Pre-development questionnaire

Tell us about the website you need.

This is how every HDY Haus project starts. Your answers give us what we need to scope the work honestly and come back with a real number — not a guess we have to walk back three weeks later.

  • Three short sections
  • Around 10 minutes
  • Save and finish later
Project brief Section B of C
What is the main goal of this website?
What should visitors be able to do?
Will you be accepting payments?
Yes No Not sure yet
Why we ask first

Communication is the cornerstone of the work.

As designers and developers, our job is to deliver something that works, meets your expectations and respects your budget. We cannot do any of that from a one-line brief.

Ten minutes here saves weeks of back and forth later — and it is the difference between a quote you can rely on and a number that quietly grows.

After you send it
  1. 1

    We read it properly

    Every answer gets looked at by the person who would actually build the site, not filtered through a sales form.

  2. 2

    You get a written quote

    Scope, timeline and cost in writing, with anything we would need to confirm before starting called out plainly.

  3. 3

    We talk it through

    A short call to walk through the quote, adjust the scope if the budget needs it, and agree what happens first.

What it covers

Three sections, nothing you need to research first.

If you do not know an answer yet, say so. “Not sure” is genuinely useful information — it tells us where you need advice rather than options.

Section A

You and the budget

Your business, how to reach you, when you would like to start and finish, and the ranges you have in mind for the build, for domain, hosting and email each year, and for ongoing monthly support.

Section B

The site itself

What the site needs to achieve, what visitors should be able to do, the pages you imagine, any special features you have in mind, and the look and feel you are going for.

Section C

What you already have

Two sites you like and two you do not, whether you are taking payments, whether your content and logo are ready, and where your domain and hosting currently stand.

Before you start

Handy to have open in another tab.

None of this is required to submit — but having it to hand makes the whole thing quicker.

  • Your logo as a PNG. The upload accepts files up to 1MB. If yours is larger or you do not have one yet, skip it and tell us.
  • Two sites you like, two you do not. Links are more useful than adjectives, and the ones you dislike tell us more than the ones you like.
  • Your domain and hosting status. Whether they are bought, who they are with, or whether you would like us to handle it.
  • A rough budget range. For the build itself, for the yearly domain, hosting and email, and for monthly support.
  • A link to your content. If the copy and images are already written or gathered, point us at them.
  • Your rough timing. When you would like to start, and any date the site genuinely has to be live by.
No commitment

Answering this does not lock you into anything.

It is a starting point, not a contract. Budgets shift, scope changes, and half the projects we quote look different by the time they are approved. Tell us where you actually are and we will work from that.

A range is fine If you do not have an exact budget, give us the range you are comfortable with and we will scope to it.
Unwritten content is normal Most people submit this before their copy exists. Say so and we will tell you what it changes.
You can stop halfway Use Save and Continue Later at the bottom and you will get a link back to your answers.
The questionnaire

Let’s get started.

Work through the three sections below. Required fields are marked, and everything else is optional.

Need to stop partway? Use Save and Continue Later at the bottom of the form.

Communication is the cornerstone of the design process with us. As designers and developers, it is our job to make sure we deliver a functional product that meets your expectations and budgetary constraints. In order to accomplish this, we need your input. Below you will find a series of questions that will help lead us to the solution you want. Please take your time filling out each question to the best of your ability, so we can create a design to the best of our abilities.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Section A

Please type in a specific launch date or an estimated month and year.
Please type in a specific end date or an estimated month and year.
This is quite necessary, so we can provide an appropriate solution to your budgetary constraints. Add your currency sign, please. Note this is for our own fees and does not cover your domain, email, hosting and site security or support purchase.
Note that Domain Name Extension fees varies, for example, a .com price is different from a .org or .io, etc. Add your currency sign, please and state the total you have in mind. You can see domain extension pricing here, and our partner hosting pricing here, please.
You get free support for the first two months once your website goes live from us. You can see our monthly fees for support here.

Section B

Example: improve sales, increase customer satisfaction, promote a new service, cover a niche, etc. Please fill in the information about your project here and please try to be as descriptive as much as possible.
Example: seeing the menu and prices of our restaurant; obtaining information about our products/services, finding out our locations, seeing your photo or video collections, etc
Examples: conservative, avant-garde, trendy, intellectual, trustworthy, knowledgeable, relaxed, prosperous, corporate.
The site map is the overall structure of the site, or a list of pages that you need: home, about, contact, blog, gallery, store, services, etc.
Example: contact form, photo gallery, video, blog, virtual tour, etc.
Example: clean, balanced, modern, corporate, etc.

Section C

This isn’t as crucial as the other questions, but it does help give us a feel for what you are expecting.
This isn’t as crucial as the other questions, but it does help give us a feel for what you are expecting.
Would you be accepting payments on your website or blog?(Required)

Is your website / blog content ready?(Required)

You can also upload to google docs or share via a Microsoft Word document. If the existing content is on an old site, share the link to that, please.
Is your Logo ready?(Required)

Accepted file types: png, Max. file size: 1 MB.
Upload your logo if it is available
Have you bought your domain name?(Required)

Have you bought hosting for your domain name?(Required)
This is crucial for your website to go live!
If you have a domain name already, type it here, otherwise, type in two domain names for us to check to see if it is available.

Look over your responses, then send your request!