WordPress Website Design
- WordPress platform
- Theme installation
- Landing Page
- Contact Form
- Blog
- Social Shares
- 5-8 pages
- Content Upload
- Responsive design on all Devices
- Highly Professional Website
- SEO Friendly
- Speed Optimization
- Free Copyright Images & Graphics
- Social Media Integration
- Live Chat Integration
- Mail-chimp or other mailing lists integration
- 3 months Free Maintenance (Optional: $35 per month after the 3 months end).
- 1 year Free Hosting with Free SSL Certificate. (Optional: $10 per month after the 1 year end).
- Free Domain Name For 1 year. ((Optional: $25 per year after the 1 year end).
- Free Basic Website Training
The project takes two weeks long if the client has all the content, no longer than 45 days . The client will be able to view the new website within 2 weeks.
Website Design Contract
We’ll always do our best to fulfil your needs and meet your expectations, but it’s important to have things written down so that we both know what’s what, who should do what and when, and what will happen if something goes wrong. In this contract you won’t find any complicated legal terms of long passages of unreadable text. We’ve no desire to trick you into signing something that you might later regret. What we do want is what’s best for both parties, now and in the future.
PREPARED BY: Lizette Noel
EMAIL: liftoffdesignstudio@gmail.com
1. COMMUNICATION DESIGNER & CLIENT
Phone Contact – Appointment Only
Email Contact – Anytime
2. TERMS OF REFERENCE
THIS CONTRACT COVERS
1. b) The estimate included here covers the work described in this contract.
Additional work will result in additional charges.
2.c) AdditionalWork:
• Significant changes in plan, scope or direction of the project.
3. d) In the case of additional work, The Client will be provided with a written change order including an estimate for the additional work. Additional work will not proceed without client agreement.
3. TIMELINESS
1. Time is of the essence in this contract. The Client will provide all content in digital form and ready for publication. Content will be provided in an orderly and timely manner and clearly labelled indicating the intended use on the site.
2. if materials/notes/whatever aren’t provided by the deadline, then the job is considered finished and payment is due within 2 weeks. Further work may resume at my discretion, after re-negotiation.4. PROCESS
1. a) The process for the creation of visuals, such as graphics and page design, consists of The Designer providing drafts and asking for feedback from The Client. Feedback is then used to produce another draft. This estimate assumes that rounds of this process will suffice for each design element.
5. DESIGNER CREDENTIALS
a) The Designer is entitled, but not obliged, to place an unobtrusive credit in the footer of each page on the website. The format of the credit will be a text-only link in the manner of “Web Site Design and Development by “Lift-Off Design Studio”.
The Designer is also entitled, but not obliged, to reproduce samples of The Client’s website in The Designer’s print and online portfolios and in any marketing materials. In the event that the website is being designed by The Client as a third-party supplier to another client, this clause is null and void.
6. OWNERSHIP
1. a) The status of this contract is a client/supplier relationship between The Designer and The Client & is not a work-for-hire arrangement. The Designer will at all times be considered a freelance individual.
2. b) Assignable copyright to the final website produced by The Designer, shall be retained by The Designer. Upon full payment of all outstanding invoices due, The Client is fully licensed to use and freely reproduce these products for their own purposes. Copyright on customer logos and branding material designed by The Designer under this contract is transferred to The Client upon full payment of all invoices.
3.c) Restrictions
• This license may not be sold, re-sold or transferred to any third party or subsequent corporation.
• Secondary materials created by The Designer during production,
including drafts, plans, graphic source files and templates, are not a deliverable in this contract, and remain the sole property of The Designer.
7. CONTENT & COPYRIGHT
1. a) The Client is solely responsible for the editorial content of the material included on the website. Any material content provided by The Designer will be copyright free, and not copied from any other website. The Client agrees that it will defend and indemnify (hold harmless) The Designer from any suit, demand, or claim resulting from the editorial content of the website, except in the case of any content wholly provided by The Designer and not copy checked by The Client. All copy supplied by The Designer to The Client will be copy checked and signed for by The Client.2. b) The Client represents to The Designer and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to The Designer for inclusion in The Client’s web site are owned by The Client, or that The Client has permission from the rightful owner to use each of these elements, and will hold harmless, protect and defend The Designer and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements furnished by The Client.
3. c) The Designer represents to The Client and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to The Client for inclusion in The Client’s web site are owned by The Designer, or that The Designer has permission from the rightful owner to use each of these elements, and will hold harmless, protect and defend The Client from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements furnished by The Designer.
8. CANCELLATION
a) Either party may cancel this agreement in writing. In the event of the cancellation of this assignment, or any delay of more than 90 days, we will invoice you for the greater of either:
(1) all work completed up to the date of notification, based upon the percentage of the project finished, including expenses; or
(2) 20% of the agreed-upon estimate plus expenses, and this contract shall be considered fulfilled by The Designer. All incomplete work will remain the property of The Designer. All payments already made will first be applied to these charges. In the event of The Designer cancelling this agreement, any unused funds from the deposits will be refunded within 30 days.
9. CONFIDENTIALITY
a) The Designer will maintain the confidentiality of The Client’s source materials, technical and marketing plans and all other sensitive information.
b) Any corporate secret documents provided to The Designer by The Client will be returned to The Client immediately upon request, or at the completion of the contract, whichever occurs first.
10. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT
a) To prevent delays in the execution of this contract, both The Designer and The Client will have a designated single point of contact. This person should be of seniority and authorized to agree to all contractual and deliverable aspects of the web development.
11. CLIENT/THIRD PARTY AMENDMENTS
a) Development of the website under this contract is the responsibility of The Designer. Should the design, usability or functionality of the website be compromised by The Client or any third-party contractor under their instruction, The Designer may, at their sole discretion, invoice for any remedial work required.
12. LEGAL AGREEMENTS
1. a) The Designer will not be liable to The Client or to any third party for any damages arising from the use of the website.
2. b) The Designer and The Client agree that any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall first be resolved by mediation, if possible. This contract was entered into in North Carolina, and any necessary arbitration or litigation will take place in this county.
3. c) The Designer shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform any part of the Agreement to the extent that such delay or failure is caused by fire, flood, weather, explosion, accident, war, strike, embargo, government requirement, civil or military authority, Act of God, civil unrest, inability to secure material or labor or any other cause beyond its reasonable control.
13. MAINTENANCE / TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF WEBSITE
1. a) The Designer will correct any errors free of charge for a period of 30 days from completion of contract. Changes relating to modifying correct content or additional pages are not covered by maintenance & will be invoiced at our normal hourly rate.
2. b) This contract does not include technical support for any items unrelated to the terms of reference. Email issues and general PC / Network issues should be directed to The Client’s technical support people. Correction of any technical issues not related to this web development contract may be declined or charged at The Designer’s normal hourly rate, at The Designer’s discretion.
3. c) Ongoing maintenance of this website will be covered by a separate Maintenance Contract, or may be charged on a per-issue basis at The Designer’s normal hourly rate (charged in 30-minute intervals)
14. ESTIMATE AND PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS
1. a) The Designer estimates that the cost for producing the site described is attached in the invoice.
1. b) Payment shall be made as follows:
60% deposit of the total estimated cost will be invoiced at the start of the contract & becomes DUE IMMEDIATELY.
2. a) The full outstanding balance, plus agreed CHANGE ORDERS and ancillary costs, is due upon completion of site as specified, before site is published live on the Internet.
3. Recurring charges for domain registration and web hosting will become due as they are incurred.
2. c) If the design production process takes longer than 90 days, billing will switch to semi-monthly and will be based on the balance due, while still honoring this estimate, with invoices sent on the 1st. day of each month.
15. LATE PAYMENT FEES
a. Final project will not be published until final payment is received.
b. Payment is due within 31 days. Please be aware that we will charge 5% interest “per day” on late invoices.
Work will commence upon clearance of your payment for the 60% deposit. Payment may be made by credit card.
