Vanson Design and Business Publishing Services

Free Consult

This page is the basis of a free consultation between you, the potential customer, and Vanson Design. It may help you think through the choices you need to make regarding the design of your site. The choices you make will be sent to Vanson Design, and, as soon as feasible, we will perform the necessary calculations to send you a preliminary estimate. This preliminary estimate is not considered to be legally binding to either party but is intended to be a starting point for possible further consultation. We will include a few suggestions with your estimate. Be sure to provide either your e-mail address or your postal address.

We are looking forward to doing business with you!

Please note that, whenever possible, choices have been listed in ascending order of cost, i.e., the least expensive choice is listed first.

Please type in your name:

Name of business:

Your e-mail address:

If you do not have your own e-mail address, please provide your postal address:

1. Which will your site be:
Personal
Not-for-profit
Business

2. What will be the predominant type(s) of information you want to present?
Text: descriptions/narrative/articles
Links to other sites
Lists
Graphics
Other

3. Give an estimate of the number of typewritten pages of text you plan to submit:
1
2
3-5
6-10
More than 10

4. How do you plan to submit written text?
Electronic, via e-mail or disk
Hardcopy, on paper

5. Will your written text require reworking, ie. editing, spell checking?
No
Yes

6. How many links to external sites do you think you will need?
1-5
6-10
More than 10

7. How many different e-mail addresses do you want linked from your site?
None
1
2
More than 2

8. What type of background style sets (with bars and bullets) do you want?
Plain colour background
Stock (readily available)
Custom (designed by us)

9. How many stock graphics (readily available, unaltered clip art) do you anticipate needing?
None
1-5
6-10
More than 10

10. How many custom graphics do you plan to supply?
None
1-5
6-10
More than 10

11. How many custom graphics will you want us to create either from scratch or from an image that needs reworking?
None
1
2
3
4
More than 4

12. Do you want a counter on your site to register the number of visitors?
No
Yes
I don't know

13. Do you want a guestbook for visitors to register a hello to you with a little message?
No
Yes
I don't know

14. How many pieces of music would you like on your site?
Please note that we do not edit music but only use what's available or supplied by you. We retain an extensive library of high-quality midi files.
None
One
One per page
A selection of one to five files on one page
A selection of six to ten files on one page
More than ten files

15. How often do you want your site to be maintained (minor changes, links checked)?
No maintenance
Less than once a month
Monthly
Weekly
Daily

16. Do you want users to be notified via e-mail of changes to your site?
No
Yes
I don't know

17. How many search engines would you like us to submit your site to?
None, I'll do my own
10
20
50
More than 100

18. Do you want a search engine on your site?
No
Yes
I don't know

19. Do you want to gather information from your visitors, such as in a form asking for name and address?
No
Yes
I don't know

20. Do you want a form for taking orders that allows secure transactions via credit card?
No
Yes
I don't know

21. Do you want a virtual shopping mall on your site that will allow visitors to select items as they go, double check the totals, and then pay by secure credit card?
No
Yes
I don't know

22. Do you want your own virtual domain address (an address unique to you, such as www.yourname.com)?
No
Yes
I don't know

23. Do you anticipate needing any user access restrictions (password protected pages)?
No
Yes
I don't know

24. Will you be wanting a message board on your site?
No
Yes
I don't know

25. Do you want Vanson Design to host your site for you?
No
Yes
I don't know

26. Can you anticipate your budget for startup costs?
I don't know
$100-200 CDN
$200-400 CDN
$400-1000 CDN
$1000-2000 CDN
More than $2000

Enter any comments here. It would be helpful if you could give us a brief description of your site and what you want a web site to do for you.

Vanson Design will send a few suggestions along with your preliminary estimate.

Note: All sites designed by Vanson Design include meta-tags in the code to enable search engines to find your site.

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