Earth Spirit Creations Cost Estimate Form

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request a website cost estimate

Quoting prices on website design is a synergistic process in which we spend time gathering information about your specific needs before giving you an estimate. This allows us to make your website experience a more personal, effective one.

Please use the following form to submit your information to us. Remember, the more information you're able to give us, the more accurate your estimate will be. If you send us very little information, we can't provide you with accurate costs.

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Need business cards? If you wish to get an estimate for print projects such as business cards, magazine ads, brochures, etc. to complement your new website design, please click to open this form in a new window, and when you're done sending us the form below, simply switch to that window to complete your print project request.

contact information

* required fields - your estimate is a legal document, therefore we require all of your contact information in order to complete it.

Your name:	*
Company:
Email Address:	*
Telephone:	*
Fax:
Complete Mailing Address:	*
Where did you hear about us?	*
Have you had previous contact with our office?	*	yes no

Our privacy policy: We place the highest value on the integrity of our marketing efforts. We are committed to protecting your privacy, gathering your personal information ONLY for our own demographical and internal use in the course of normal business operations. Your personal information is kept strictly confidential, and will never be sold, traded or distributed by us to anyone outside Earth Spirit Creations for any reason without your express permission. Ever. Period.

services

Original New Website Design

If you already have a website:
Current URL: (Start with http://)
Current hosting company URL: (Start with http://)

Domain Registration

Desired domain name:
This is the name that you want people to type into their browser to view your website.
Domain names do not have @ symbols, spaces or other special characters in them.
Please do not enter an email address here.
[ Register your own .ca domain here ]

Website Hosting [ what are domain registration and hosting? ]

requests for website maintenance, updates and changes - no design needed

Website Updates & Maintenance to an Existing Website

If you have an existing website and you don't want to change the design, you just need someone to take over changing text and images on the site, please check this box and skip to the "additional information" section near the bottom of this form.

Note: This checkbox is not for those who want to make changes to their website themselves. See below.

maintaining your website yourself

We specialize in search-engine optimized websites that we hand-code ourselves, therefore, if we are designing your website it's generally best that we make changes to your website ourselves to preserve the integrity of our original coding.

If you wish to be active in keeping your website currrent, there are options such as weblogs, message boards, etc. Please check the applicable boxes below and request a consultation at the end of this form so we can discuss the best options for your needs.

purpose and goals

Describe the purpose of your website: (check all that apply)

to sell your products or services (please be sure to complete e-commerce section below)
to act as an online catalogue
to offer information
to collect information from your visitors
to offer an online community
other:

What top three questions might your website visitors have when they come to your website?

1.
2.
3.

about your business

Describe your type of business:

Describe your target market:

Your tagline:

What words or phrases might someone type into a search engine to find you?

your style

What style would you like your website to reflect?

soothing & tranquil
vibrant & fun
rich, warm & spicy
simple & Zen-like
contemporary
classic / traditonal
Other

What shades/hues do you prefer?

pastels
earthtones
bold & brilliant
retro
monotone
black & white

What colour palette do you prefer?

Warm    (reds, yellows, oranges, browns)
Cool    (blues, greens, purples, greys)
All    (the more color the better!)
Unsure   (open to suggestions)

List some websites that appeal to you, and tell us specifically what it is you like about each one:
http:// http://

website content

Your site map:	has been emailed to us [ get instructions on how to create a simple site map in less than 5 minutes ] Webpages may contain unlimited text and up to 3 images.
Important: We can't create an estimate for you without knowing how many pages you need. Your site map will tell us this. Please don't proceed until you've created your site map. Will you have any charts or tables on any of your pages? If so, how many in total?
Will you be providing us with finished text?	Yes No, need writing from scratch No, need editing of text that we've written No, need our text optimized for search engines
If no, we need to know how much text we will be editing or writing:	words, OR 8½ x 11" pages

website images

Do you have a logo?	Yes No
Not including product images, will you be providing us with other images for the framework and elsewhere on your website?	Yes No
[ Search for professional images here ] (Important:* All images used must be copyright free, you own the copyright, or you have express written/emailed permission to use them)*
If yes, how many?

functionality

What special functions do you need on your site? (check all that apply)

weblog
emailing / newsletter list
message boards / community forums
contact / feedback form
Flash or other video movie:

Will you provide finished clips? yes
If no, what would you like your Flash or video clips to do? (or give examples from other sites):

audio clips
calendar
other:

e-commerce

Please complete this section only if applicable.
If you aren't taking payments on your website for products or services, please skip this section.

New to ecommerce? Read our article [ an introduction to e-commerce ]

Important: If you are unable to answer the e-commerce questions below, please read our articles listed in this section. If you still aren't sure, please check the consultation box below. We can't create an estimate until you've confirmed your ecommerce plans.

Order Processing:
(How your website will take orders for you)

Paypal Shopping Cart buttons on your website [ view details ]
CanadaCart (all CanadaCart products include Paypal integration feature)

SE 4.0 Shopping Cart buttons on your website [ view details ]
Storebuilder Basic
Storebuilder Advanced [ Storebuilders Comparison Chart and details ]
Storebuilder Pro

Other ecommerce solution:

Payments:
(How payments will be processed once the order is placed)
[ more info about merchant accounts and payment processing ]

Products:
Total number of products and / or services you will be selling online:
Will you provide us with a spreadsheet of your products, descriptions, prices, etc.? yes no
Will you provide us with photos of your products? yes no
If yes, will we need to edit the images in any way? yes no

time and budget

When would you like to have your website completed?	Within 3 months Within 6 months Longer	What is your budget?
Note: Because of the co-creative nature of our design process and our current workload, we are unable to create websites in under 8-10 weeks at this time.

additional information

Is there any other information that you feel we should know in order to give you an accurate cost estimate?

consultation

Would you like to connect with us briefly (20 minutes) by phone before we create your estimate?

Important: Consultations are brief, therefore are meant to clarify how you filled out this form, not to replace it. If you check this option, all questions on this form must be answered as best as you can.

spam prevention

There are people out there who use forms like this to send excessive amounts of junk mail, so we need to sort out who's for real and who isn't.

Please answer our Spam prevention question: 32 plus 30? *

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