Common Contracts

Website Agreements

May 2nd, 2013

• Filed
  May 2nd, 2013

Have a written agreement with the developer and host of your website (which may be the same or different individuals or companies). Before the site is created, address issues such as having a firm timeline for completion of the site, acceptance testing of the site to verify loading and operation, rights to third party content, and ownership of the site content and deliverables. When discussing hosting with your Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), determine what type of Internet connection is being made and who will be responsible for its maintenance, ensure that the host properly maintains the server and has the necessary back‐up/mirrored server to protect against potential problems, and address the issue of obtaining the domain name for the website up front and, if the host is obtaining the website domain name, require, upon termination of the hosting contract, that the domain name be transferred to you and that a forwarding link be left in its place. You may want to have an attorney d