Describe your business and what you want to do on this site.
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List several sites similar in style or function to what you want. This information is critical as it illustrates to us the production quality and style you want for your website.
Production quality is the level of fit and finish. It is sometimes useful to think about a website in terms of an automobile: there are many different kinds with varying levels of quality; the greater the quality, the stronger the impression on the visitor.
When compiling your list of websites, keep in mind that usability is far more important that appearance. The site must keep to conventions and deliver the expected user interface. Overly clever Flash driven interfaces may make the owner of the website think they have something cool, while the visitor is frustrated with figuring out how to do what they want; and you just lost a customer. Visitors do not want to be entertained with visual gymnastics, they want the product or service they are looking for and they want it now and they do not want to put any more mental effort into it then they absolutely have to.
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What websites are you competing with? |
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What products or services are you selling? |
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What is the purpose of the website? What do you want to automate?
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What special user screens or data entry pages do you need?
Example: We need a screen where customers pictures can be entered and uploaded. |
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Does the system control anything, real-time or otherwise?
Example: The system will control or integrate with printing systems and POS systems. |
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What outside services or systems must be integrated / interrogated and how?
Example: We need to integrate this system with our existing accounting program. |
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Does the web system need to communicate with an outside company for order fulfillment and/or special shipping information? |
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Are there any warehouse or office processes that will be performed or automated? Please provide a flow chart showing these processes.
Example: The system will print barcoded travelers and track inventory across our warehouse, using barcode scanners at designated locations. |
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Describe any custom or unusual features and functions. |
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Does your business have high volume or high traffic requirements, seasonally or year-round? |
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Does your business have any unusual product shipping requirements? |
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Does your business have any unusual product bidding or custom ordering requirements? |
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Do you need special backend data management or reporting? |
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Does your business advertise on national TV, radio, or print? |
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Please provide web traffic reports or estimates of visitors and traffic per day. |