Web Design Contract Template

WEB DESIGN CONTRACT

This Web Design Contract (the "Agreement") is made on between:

Designer: , located at ("Designer"); and

Client: , located at ("Client").

1. PROJECT SCOPE

The Designer will design and build a website with the following features:

Work outside this scope is a change request under the Revisions section.

2. TIMELINE

The project will begin on and be completed by , subject to the Client providing content, approvals, and feedback on time. Client delays extend deadlines accordingly.

3. PAYMENT

Total project fee: .

Payment schedule: .

The deposit is non-refundable once work begins. Invoices are due within days; overdue amounts may pause work and accrue a late fee of . The Client will reimburse pre-approved expenses supported by receipts.

4. REVISIONS

The fee includes rounds of revisions to the agreed design. Additional revisions or scope changes will be billed at and confirmed in writing before work continues.

5. CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The Client will provide text, images, logins, and timely feedback. The Client is responsible for reviewing deliverables and requesting changes within days.

6. CONTENT WARRANTY

The Client confirms it owns or has the rights to all content (text, images, logos) it provides and that this content does not infringe any third-party rights. The Client will indemnify the Designer against claims arising from Client-provided content.

7. THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS

Costs for stock images, fonts, plugins, hosting, or domains are the Client's responsibility unless stated otherwise. Such materials remain subject to their own licenses.

8. ACCEPTANCE

The Client will review the completed website and provide acceptance or a list of issues within days. If no response is given within that time, the work is deemed accepted.

9. DESIGNER WARRANTY

The Designer has the skills and experience to build the website and will perform the work with due care and to standard industry practice. The Designer warrants that the custom work it creates will be original and, except for third-party or pre-existing materials identified to the Client, will not copy or infringe the work of others.

10. OWNERSHIP

Upon full payment, the Client owns the final website and its custom design. The Designer retains ownership of pre-existing code, tools, templates, and frameworks, and grants the Client a license to use them as part of the website. The Designer may showcase the work in a portfolio, and the Client will credit the Designer where the parties agree in writing.

11. CONFIDENTIALITY

Each party will keep the other's non-public information confidential, will use it only for this project, and will not disclose it to third parties without consent.

12. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

The Designer is an independent contractor, not an employee, agent, or partner of the Client. Each party is responsible for its own taxes, and neither may bind the other. This Agreement is non-exclusive, and the Designer is free to work with other clients.

13. INDEMNIFICATION

Each party will indemnify and hold the other harmless from claims, damages, and reasonable costs (including attorney's fees) arising from its own acts or omissions or its breach of this Agreement, except to the extent caused by the other party.

14. NO GUARANTEE OF RESULTS

The Designer will build the website to the Client's specifications but does not guarantee any particular business result, such as increased traffic, sales, revenue, search ranking, or brand recognition.

15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Designer's total liability under this Agreement will not exceed the total fees paid. The Designer is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for issues caused by third-party services or Client-provided content.

16. FORCE MAJEURE

Neither party is liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, such as acts of God, natural disasters, illness, or disruptions to power, hosting, or communications. The affected party will notify the other and resume work as soon as practical.

17. TERMINATION

Either party may terminate with days' written notice, and either party may terminate immediately if the other materially breaches and does not cure it within days of written notice. On termination, the Client will pay for all work completed and approved expenses up to that date, the deposit is non-refundable, and the Designer will hand over paid-for deliverables and return or delete the Client's confidential information on request.

18. SURVIVAL

Any terms that by their nature should continue after this Agreement ends — including ownership, confidentiality, indemnification, and limitation of liability — will survive termination.

19. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The parties will first try to resolve any dispute through good-faith negotiation. If that fails, they will attempt mediation or binding arbitration before going to court, each bearing its own costs unless the law or arbitrator decides otherwise. The prevailing party may recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the extent allowed by law.

20. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which is considered an original and which together form one agreement. Electronic signatures, and copies of signatures delivered by email or through an electronic signing service, have the same legal effect as handwritten signatures on an original document.

21. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of .

(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the complete agreement between the parties and replaces any prior discussions, understandings, or agreements on this subject.

(c) Amendments. Any change to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties.

(d) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

(e) Waiver. If a party does not enforce a provision, it does not give up its right to enforce that or any other provision later.

(f) Assignment. Neither party may assign or transfer this Agreement without the other party's prior written consent.

(g) Notices. Any notice under this Agreement must be given in writing (email is acceptable) to the other party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement.