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Web Design Agreement
From mockup to ongoing CMS support — the web design agreement that clarifies domain access, image rights and usage rights from the start.
The web design agreement governs the collaboration between the client and a freelance web designer or small agency — from pure design work to technical implementation with ongoing CMS support. The wizard specifically asks about the scope of services, the CMS type, domain/hosting responsibility and the origin of the content, and automatically selects the matching clauses, including the usage-rights variant.
- Law by country
- GDPR-compliant
- No AI training
- PII masking
- Lawyer handover
- Seven languages
What's in this template
Numbers from the actual definition — not marketing slides.
- Clauses
- 34
- Clause variants
- 2
- Wizard fields
- 35
- Quality checks
- 6
- Legal basis citations
- 10
What the contract contains
- Scope-of-services switch: design only / design + implementation / + ongoing CMS support
- CMS type (WordPress, custom development, website builder, static) with a matching clause
- Domain/hosting responsibility, including the duty to hand over access credentials at the end of the contract
- Content supplied by the client, with a clarification of image rights
- Usage rights to the design (exclusive vs. non-exclusive with a reduced fee)
- A note on stock-photo/web-font licenses (no automatic transfer of full rights to third-party assets)
- A simplified acceptance procedure with two included revision rounds
- An accessibility notice (BFSG) for a consumer contract-formation function
Optional additional clauses
- Arbitration clause (German Arbitration Institute)
- Force majeure
- Prohibition on assignment/transfer
- Multiple counterparts / qualified electronic signature
When you need this contract
- A website relaunch or redesign for a client
- Design-only mandates (mockups/templates) without technical implementation
- A website with technical implementation and subsequent ongoing maintenance
- Projects where the web designer manages the domain/hosting in a fiduciary capacity
Who it is for: Freelance web designers, small digital agencies and clients commissioning a website — from pure design to ongoing CMS support.
For complex fields such as the scope of services or the purpose, you can request a suggestion via the sparkle button — the suggestion stays editable before it enters the contract.
Once created, you can hand the contract to a suitable lawyer from our network with one click — including full text and metadata.
For websites with a consumer contract-formation function (online shop, booking), the applicability of the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG), which transposes the European Accessibility Act, should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis — the wizard points this out, but does not replace legal review.
Our templates are ready-made documents that you adapt to your case. They are not legal advice and do not replace a review by a lawyer; we give no guarantee of correctness, completeness or up-to-dateness. Use is at your own responsibility.
Frequently asked questions
A finished contract in 5 minutes.
Answer a few questions — the wizard does the rest. PDF + DOCX ready to download.
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