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WEB SITE DESIGN CONTRACT
Contact Name ______________________________
Phone ___________ FAX ___________
Company/Client _____________________________
Address ________________________________
______________________________________________
City ____________________ State ____ ZIP ____ Country ___
E-mail address _________________________
Present WWW URL (if any):
_______________________________________________
Username ________________ Password ______________________
Our desire is to delight the client. One way is to make clear our understandings with each other. These are the terms of our
agreement together:
1. Authorization. The above-named client is engaging Small Business Web Design , a sole proprietor, located at 912 171st
street Hammond IN 46324, as an independent contractor for the specific project of developing and/or improving a World
Wide website to be installed on the client's web space on a web hosting service's computer. The client hereby authorizes
Small Business Web Design to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide Small Business Web
Design with "write permission" for the client's webpage directory, cgi-bin directory, and any other directories or programs
which need to be accessed for this project. The client also authorizes Small Business Web Design to publicize their
completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes.
2. Standard Website Package Elements. (For Standard Website Packages Only. Cross out for online stores.) Small Business
Web Design includes the following elements in their Standard Website Packages:
E-mail/phone consultation (Up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web design
consultation, and helping clients learn to use their own webpage editor. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to
package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.)
Words of text supplied by the client (200 words per page approximate maximum if not supplied via diskette. webpage’s of
more than 1,200 words of text may be subject to additional fees, especially if they require a great deal of formatting.)
Links to external pages, up to an average of 2.5 per page.
Custom Graphics Package. Masthead graphic on first page (simple custom graphic incorporating company logo). Top-of-
page graphic for all other pages in your website. Colorful lines and bullets, and colored and textured background.
Photos and other misc. graphic images supplied by client (up to an average of 1.3 included per page in standard websites
and "regular" online store pages, in addition to masthead and top-of-page graphic. Color originals larger than 5" x 8" are
extra).
Installation of webpage’s on the client's web hosting service.
Minor updates and changes to existing webpage’s for thirty days, subject to the limits outlined below. Additional changes
billed at hourly rate. For online stores, this includes only "regular" pages, not product pages or the ordering system pages.
Site publicity to at least a dozen major Web search engines, such as Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, WebCrawler, Lycos, HotBot,
etc.
E-mail response link on each webpage to any e-mail address the client designates.
Feedback or guest book form (Basic CGI program included. Includes up to 20 fields. Extra charges may be incurred if the
client's web hosting service does not use a Unix operating system. Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6
pages. This is not included in online stores, since the shopping cart software is a functional equivalent.)
Image Map for internal navigation (Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6 pages.)
3. Standard Website Packages only. (Cross out this section for online stores.) The content of the webpage’s will be supplied by
the client and executed as specified by the client in the "Website Planning Worksheet" dated _______________. This
website includes up to ___________ webpage’s. In case the client desires additional standard webpage’s beyond the original
number of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay Wilson Internet Services an additional $_______ for each
additional webpage. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed average of 1.3 per webpage shall be billed at an additional
$____ each. Where custom graphic work (beyond the scope of the "Custom Graphics Package" detailed above) is requested,
it will be billed at the hourly rate specified below. The store size and additional services, and prices of each are detailed on
the attached estimate.
4. Online stores only. (Cross out this section for Standard Website Packages.) The text and graphic content of the webpage’s
will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the "webpage Planning Worksheet" dated
_______________. and the Store Planning Worksheet dated _____________. It is understood that total prices calculated
below are likely to vary from the final amount due to different quantities of products, categories, photos, regular pages, etc. in
the final store. An Estimate from Wilson Internet Services dated ____________ is attached to this document and governs the
prices for this contract. Notwithstanding any prices listed in literature or on webpage’s, the client and Wilson Internet Services
agree that the services described above in this section shall be completed for $__________________ and upon this amount
the first payment shall be determined. The final payment shall reflect and include all elements actually completed at the
prices attached.
We include e-mail/phone consultation of up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web
design consultation, and helping clients learn to use the store software. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to
package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.)
Product webpage’s, products, or photos added after the store is ready for advertising to the Web search engines will be
calculated for actual time spent at the hourly rate specified below.
5. Maintenance and Hourly Rate. This agreement includes minor webpage maintenance to regular webpage’s (not store
product pages) over a six-month period, including updating links and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It
does not including removing nearly all the text from a page and replacing it with new text. If the client or an agent other than
Wilson Internet Services attempts updating the client's pages, time to repair webpage’s will be assessed at the hourly rate, and
is not included as part of the updating time. The 30 day maintenance period commences upon the date the client signs this
contract.
Changes requested by the client beyond those limits will be billed at the hourly rate of $ _________. This rate shall also
govern additional work authorized beyond the maximums specified above for such services as general Internet orientation
education, marketing consulting, webpage design, editing, modifying product pages and databases in an online store, and
art, photo, graphics services, and helping clients learn how to use their own webpage editor. CGI programming charges (if
any) are not included in this rate.
6. Changes to Submitted Text. Please send us your final text. Time required to make substantive changes to client-submitted
text after the webpage’s have been constructed will be additional, billed at the hourly rate.
7. Web Hosting. The client understands that any web hosting services require a separate contract with a web hosting service.
The client agrees to select a web hosting service which allows Small Business Web Design full access to the website and a
cgi-bin directory via FTP and telnet. The client further understands that if the web hosting service's operating system is not a
Unix system, standard CGI software may not work, and providing a substitute may incur additional charges.
8. Completion Date. Small Business Web Design and the client must work together to complete the website in a timely
manner. We agree to work expeditiously to complete the website no later than ______________________.
If the client does not supply Small Business Web Design complete text and graphics content all webpage’s contracted for
within six weeks of the date this contract was signed, the entire amount of the contract becomes due and payable. If the
client has not submitted complete text and graphics content within two months after signing of this contract, an additional
continuation fee of 10% of the total contract price will also be assessed each month until the website is advertised.
9. Payment of Fees. Fees to Small Business Web Design are due and payable on the following schedule: 50% upon signing
this contract, 50% when the webpage’s have been constructed according to the client's original written specifications. If the
total amount of this contract is less than $400, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this contract. In case the client
has not secured Web space on a web hosting service by the time the webpage’s are completed, the webpage’s may be
delivered to the client on diskette or attached to an e-mail message. Advertising the pages to Web search engines and
updating occur only after the final payment is made. All payments will be made in US funds.
10. Assignment of Project. Small Business Web Design reserves the right to assign subcontractors to this project to insure the
right fit for the job as well as on-time completion.
11. Legal Stuff. Small Business Web Design does not warrant that the functions contained in these webpage’s or the Internet
website will meet the client's requirements or that the operation of the webpage’s will be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire
risk as to the quality and performance of the webpage’s and website is with client. In no event will Small Business Web Design
be liable to the client or any third party for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental,
consequential or special damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate these webpage’s or website, even if
Small Business Web Design has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If any provision of this agreement shall be
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
12. Copyrights and Trademarks. The client represents to Small Business Web Design and unconditionally guarantees that any
elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Wilson Internet Services for inclusion in
webpage’s 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 Small Business Web Design and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising
from the use of such elements furnished by the client.
13. Laws Affecting Electronic Commerce. From time to time governments enact laws and levy taxes and tariffs affecting
Internet electronic commerce. The client agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying with such laws, taxes, and
tariffs, and will hold harmless, protect, and defend Wilson Internet Services and its subcontractors from any claim, suit,
penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's exercise of Internet electronic commerce.
14. Copyright to Webpage’s. Copyright to the finished assembled work of webpage’s produced by Small Business Web Design
is owned by Small Business Web Design . Upon final payment of this contract, the client is assigned rights to use as a website
the design, graphics, and text contained in the finished assembled website. Rights to photos, graphics, source code, work-up
files, and computer programs are specifically not transferred to the client, and remain the property of their respective owners.
Small Business Web Design and its subcontractors retain the right to display graphics and other Web design elements as
examples of their work in their respective portfolios.
15. Payment of fees. In order for Small Business Web Design to remain in business, payments must be made promptly.
Delinquent bills will be assessed a $15 charge if payment is not received within 10 days of the due date. If an amount
remains delinquent 30 days after its due date, an additional 5% penalty will be added for each month of delinquency. Small
Business Web Design reserves the right to remove webpage’s from viewing on the Internet until final payment is made. In case
collection proves necessary, the client agrees to pay all fees incurred by that process. This agreement becomes effective only
when signed by Small Business Web Design . Regardless of the place of signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for
purposes of venue, this contract was entered into in Lake County Indiana and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Lake
county, Indiana. Please pay on time.
16. Sole Agreement. The agreement contained in this "Website Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between
Small Business Web Design and the client regarding this website. Any additional work not specified in this contract must be
authorized by a written change order. All prices specified in this contract will be honored for six (6) months after both parties
sign this contract. Continued services after that time will require a new agreement.
17. Initial Payment and Refund Policy.
The total amount of this contract is $______________
This agreement begins with an initial payment of $_____________. If the client halts work and applies by registered letter for
a refund within 30 days, to the Director of Small Business Web Design , phone (219) 803-0194, work completed shall be billed
at the hourly rate stated above, and deducted from the initial payment, the balance of which shall be returned to the client.
If, at the time of the request for refund, work has been completed beyond the amount covered by the initial payment, the
client shall be liable to pay for all work completed at the hourly rate stated above. No portion of this initial payment will be
refunded unless written application is made within 30 days of signing this contract.
The undersigned agrees to the terms of this agreement on behalf of his or her organization or business.
On behalf of the client (authorized signature):
_______________________________________ Date ________________
On behalf of Small Business Web Design (authorized signature)
_______________________________________ Date ________________
Contact Name ______________________________
Phone ___________ FAX ___________
Company/Client _____________________________
Address ________________________________
______________________________________________
City ____________________ State ____ ZIP ____ Country ___
E-mail address _________________________
Present WWW URL (if any):
_______________________________________________
Username ________________ Password ______________________
Our desire is to delight the client. One way is to make clear our understandings with each other. These are the terms of our
agreement together:
1. Authorization. The above-named client is engaging Small Business Web Design , a sole proprietor, located at 912 171st
street Hammond IN 46324, as an independent contractor for the specific project of developing and/or improving a World
Wide website to be installed on the client's web space on a web hosting service's computer. The client hereby authorizes
Small Business Web Design to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide Small Business Web
Design with "write permission" for the client's webpage directory, cgi-bin directory, and any other directories or programs
which need to be accessed for this project. The client also authorizes Small Business Web Design to publicize their
completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes.
2. Standard Website Package Elements. (For Standard Website Packages Only. Cross out for online stores.) Small Business
Web Design includes the following elements in their Standard Website Packages:
E-mail/phone consultation (Up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web design
consultation, and helping clients learn to use their own webpage editor. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to
package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.)
Words of text supplied by the client (200 words per page approximate maximum if not supplied via diskette. webpage’s of
more than 1,200 words of text may be subject to additional fees, especially if they require a great deal of formatting.)
Links to external pages, up to an average of 2.5 per page.
Custom Graphics Package. Masthead graphic on first page (simple custom graphic incorporating company logo). Top-of-
page graphic for all other pages in your website. Colorful lines and bullets, and colored and textured background.
Photos and other misc. graphic images supplied by client (up to an average of 1.3 included per page in standard websites
and "regular" online store pages, in addition to masthead and top-of-page graphic. Color originals larger than 5" x 8" are
extra).
Installation of webpage’s on the client's web hosting service.
Minor updates and changes to existing webpage’s for thirty days, subject to the limits outlined below. Additional changes
billed at hourly rate. For online stores, this includes only "regular" pages, not product pages or the ordering system pages.
Site publicity to at least a dozen major Web search engines, such as Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, WebCrawler, Lycos, HotBot,
etc.
E-mail response link on each webpage to any e-mail address the client designates.
Feedback or guest book form (Basic CGI program included. Includes up to 20 fields. Extra charges may be incurred if the
client's web hosting service does not use a Unix operating system. Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6
pages. This is not included in online stores, since the shopping cart software is a functional equivalent.)
Image Map for internal navigation (Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6 pages.)
3. Standard Website Packages only. (Cross out this section for online stores.) The content of the webpage’s will be supplied by
the client and executed as specified by the client in the "Website Planning Worksheet" dated _______________. This
website includes up to ___________ webpage’s. In case the client desires additional standard webpage’s beyond the original
number of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay Wilson Internet Services an additional $_______ for each
additional webpage. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed average of 1.3 per webpage shall be billed at an additional
$____ each. Where custom graphic work (beyond the scope of the "Custom Graphics Package" detailed above) is requested,
it will be billed at the hourly rate specified below. The store size and additional services, and prices of each are detailed on
the attached estimate.
4. Online stores only. (Cross out this section for Standard Website Packages.) The text and graphic content of the webpage’s
will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the "webpage Planning Worksheet" dated
_______________. and the Store Planning Worksheet dated _____________. It is understood that total prices calculated
below are likely to vary from the final amount due to different quantities of products, categories, photos, regular pages, etc. in
the final store. An Estimate from Wilson Internet Services dated ____________ is attached to this document and governs the
prices for this contract. Notwithstanding any prices listed in literature or on webpage’s, the client and Wilson Internet Services
agree that the services described above in this section shall be completed for $__________________ and upon this amount
the first payment shall be determined. The final payment shall reflect and include all elements actually completed at the
prices attached.
We include e-mail/phone consultation of up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web
design consultation, and helping clients learn to use the store software. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to
package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.)
Product webpage’s, products, or photos added after the store is ready for advertising to the Web search engines will be
calculated for actual time spent at the hourly rate specified below.
5. Maintenance and Hourly Rate. This agreement includes minor webpage maintenance to regular webpage’s (not store
product pages) over a six-month period, including updating links and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It
does not including removing nearly all the text from a page and replacing it with new text. If the client or an agent other than
Wilson Internet Services attempts updating the client's pages, time to repair webpage’s will be assessed at the hourly rate, and
is not included as part of the updating time. The 30 day maintenance period commences upon the date the client signs this
contract.
Changes requested by the client beyond those limits will be billed at the hourly rate of $ _________. This rate shall also
govern additional work authorized beyond the maximums specified above for such services as general Internet orientation
education, marketing consulting, webpage design, editing, modifying product pages and databases in an online store, and
art, photo, graphics services, and helping clients learn how to use their own webpage editor. CGI programming charges (if
any) are not included in this rate.
6. Changes to Submitted Text. Please send us your final text. Time required to make substantive changes to client-submitted
text after the webpage’s have been constructed will be additional, billed at the hourly rate.
7. Web Hosting. The client understands that any web hosting services require a separate contract with a web hosting service.
The client agrees to select a web hosting service which allows Small Business Web Design full access to the website and a
cgi-bin directory via FTP and telnet. The client further understands that if the web hosting service's operating system is not a
Unix system, standard CGI software may not work, and providing a substitute may incur additional charges.
8. Completion Date. Small Business Web Design and the client must work together to complete the website in a timely
manner. We agree to work expeditiously to complete the website no later than ______________________.
If the client does not supply Small Business Web Design complete text and graphics content all webpage’s contracted for
within six weeks of the date this contract was signed, the entire amount of the contract becomes due and payable. If the
client has not submitted complete text and graphics content within two months after signing of this contract, an additional
continuation fee of 10% of the total contract price will also be assessed each month until the website is advertised.
9. Payment of Fees. Fees to Small Business Web Design are due and payable on the following schedule: 50% upon signing
this contract, 50% when the webpage’s have been constructed according to the client's original written specifications. If the
total amount of this contract is less than $400, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this contract. In case the client
has not secured Web space on a web hosting service by the time the webpage’s are completed, the webpage’s may be
delivered to the client on diskette or attached to an e-mail message. Advertising the pages to Web search engines and
updating occur only after the final payment is made. All payments will be made in US funds.
10. Assignment of Project. Small Business Web Design reserves the right to assign subcontractors to this project to insure the
right fit for the job as well as on-time completion.
11. Legal Stuff. Small Business Web Design does not warrant that the functions contained in these webpage’s or the Internet
website will meet the client's requirements or that the operation of the webpage’s will be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire
risk as to the quality and performance of the webpage’s and website is with client. In no event will Small Business Web Design
be liable to the client or any third party for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental,
consequential or special damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate these webpage’s or website, even if
Small Business Web Design has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If any provision of this agreement shall be
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
12. Copyrights and Trademarks. The client represents to Small Business Web Design and unconditionally guarantees that any
elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Wilson Internet Services for inclusion in
webpage’s 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 Small Business Web Design and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising
from the use of such elements furnished by the client.
13. Laws Affecting Electronic Commerce. From time to time governments enact laws and levy taxes and tariffs affecting
Internet electronic commerce. The client agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying with such laws, taxes, and
tariffs, and will hold harmless, protect, and defend Wilson Internet Services and its subcontractors from any claim, suit,
penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's exercise of Internet electronic commerce.
14. Copyright to Webpage’s. Copyright to the finished assembled work of webpage’s produced by Small Business Web Design
is owned by Small Business Web Design . Upon final payment of this contract, the client is assigned rights to use as a website
the design, graphics, and text contained in the finished assembled website. Rights to photos, graphics, source code, work-up
files, and computer programs are specifically not transferred to the client, and remain the property of their respective owners.
Small Business Web Design and its subcontractors retain the right to display graphics and other Web design elements as
examples of their work in their respective portfolios.
15. Payment of fees. In order for Small Business Web Design to remain in business, payments must be made promptly.
Delinquent bills will be assessed a $15 charge if payment is not received within 10 days of the due date. If an amount
remains delinquent 30 days after its due date, an additional 5% penalty will be added for each month of delinquency. Small
Business Web Design reserves the right to remove webpage’s from viewing on the Internet until final payment is made. In case
collection proves necessary, the client agrees to pay all fees incurred by that process. This agreement becomes effective only
when signed by Small Business Web Design . Regardless of the place of signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for
purposes of venue, this contract was entered into in Lake County Indiana and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Lake
county, Indiana. Please pay on time.
16. Sole Agreement. The agreement contained in this "Website Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between
Small Business Web Design and the client regarding this website. Any additional work not specified in this contract must be
authorized by a written change order. All prices specified in this contract will be honored for six (6) months after both parties
sign this contract. Continued services after that time will require a new agreement.
17. Initial Payment and Refund Policy.
The total amount of this contract is $______________
This agreement begins with an initial payment of $_____________. If the client halts work and applies by registered letter for
a refund within 30 days, to the Director of Small Business Web Design , phone (219) 803-0194, work completed shall be billed
at the hourly rate stated above, and deducted from the initial payment, the balance of which shall be returned to the client.
If, at the time of the request for refund, work has been completed beyond the amount covered by the initial payment, the
client shall be liable to pay for all work completed at the hourly rate stated above. No portion of this initial payment will be
refunded unless written application is made within 30 days of signing this contract.
The undersigned agrees to the terms of this agreement on behalf of his or her organization or business.
On behalf of the client (authorized signature):
_______________________________________ Date ________________
On behalf of Small Business Web Design (authorized signature)
_______________________________________ Date ________________
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