
Is your web designer immortal?
I was chatting to a client this week who was tearing their hair out. Their much valued and loved web designer had unexpectedly died. Tragic for the family and friends. But, in a more mundane, way, tragic for my client. They had let the web designer purchase and download all the themes, pictures, add-ins and apps that made the website work. The web designer has the master user logins and hosted the site. It wasn’t even clear that the domain name belonged to my client.
Plan your ending
You can’t bet your future on someone else’s cooperation or health. If you haven’t got a REAL agreement that sorts out who owns what from the start, you can run into all sorts of trouble when you go your separate ways. If having a website is part of running your business – then check out our contracts for freelance web designers. Plan your website, and your relationship and how it ends – all in a friendly way – while you are all able to talk about it and sort it out.Nothing in writing?
If you are paying a UK based Web Designer and need an agreement, check out our Web Designer Agreement for people who pay freelancers – it’s just £45 (+VAT)
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