Prepare a useful website brief before you request a quote
You do not need a finished design to start. A short brief helps you and your developer agree what the website should do, what you will supply and how the work will be reviewed. This checklist works for a first business website or an existing site that needs improvement.
1. Describe your customers and the next action
Write down who you serve, where you work in Jamaica and what a visitor should do: call, request a quote, book an appointment or ask about a service. Include only contact details and locations you want published.
2. List your services and useful evidence
Gather approved service descriptions, your logo, photographs you can use, business information and genuine project examples. Decide which subjects need their own pages. Avoid making the homepage carry every detail.
3. Agree pages and functionality
A starting website may bring together Home, About, Services and Contact information. List additional needs such as booking, payments, a catalogue or a staff portal separately so they can be assessed and priced. A browser-based business application is a different scope from a public information website.
4. Check the current website before replacing it
If you already have a site, share its URL and the problems you see. Identify useful pages and existing links that should be preserved or redirected. Ask your current provider about domain access, hosting, backups and platform maintenance. A public check alone cannot establish every security or recovery issue.
5. Put hosting, ownership and care in writing
- Who controls the domain and hosting accounts?
- What hosting term and renewals are included?
- Who supplies content and approves revisions?
- Who handles backups, recovery checks and platform updates where applicable?
- What access and documentation will be handed over?
- What support and future changes cost extra?
6. Agree how you will review the result
Check the agreed pages on phones and desktop screens, follow contact links and confirm test enquiries actually arrive. Agree search setup and optional analytics separately. A contact click is not proof of an enquiry, and launching a website does not guarantee a search position or a sale.
What does a LearnTech business website start from?
Business websites start at J$200,000, including hosting for the term stated in your quotation. Final pages, content responsibilities, features, revisions, delivery dates and payment milestones are agreed in writing.
See the Dancehall Archive website contribution and LearnTech’s own website and tools for examples of the work.