Are you preparing to have a new website created for your business or other project?
The following are helpful questions and guidelines to prepare for working with a website developer or designer on a website project. Some projects might be more complex, or more simple, but the following are the typical minimum details to consider for a successful website.
Background & Overview
- Tell me about your business.
- Do you currently have a website?
- What is the domain name (Website URL)?
- How would you briefly define your product or service offering?
- What problem do you solve for your customers?
- Describe your primary target audience (i.e. who are your clients?).
- Where is your business located?
- List all locations, if applicable.
- Who are your direct competitors?
- List their website domain names. if applicable.
- What elements of these companies and/or their online activity would you like to model after in your redesign?
- What makes you different?
Objectives
- What is your number one objective in this project?
- Do you have any other objectives? Can you rank them by priority?
- Is there anything about your existing website that doesn’t work well?
- Is there anything about your existing website that does work well?
- Is there anything else you would like us to know about your business and this project?
Functionality
- Describe any functionality included in the scope of this project.
- Including any wireframes, outline, etc. (or send as a separate document)