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Free Website Brief Template

The questions a good agency will ask anyway — answered up front. A clear brief saves weeks and gets you a better result.

Who it's for

  • Businesses hiring an agency or freelancer
  • Founders scoping a new site or redesign
  • Teams aligning internally before a build

How to use it

  1. Copy the brief
  2. Fill in every section honestly
  3. Share it before your first design call
  4. Update it as decisions get made

The template

# Website Project Brief

## Overview
- Company:
- Project goal (1 sentence):
- Primary success metric:
- Deadline / key dates:
- Budget range:

## Audience
- Who is the primary visitor?
- What do they want to accomplish?
- What action do we want them to take?

## Scope
- Pages needed:
- Key features (forms, blog, e-commerce, auth, CMS):
- Integrations (CRM, payments, analytics, email):
- Content: who provides it?

## Design
- Brand assets available? (logo, colors, fonts)
- 3 sites you like and why:
- 1 thing to avoid:

## Technical
- Existing stack / hosting:
- Domain & DNS access:
- Who maintains it after launch?

## Success
- What does "great" look like in 3 months?

FAQs

Why do I need a website brief?

It aligns everyone on goals, scope, and success before design starts — preventing the scope creep and rework that blow up timelines and budgets.

What's the most overlooked part of a brief?

The success metric. 'A nicer site' isn't measurable; 'more demo requests' or 'faster load' is — and it shapes every decision.

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