1. What is the purpose of your site?
You should determine the purpose of your web site prior to planning the layout and design phases. A web site may be for personal or commercial use. The site may serve primarily as an information resource or "online" business card. A web site may also be designed to serve as a commercial outlet by offering products and services online.

2. Do you have a domain name & hosting?
A domain name is an internet address such a www.w3hub.com.  Domain name registration, web & email hosting packages starts from S$60/year. Registration can be completed through our official hosting service provider W3HUB.  If you do not have a domain name registered prior to requesting a consultation, you should select at least two names that meet your needs. As a rule of thumb... you should try to find a name that is meaningful and easily remembered (also easily entered without misspelling). The shorter the name, the better as long as you are not sacrificing "meaning" in the process.

3. Do you currently have a web site?
If you are requesting a re-design (revamp) of an existing web site, please provide the URL so that we may get a better understanding of what type of content you intend to offer. Please provide the name of the web host for your existing site as well. We will need to know what account features you have access to prior to developing your web site (CGI for instance). If you do not currently have a web site, it is often helpful if you provide the URLs to one or more web sites that offer "similar" services and content to what you intend to offer on your own site.

4. Do you have a LOGO?
Do you have an existing company logo or trademark that you want incorporated into your new site design?  If so, do you have the original graphic files on hand?  If not, you may also engage us for a custom designed logo at only S$90.

5. How many graphic images will you need?
Many sites integrate existing photos in digital format. These are sometimes used to display products, company employees, or the facilities themselves. For personal sites, family photo albums can often be developed online. In requesting a consultation, it is helpful to know how many images you have planned for your new site. If you intend to use any existing images from a current web site, it is important to note that in your consultation request as well.

6. How many pages of content do you have?
This question can often be difficult to estimate. Think of your prospective site in "outline" form... that is, if you had to write an outline for how the site would be structured, what would it look like? You should start with main menu items and work your way down into sub-menus. By doing this, you can get an approximation of how many pages the finished project will require. As an example, consider the following rough outline:

A. HOME PAGE
B. COMPANY PROFILE
     - Management Team
     - Company History
C. OUR PRODUCTS
     - Widgets
     - Gizmos
     - What's New
D. ORDER FORM
E. CUSTOMER SERVICE
     - Technical Support
     - FAQ Section
     - Request service
F. CONTACT US
     - Phone List
     - E-mail Form
     - Address / MAP
D. HELPFUL LINKS

From this example, you can estimate approximately 18 pages for the project. It is very helpful if you are able to provide an outline similar to this in your quotation request.

7. Do you intend to conduct E-commerce on your site?
If you will be conducting any kind of business on your site, you should consider just what level of business you intend to conduct. For instance, if you intend to offer a catalog of products online, you should decide if you want to process orders entirely over the Internet or if you wish to simply "take" orders online and process them in your store.

There are benefits and costs associated with both. In order to completely process orders online, accepting all forms of payment (credit cards and cheques mainly), you will almost certainly need a credit card payment processor account. There are a wide range of providers that you can obtain an account from. On an average, you can expect the following expenses in setting up your merchant account (these are third party vendor fees, they are NOT fees we charge you) eg. WorldPay, PayPal, 2CheckOut and etc..

8. Do you require any non-standard features?
These include scripting or programming in languages such as CGI, ASP, PHP, Java scripts, database development, or other "unique" features. If so, please provide as much detail as possible regarding those needs in your consultation request.