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Ten Things to Freeze Before You Commission a Website

A useful website brief is ten decisions, not a moodboard. Who gets the enquiry, what “done” means, and whether this is actually a shop or an app.

CodeLoop Studio5 min read
Notebook and laptop — a brief before the palette

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A useful website brief is ten decisions, not a moodboard. Freeze these and the estimate is honest. Skip them and you pay for a shop while receiving a brochure — or the reverse.

CodeLoop Studio in Sarajevo will ask these on the first mail. The build page is website development. Process after the freeze is website development notes.

The ten

  • 1. Site, shop, or app. One contract. The split.

  • 2. One action. Enquiry, book, call. Three buttons is how none fire.

  • 3. Who owns the inbox. A form to nobody is decoration.

  • 4. Languages. What you will actually write and maintain.

  • 5. Proof you already have. We will not invent clients. SD Nail Studio is an operator site we shipped — yours must be yours.

  • 6. Domain and Search Console in your name. Non-negotiable.

  • 7. Who publishes after launch. If nobody, skip the news CMS. When not WordPress.

  • 8. Photos of this business. Stock interiors from another city do not carry a local query.

  • 9. Deadline that is a date, not a vibe. “ASAP” is not a freeze.

  • 10. What is out of scope. SEO #1, a shop, an app — name them as later or never. Cost honesty: website cost in BiH.

How to start

Answer as many of the ten as you can in one mail. We reply within 24 hours — online estimate or contact.