A short agreement providing the basic essentials to regulate
a contract for a particular item such as an e-mail response
system, or a few pages Designed rather to set down the
main points of the contract than to protect against the
heavens falling in
About this document
This agreement addresses almost all of the problems that may arise between you and your web writer, graphic designer or coder. It has been drawn as a fully flexible and comprehensive agreement so you can start a negotiation process with your contractor. It is suitable for additional work on larger websites. For example, you might need to add some pages due to the introduction of a new service, or you may need to amend the coding or create a banner advertisement.
The website design contracts have been drawn to protect you, the client, so any person or Company wanting to allocate website designing work to a professional website designer will use one of these Net Lawman documents.
Application
and features
Extensive and comprehensive
Can be used for any size of web site
Provide an agenda for meaningful negotiation with your website designer
Provides for both technical and legal matters
Provides a complete framework
Help take the stress out of web site procurement
Protects your project, your intellectual property and your money
Contents
Separating the design element if appropriate, so that a separate design contract could be drawn
Provisions for customer to approve design but pay for additional work if multiple choice required
Writing of a “Detailed Specification” covering all elements of the work and to be amended on completion to provide the customer with a complete record of the work done
A template for the detailed specification
Regulating customer changes to the specification
Lists excluded matters for customer's separate attention - e.g. names, hosting; merchant service
Provides concisely for responsibility for search engine strategy
Testing and acceptance
Alternative payment arrangements
Training option
Ownership rights over the software created
Many other legal provisions - warranties, exclusions, indemnities, etc
Word
Count (approximate):
Document: 3295
words
Explanatory notes:
1575
words
Draftsman
This document is drawn and maintained by Net Lawman. It is real law in plain English.
