What to Expect
PLANNING STAGE
After our initial contact by email or phone I will email you the link to my in-depth questionnaire to get enough information about your website project, and ask you to schedule a discovery call to discuss your answers.
During the discovery call, we’ll discuss if your project fits within my website packages or if I need to provide a custom quote. We’ll also discuss my next available start date for the design of your project and the estimated project timelines for final delivery.
Once you agree to the quote and terms, I’ll email you a contract and invoice for a 50% deposit to confirm your project start date. The contract can be signed digitally, and payment made via credit/debit card.
Once the signed contract and initial deposit is received, your project start date is confirmed! Use this time to gather all text, high quality images and branding materials that you will be asked to upload to a provided link ahead of your project start date.
DESIGN STAGE
Once your project start date arrives, I’ll spend the first day or two strategizing, finishing any research and coming up with some initial ideas on layout for your home page and schedule a strategy call with you to discuss ideas that will inform the progress of the build. Once we’ve cemented the strategy, i’ll shift to building to get the home page completed and approved by you before starting the other pages of your website.
Being responsive by email is crucial to ensure we can make progress to deliver your site on time!
Design will continue during this stage to complete a first draft of all the other pages for your site and again if necessary, we’ll plan schedule a check-in call if we may benefit from a real-time discussion.
Once the draft of all other pages are complete, I’ll send a private link for you to view your site on your device to get a look and feel for yourself. The focus will then shift to fine-tuning the design and adding finishing touches to your website. This also includes testing your site design on various devices such as phones and tablets.
DELIVERY STAGE
Once you are 100% satisfied with the final design, we’ll do the final stages of setup your Squarespace subscription (paid monthly or annually directly to Squarespace), connecting your domain and any other legwork to schedule and prepare your website for final launch.
It’s time to go live on launch day🚀. We’ll hit the magical button and confirm everything is running correctly. Once the live website is approved, I’ll send a final invoice for the remaining balance.
The last step is to determine what help you’ll need to keep your site fresh and maintained after launch. Although Squarespace is D-I-Y friendly to make some updates, time is precious for most small business owners and most clients enjoy the benefit of having HyltonTech maintain and update their new website. If that’s you, consider enrolling in VIP Membership which covers any website updates you’d like and any maintenance issues that may arise throughout the year for a flat annual cost! You can sign-up for VIP membership at any time after launch. For clients who feel D-I-Y savvy enough to be able to handle making updates to their site, we will have 1 - 2 hours of training at final delivery to show you how to make updates to the site. And of course, I am always available at an hourly rate should you need any additional help with your site in the future.
TIMELINE
“Essentials Package”
The planning stage will ideally take up to 1 week to complete while scheduling you for the next available project start date. Once your project start date arrives, the design and delivery stages will take place during a 1 week period from your scheduled start date provided all materials and communication remains on schedule.
“Professional Package”
The planning stage will ideally take up to 1 week to complete while scheduling you for the next available project start date. Once your project start date arrives, the design and delivery stages usually takes between 3 - 4 weeks to complete provided all the necessary information and required files are provided on time and communication remains on schedule.