After accepting the web development quote, but before starting the work - similarly to any other economic activity - we always include in writing the tasks to be performed, as well as our own and our client's rights and obligations, and conclude a contract in Hungarian.

The existence of a written contract guarantees the full fulfillment of its contents, and is therefore reassuring for both parties. But what does the web development contract include? This is what my article below is about.

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Details of the client and contractor

The client The first point of the web development contract must contain the data of the contracting parties. We don't do it any other way either, we record here who is specifically covered by the contract. The data recorded in this section are as follows: and the contractor's data

  • Company name
  • Headquarters
  • Mailing address
  • Company registration number
  • Tax number
  • Account holding financial institution
  • Representative
  • Contact person

The subject of the contract

This section records the services ordered by the customer and provided by the web developer, the detailed description, schedule and detailed specification of which are recorded in the annexes to the contract in each case. The services that can be ordered from us and that we provide are generally the following:

  • Competitor analysis
  • Website analysis
  • UX auditing
  • UX design
  • Web development
  • SEO
  • Online marketing

It is also important to mention that this section also includes those services and activities that are NOT the subject of the contract itself, they are completely independent from it.

Course of service provision

This section contains the form in which the web developer must perform the ordered task. The development deadlines, partial deadlines and milestones are detailed in the annex to the contract.

Furthermore, it is determined here what and how much the customer has the possibility of subsequent modifications, what counts as the customer, and what counts as delayed performance caused by the developer; as well as to accept the completed tasks and verify their completion, or to request modifications; and what happens if the customer does not provide feedback regarding the assigned task or partial task.

Rights and obligations of parties

This part is perhaps the "dryest" part of any contract written in legal language. In brief, it contains and details the following:

The customer is obliged to provide all information and data necessary for the performance of the services/tasks included in the contract in a timely manner.

And the contractor is responsible for the quality and professionalism of the activity he provides, and by signing the contract, undertakes to act with the greatest possible accuracy and speed during performance.

Data protection, confidentiality

Nowadays, data has become the greatest value, therefore we will cover in a separate section the data received and generated during the execution of the work, more precisely their protection; to prevent them from being passed on to third parties.

Warranty

In this part of the contract, we cover warranty issues after the completion and delivery of the project.

Entrepreneur's fee

The subject of the contract must also include remuneration for the work performed. It is important to specify that the prices indicated in the accepted offer and the signed order do not include general sales tax (VAT), i.e. net values.

Payment terms, billing period

The signed order contains the fees that can be invoiced when the specific sub-tasks and milestones are reached. In this section, it is recorded on the basis of which we determine the completion time of invoices containing these fees, and how much time the customer has for payment from the date of issuance of the invoices.

It is also important that the amount of late payment interest that may be imposed due to late payment is precisely determined, as well as what steps the contractor can take in the event of late payment exceeding 30 days.

Entry into force, termination of contract

This part of the contract contains when the contract enters into force (usually with the signature), as well as how it is terminated or can be terminated by the parties.

Copyrights

Here, the parties record who owns the copyrighted works created during the execution of the contract. By default, they will always be the property of the Customer, but the parties may deviate from this by mutual agreement.

It is important to note that the source code of software generated during web development is also considered intellectual property, so it is extremely important to record who owns it.

Final provisions

It contains rights and obligations not specified elsewhere in the contract. They can be:

  • The entrepreneur can refer to the created project as a reference
  • Which laws govern matters not mentioned in the contract or regulated
  • How the parties settle any disputed issues

Service customer

The subject of the contract is detailed, the annex is an inseparable part of the contract

Task specification

A detailed description of the ordered services in order to make them understandable and unmistakable for all participating parties.

Summary

The web development project contract is usually a minimum 8-10 page document consisting of the sections described in the article. The existence of the contract ensures that the parties have agreed on all the details of the project and prevents possible misunderstandings.