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A website build agreement covers designing, building and launching a site: pages, CMS, rounds of changes, hosting handover and ownership. Describe your deal in a sentence and Lex drafts it, with Plain English beside every clause.
Lex drafts it in Plain English beside the legal wording. Share one link; both sides agree and sign.
A website build agreement covers a web design and development project from first concept to launch. Beyond scope and price, it usually deals with things specific to software: which browsers and devices are supported, who supplies content and when, acceptance testing before launch, third-party plugins and their licences, hosting and domain handover, and a bug-fix window after launch.
Also called: web design contract, website development agreement.
Example wording Lex starts from, with what each clause means. Your draft is written around your deal, so the wording changes with it.
Legal wording · example
The Client shall test the Website within [10] working days of notice that it is ready and either accept it or list defects. Silence after that period counts as acceptance.
In Plain English
The client has a set time to test and flag problems; if they say nothing, the site counts as accepted.
Legal wording · example
On payment in full, the Developer assigns to the Client all rights in the bespoke design and code. Third-party components remain subject to their own licences.
In Plain English
Once paid, the client owns the custom design and code. Plugins and libraries stay under their own licences.
How this clause works →Legal wording · example
Fees are payable 40% on signature, 40% on design approval and 20% on launch.
In Plain English
You are paid in three stages: start, design sign-off and launch.
How this clause works →Legal wording · example
The Developer will fix defects reported within [30] days of launch at no charge. After that, support is provided at [rate].
In Plain English
Bugs found in the first month after launch are fixed free; later support is paid.
The governing-law clause decides which legal system reads the contract. Some rules, such as how documents are signed, time limits for claims and terms that cannot be excluded, differ by place. These pages cite the legislation:
No, there is no blank Word or PDF file. You describe the deal in a sentence, Lex drafts the website build agreement with your details already in it, and you share one link. The other side reads it in Plain English, suggests changes and signs in the browser, free.
Whoever the contract says. Commonly the client owns the custom design and code on final payment, while the developer keeps reusable tools and third-party components stay under their own licences.
The agreement usually limits included rounds of changes and sets a rate or a change-request process for anything beyond. That is the main defence against scope creep.
It can be, but ongoing hosting and maintenance are often a separate agreement or retainer, because they run after the build ends.
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