features: Features
• built on: Platform or CMS
• layouts that adapt to phones, tablets and desktop screens, tested on the current versions of Browsers tested.

Anything not listed, such as extra pages, new features or integrations, will be quoted in writing before the work starts.

2. Design and revisions

The Designer will present Home page concepts design concept(s) for the home page. The fee includes Design revision rounds rounds of revisions on the chosen design and Build revision rounds round(s) of changes on the built site. Further revisions are billed at Hourly rate an hour.

3. Content

The Client will supply all text, images, logos and other content by Content deadline, in the formats the Designer asks for. If content is late, the launch date moves by the same amount of time, and if it is more than Days late before invoicing days late, the Designer may invoice the next payment as if that stage were complete. The Client confirms it has the right to use all the content it supplies.

Copywriting included from the Designer, if any: Copywriting included

4. Third-party items

Themes, plugins, fonts, stock photos, hosting and other third-party services will be licensed in the Client's name where possible and paid for by the Client, either directly or by reimbursing the Designer at cost. They are subject to their own licenses and terms, which the Client agrees to follow.

5. Domain, hosting and accounts

The website's domain and hosting will be registered in the Client's name and accounts. The Client will give the Designer the access the project needs and may change passwords after launch.

Domain: Domain name Hosting: Hosting provider

6. Accessibility and search

The Designer will build the templates and content it creates to follow Accessibility standard, and will set up page titles, descriptions, a sitemap and other basic technical search settings. The Designer does not guarantee search rankings or traffic. Content the Client adds after launch is the Client's responsibility.

7. Schedule and launch

The target launch date is Target launch date, provided the Client meets its content and feedback deadlines. The Client will reply to each review request within Client review days business days. The site goes live once the Client approves it in writing and pays the launch payment.

8. Fees and payment

The total fee is Total fee, payable as follows:

1. Deposit when this Contract is signed, before work starts;
2. Design approval payment when the Client approves the design; and
3. Launch payment before the website goes live.

Invoices are due within Days to pay days. The Designer may pause work while an invoice is overdue.

9. Support after launch

For Days of free bug fixes days after launch, the Designer will fix, at no charge, errors in the work it delivered. Content updates, new features and ongoing maintenance after that are not included and are available under a separate agreement.

10. Ownership

When the Client has paid all fees, the Designer assigns to the Client all rights in the website's design, graphics and content created for it, except third-party items under section 4 and the Designer's own code libraries, frameworks and tools. The Designer grants the Client a permanent license, at no extra cost, to use those as part of this website.

The Designer may show the website in its portfolio. It may also add a small credit link in the footer if the Client initials here: Initials: footer credit

11. Ending the project

The Client may end this Contract at any time by written notice; it then pays for work done to date, and the deposit is not refunded. Either party may end it by written notice if the other seriously breaches it; the Client then pays for work properly done to date. In either case, the Client receives the work it has paid for.

12. General

The Designer is an independent business. The Designer's total liability under this Contract is limited to the fees paid. This Contract is governed by the laws of the state of State and can be changed only in writing signed by both parties. Electronic signatures count as original signatures.

Client project contact: Client project contact Email: Client contact email