Want New Website Design? Web Designers UK Requirement Analysis For Your Website Design
| by David Reeve | October 15, 2007
If you are planning to build a new website for your business from scratch or want to have a redesign or upgrade to the existing one, you will have so many questions to ask to your self and to the professional web designers from the UK with a good Web Designers UK portfolio you are going to hire for what you want in a website.
Below is the real-time requirement analysis parameters provided by Web Designers UK to help you to make a list of your requirements for your web designers company to design a professional website.
1. What is the purpose and type of your web site?
A Brochure Site to contain brief introduction to your company
An Informational site to provide information about your topic and about your company
An Entertaining Site to draws visitors through entertainment also providing information about you
A networking or community Site to build a community
An E-commerce Site with shopping cart to sell items directly or through affiliate links [A general study carried out by Web Designers in the UK suggest that secure payment gateway are most likely to be used for safer online payments]
Other requirements building list by Web Designers UK.
_____To provide customer service.
_____To sell a product. (E-commerce)
_____To build familiarity.
_____To provide general and/or product information.
_____To build customer loyalty.
_____To make an announcement.
_____Show my business in a favorable light
_____Develop a list of qualified prospects
_____Encourage clients/customers to contact us
_____Make money
_____Name branding
_____Create my identity on the web
2. What are your goals in having a site?
List both short term and long-term goals. Define the criteria that will determine if the web site is a success.
3. Write a short description of your business.
What you want to offer, to whom you offer it and why they should choose you. What does your company do? What are the features of your products and/or services? Is the company local, regional, national or international? What areas do you want to specifically appeal to?
[A general survey about this point carried out by Web Designers UK suggest that for a product selling site you should give product details of any five products including images]
4. Who is your target market?
According to the Web Designers UK this will help you determine which site style will appeal to most of your visitors.
5. What is your marketing battle plan?
As suggested by Web Designers UK, one must explain this aspect in details prior to the design of website.
Choose any of the following terms that apply to your vision of your site.
Do you have reference design elements in mind that portray these terms to you and your visitors?
informative, lucrative, attractive, serene, honest, mature, family, scholarly, educational, useful, popular, clean, colorful, whimsical, humorous, serious, profitable, unusual, cozy, clear-cut, warm/fuzzy, warm, supportive, innovative, fast- moving
6. What is the most important message you wish to convey to your visitors?
By Web Designers UK study it can be said that this message can be included in the homepage or the about us section.
7. If you want an E-commerce site, what type of e-commerce solution do you require?
Web Designers UK suggest you to be very specific about this aspect with to choose one from the below list.
Flat file page, non-interactive where visitors must print and fax order or phone order in.
Single page secure order form that sends each order as an e-mail.
Multi-page secure order form with shopping cart, visitors can pick products while continuing to look at the site, change their order, preview order and submit on-line. Order sent as e-mail.
Full e-commerce shopping cart with automated real time credit card processing, integrated with backend database.
9. List all of the methods for payment options (money order, check, internet check, various credit cards, etc.) you will accept.
The online payment facility can be provided but according to Web Designers UK and the merchant companies policies the terms of payments and return policies should be written on website.
10. Do your customers have buying seasons or do you want the site to keep changing its looks and layout season wise?
Does the site need to be changed for each season? What will you do to entice shoppers in the off seasons?
11. Do you want the online site to be connected to offline resources like centralized database?
How do you see the web site and off-line business working together? How will you integrate the web site into the business on a daily basis?
This is the most important part of current ecommerce trading systems and Web Designers UK are getting many such enquiries.
12. Who are your competitors for reference?
List some of your competitors web site URLs. Web Designers UK suggests not to ask your web designer to make a copy of the reference sites.
13. What do you like about your competitors websites? What do you dislike?
The pros and cons should be the area of likes and dislikes as per Web Designers UK.
14. What can make you better than your competition?
Design and technicality wise there can be many differences but to have a real difference you need to acquire new ideas towards the flow of the business online with new pre and post sales services techniques to attract your customers. Why should someone use your site or purchase from you instead of them? What unique content do you provide that other sites do not? How can you add value to your products and services?
If you can not make out any analysis on this issue Web Designers UK will suggest you to let the web designers have a go on this.
15. If you do not already have a domain name, be sure to choose one with your most important keyword in the URL. Your domain name should be easily identifiable and easy to explain over the phone and print on a business card. Or let your web designer do the rest as Web Designers UK suggests.
16. Have you thought of a slogan or catch phrase for your business?
Web Designers UK suggests to let the web designers do the keyword analysis for this.
17. Do you have a Logo?
This is important for branding purposes. Do you have company colors? Your company logo and colors as well as the website URL and your slogan should be used on every bit of information relating to your company.
Like Web Designers UK did your web designer can create a logo for your business.
18. A well laid out site has no more than 6 to 8 topic links to interior pages on the main page. You may choose them before to be included for your site links.
19. How can your visitor contact you?
How to you plan to encourage feedback? Do you want to use a survey form to gather information from your customers or visitors? If so what questions would you like to ask and can you offer something in return for filling out the form (a free report, discount, etc.)?
20. If planning a redesign or upgrade what do you like about it? What do you dislike?
21. List any related web sites that provide services or information useful to your target audience.
Reciprocal links with these sites will be beneficial to both your customers and your ranking in the search engine.
22. Do you need domain registration and/or an ISP to host the site?
What level of hosting will be required? What is your budget for the completion of the web site and yearly maintenance? If you do not already have a domain name, be sure to choose one with your most important keyword in the URL. Click here to see if the name has been taken. Your domain name should be easily identifiable and easy to explain over the phone and print on a business card.
23. Do you have any custom graphic needs or will you be able to supply all of the images required?
24. What types of components other than still photos and text do you want to include
(e-commerce, affiliate programs, virtual reality images, java applets, backend database integration, survey forms, feedback forms, opt-in newsletter management, referral forms, etc.)? What type of opt-in mail gathering do you want to use?
25. What type of security is required for the web site?
Will there be sensitive files that need to be protected? Do you need a password protected area for dealers, members and/or downloads? Do you need any digital delivery systems to individually password protect each customers download?
A general study carried out by Web Designers UK suggest that secure payment gateway are most likely to be used for safer online payments
The online payment facility can be provided but according to Web Designers UK and the merchant companies policies the terms of payments and return policies should be written on website.
26. Please list and gather any existing materials and information that will help the web designers to have a complete idea about design of your site.
This is the Web Designers UK real-time requirement analysis form used by Bridport Web Design [bridportwebdesign.com] Web Designers in the UK to provide to clients for free professional Web Designers UK advice and consultancy on search engine optimization and search engine friendly website design to comply with the Web Designers UK and worldwide terms and rules and web standards.
Below is the real-time requirement analysis parameters provided by Web Designers UK to help you to make a list of your requirements for your web designers company to design a professional website.
1. What is the purpose and type of your web site?
A Brochure Site to contain brief introduction to your company
An Informational site to provide information about your topic and about your company
An Entertaining Site to draws visitors through entertainment also providing information about you
A networking or community Site to build a community
An E-commerce Site with shopping cart to sell items directly or through affiliate links [A general study carried out by Web Designers in the UK suggest that secure payment gateway are most likely to be used for safer online payments]
Other requirements building list by Web Designers UK.
_____To provide customer service.
_____To sell a product. (E-commerce)
_____To build familiarity.
_____To provide general and/or product information.
_____To build customer loyalty.
_____To make an announcement.
_____Show my business in a favorable light
_____Develop a list of qualified prospects
_____Encourage clients/customers to contact us
_____Make money
_____Name branding
_____Create my identity on the web
2. What are your goals in having a site?
List both short term and long-term goals. Define the criteria that will determine if the web site is a success.
3. Write a short description of your business.
What you want to offer, to whom you offer it and why they should choose you. What does your company do? What are the features of your products and/or services? Is the company local, regional, national or international? What areas do you want to specifically appeal to?
[A general survey about this point carried out by Web Designers UK suggest that for a product selling site you should give product details of any five products including images]
4. Who is your target market?
According to the Web Designers UK this will help you determine which site style will appeal to most of your visitors.
5. What is your marketing battle plan?
As suggested by Web Designers UK, one must explain this aspect in details prior to the design of website.
Choose any of the following terms that apply to your vision of your site.
Do you have reference design elements in mind that portray these terms to you and your visitors?
informative, lucrative, attractive, serene, honest, mature, family, scholarly, educational, useful, popular, clean, colorful, whimsical, humorous, serious, profitable, unusual, cozy, clear-cut, warm/fuzzy, warm, supportive, innovative, fast- moving
6. What is the most important message you wish to convey to your visitors?
By Web Designers UK study it can be said that this message can be included in the homepage or the about us section.
7. If you want an E-commerce site, what type of e-commerce solution do you require?
Web Designers UK suggest you to be very specific about this aspect with to choose one from the below list.
Flat file page, non-interactive where visitors must print and fax order or phone order in.
Single page secure order form that sends each order as an e-mail.
Multi-page secure order form with shopping cart, visitors can pick products while continuing to look at the site, change their order, preview order and submit on-line. Order sent as e-mail.
Full e-commerce shopping cart with automated real time credit card processing, integrated with backend database.
9. List all of the methods for payment options (money order, check, internet check, various credit cards, etc.) you will accept.
The online payment facility can be provided but according to Web Designers UK and the merchant companies policies the terms of payments and return policies should be written on website.
10. Do your customers have buying seasons or do you want the site to keep changing its looks and layout season wise?
Does the site need to be changed for each season? What will you do to entice shoppers in the off seasons?
11. Do you want the online site to be connected to offline resources like centralized database?
How do you see the web site and off-line business working together? How will you integrate the web site into the business on a daily basis?
This is the most important part of current ecommerce trading systems and Web Designers UK are getting many such enquiries.
12. Who are your competitors for reference?
List some of your competitors web site URLs. Web Designers UK suggests not to ask your web designer to make a copy of the reference sites.
13. What do you like about your competitors websites? What do you dislike?
The pros and cons should be the area of likes and dislikes as per Web Designers UK.
14. What can make you better than your competition?
Design and technicality wise there can be many differences but to have a real difference you need to acquire new ideas towards the flow of the business online with new pre and post sales services techniques to attract your customers. Why should someone use your site or purchase from you instead of them? What unique content do you provide that other sites do not? How can you add value to your products and services?
If you can not make out any analysis on this issue Web Designers UK will suggest you to let the web designers have a go on this.
15. If you do not already have a domain name, be sure to choose one with your most important keyword in the URL. Your domain name should be easily identifiable and easy to explain over the phone and print on a business card. Or let your web designer do the rest as Web Designers UK suggests.
16. Have you thought of a slogan or catch phrase for your business?
Web Designers UK suggests to let the web designers do the keyword analysis for this.
17. Do you have a Logo?
This is important for branding purposes. Do you have company colors? Your company logo and colors as well as the website URL and your slogan should be used on every bit of information relating to your company.
Like Web Designers UK did your web designer can create a logo for your business.
18. A well laid out site has no more than 6 to 8 topic links to interior pages on the main page. You may choose them before to be included for your site links.
19. How can your visitor contact you?
How to you plan to encourage feedback? Do you want to use a survey form to gather information from your customers or visitors? If so what questions would you like to ask and can you offer something in return for filling out the form (a free report, discount, etc.)?
20. If planning a redesign or upgrade what do you like about it? What do you dislike?
21. List any related web sites that provide services or information useful to your target audience.
Reciprocal links with these sites will be beneficial to both your customers and your ranking in the search engine.
22. Do you need domain registration and/or an ISP to host the site?
What level of hosting will be required? What is your budget for the completion of the web site and yearly maintenance? If you do not already have a domain name, be sure to choose one with your most important keyword in the URL. Click here to see if the name has been taken. Your domain name should be easily identifiable and easy to explain over the phone and print on a business card.
23. Do you have any custom graphic needs or will you be able to supply all of the images required?
24. What types of components other than still photos and text do you want to include
(e-commerce, affiliate programs, virtual reality images, java applets, backend database integration, survey forms, feedback forms, opt-in newsletter management, referral forms, etc.)? What type of opt-in mail gathering do you want to use?
25. What type of security is required for the web site?
Will there be sensitive files that need to be protected? Do you need a password protected area for dealers, members and/or downloads? Do you need any digital delivery systems to individually password protect each customers download?
A general study carried out by Web Designers UK suggest that secure payment gateway are most likely to be used for safer online payments
The online payment facility can be provided but according to Web Designers UK and the merchant companies policies the terms of payments and return policies should be written on website.
26. Please list and gather any existing materials and information that will help the web designers to have a complete idea about design of your site.
This is the Web Designers UK real-time requirement analysis form used by Bridport Web Design [bridportwebdesign.com] Web Designers in the UK to provide to clients for free professional Web Designers UK advice and consultancy on search engine optimization and search engine friendly website design to comply with the Web Designers UK and worldwide terms and rules and web standards.
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