Many website disputes come from things nobody wrote down. A short, clear agreement protects both sides.
This is general guidance, not legal advice. For large projects, have a lawyer review the agreement.
What to include
- Scope: pages, features, integrations and content responsibilities.
- Timeline: milestones and dependencies.
- Price and payment schedule. Read payment milestones.
- Revisions: how many rounds are included. Read revisions.
- Ownership: code, design and content transfer to you on payment.
- Accounts: domain, hosting and tools in your name.
- Third-party costs: themes, plugins, hosting, licences.
- Testing and acceptance criteria.
- Support period after launch.
- Confidentiality and data protection.
- Termination terms.
Legal pages for the site
Agree who prepares the privacy policy and terms; start drafts with our privacy policy generator.
Estimate costs with our website cost calculator.
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