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When deciding a customers requirements when setting up a website from scratch there are a few questions that have to be asked before any reputable web company can give you a quote.

These questions seem silly at first but they make for a better experience in the long run and will in fact promote a more successful outcome.

The first thing that needs to be asked is what you want your website to do, things like other websites you like, things you want to happen, favourite colours. Some choices you have for website function are shopping carts, contacts websites, downloadable adult movies etc.

You may also have products that you want to sell, these need to be known up front when gathering a quote.

Next thing that needs to be ascertained is how much wed, internet and computer experience you have, this lets me the provider know how much support is required.

The next most important thing a website design person needs to know is YOUR BUDGET they don’t want to waste hours preparing a quote if it is going to be out of your price range.

Other things you will need are Domain Name and hosting these are absolute necessities sometimes they are provided by the website designer and sometimes they will farm out the job. In any case they will be able to coordinate the entire job.

The final bit of the website puzzle is timeframe, payment rules and to find out if the customer you the would be happy with a ready made as opposed to a made from scratch program ( this incudes templates) .

So armed with this information you should be able to get all the information needed to submit to your chosen web company for the easiest website implementation possible.