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Sample Web Design Contract, Budget, Timeline & Proposal

Posted June 25, 2008

In my previous article I offered my thoughts on how to make it as a freelance web designer. One of the things I mentioned was the need for a solid contract and proposal so here I offer my contract and proposal templates, free for your use.

About The Downloads

I'm not sure where the contract came from; I picked it up somewhere over the years, so if you recognize it, please comment and let me know so I can give proper credit.

The proposal, budget, and timeline documents in AI format are all mine and have helped me to land projects ranging from $5k to $200k over the years (no joke). This is good stuff.

Here They Are

Choose the file you want to download below:

AI File Sample Web Design Contract
This is a great sample web design contract to use and modify
Download (13kb, PDF, zipped)
AI File Sample Proposal
Here's a copy of my proposal, budget, and timeline templates
Download (1mb, AI, zipped)

If you find these useful, please Digg This or comment and let me know. Thanks and good luck!

Comments

Indeed these are good stuff. Thanks! I'm sure it'll come in handy for a young inexperienced designer like me haha.

thank you so much for posting! i could never word the contract properly and you have all the details nessecary for it! very grateful for it!

No problem! Thanks for commenting. It looks a little lonely at the bottom of my posts sometimes.

Thank you so, so much for this. It's a tremendous help for those unfamiliar with the formalities and technical language necessary to not get, um, screwed.

These are really useful - I love the detail you go into! Thanks!

Great tool! Can I use this as my reference? Thanks!

Could you provide the sample in other format (pdf or jpg) as I can't open it. I only have AI evaluation version and it's already expired.

Thanks

Hey, I can open it using Acrobat Reader :)

Thanks for these samples! I've downloaded them and now I'm working to craft my own creative service agreement. I'm a visual person so the time line you provided was a great help. Of course, I tweaked it to make it my own. Thanks again!

@Corinne: Agree with you. The time line is really a great help. Simple but informative. Inspiring!

Shawn, thanks for sharing.

Shawn, these templates were an absolute LIFESAVER. Thanks SO much for putting these out in space. They were an excellent guide.

Thank you so much for this. You really have no idea how in need of this i was. I was scouring the net looking for something tangible and worth while and this went way above my expectations.

Dang! I don't have AI. Any way you could send as Word or PDF... ?? :)

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Shawn is a 27 year old freelance graphic and web application designer near Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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