Web designers should ensure that the legal terms and conditions of each of their engagements are set out in writing. This web design agreement template is drafted to protect the interests of the designer, rather than the customer. The template can be used in respect of a single deal, or can be adapted for use in relation to some or all a designer's customers.

Unless you are very lucky, you will at some point have to deal with a disgruntled customer. Properly drafted legal documentation can help you to deal with difficult customers - even if the matter does not go to court. Common types of dispute between web designers and their customers include the following.

• Disputes over whether the website meets expectations (and, more importantly, any written specification).
• Disputes concerning the permitted uses of a website after the development work is complete.
• Disputes about payments to the designer.

All of these risks can be better managed if you are using well-drafted contract.

If you undertake a significant amount of software development or database development work, this web design agreement will not be suitable. In that case, you should consider one of our web development agreements.

As noted above, this template is pro-designer. If you are looking for something more even-handed, you should consider our balanced website design agreement precedent. You may also want to consider our pro-designer web design terms and conditions document.

This web design agreement template includes the following provisions:

(1) Definitions and interpretation
(2) Term
(3) The Services
(4) Customer obligations
(5) Delivery and acceptance
(6) Third Party Works
(7) Unlawful Content
(8) Charges and payment
(9) Intellectual Property Rights
(10) Warranties
(11) Limitations and exclusions of liability
(12) Data protection
(13) Confidentiality and publicity
(14) Termination
(15) Effects of termination
(16) General

The agreement is supplied in MS Word (.doc) format and is 15 pages long (including the cover sheet and footnotes). See the first few sections of the agreement here:

Sample Web Design Agreement

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